0
Why are thunder storms usually accompanied by lighting and thunder?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
They ALWAYS happen together.
The lightning you see is an electrical discharge from ice crystals rubing together in clouds. This makes an almighty crack sound, and a bright light is observed. You hear the thunder after you see the lightning because sounds travels slower than light. But in fact, the sound and the light came to be at the same time.
The further away you are from the strom the larger the delay between seeing the light and hearing the sound is.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe correct question would be why does thunder happen with lightning. Lightning is essentially superheated electrified gas. It is so hot infact that the air around it gets superheated and expands, creating a semi vacuum in place of where there was once just air, and then plasma (lightning). All that air comes crashing back together creating the sound we call thunder.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoActually there is thunder after lightning. The lighting is a electric charge between the ground and the clouds, this charge causes a large boom which is thunder. One would see the lighting before hearing the thunder because light travels faster than sound
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoLightening travels faster than the speed of sound. This is why each time lightening strikes, thunder follows - few seconds later.
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoIt is not. Lightening is observed first - as light travels faster than sound. The thunder is heard after the lightening.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agobecause its called a thunder storm
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoLight is faster than sound.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why does thunder usually appear during storms that have lightning?
Thunder is the sound made when lightning violently heats air, so that it expands rapidly (think explosion)
What is the precipitation in a tornado?
Tornadoes themselves do not produce precipitation, but the storms that produce them usually do. Tornadoes are often accompanied by rain and hail.
What are T-storms?
Thunder Storm.... Thunder Storm.... --It's short for thunderstorms.
What is a local storm with tall clouds heavy rains and thunder storms and lightning?
Cumulonimbus, which when tall usually form an anvil shape
Do cumulus clouds produce snow?
they kinda do but usually what I herd is cumulus cloud are big puffy cloud and they can bring thunder storms
What type of weather is involved in a tornado?
A Tornado is usually accompanied by severe thunder storms and possibly hail
Is there thunder in snow storms?
Not usually. Snowstorms that produce thunder and lightning are fairly rare, but they do happen.
What does storms mean?
There are storms here and there within that area.
Why do Thunder storms usually form in Florida?
because the land is flat
Are plastic and rubber good electrical conductors?
False.. no. It is completely opposite. That is why it is good to wear rubber boots in thunder and lighting storms.
Did Zeus make thunder in storms?
Zeus makes the storms, lightning, and thunder; he commands it. So yes Zeus does make thunder in storms
Why does Zeus make us have thunder storms?
he makes thunder storms when he is mad
Can thunder storms occur without lightning?
most likely there is lighting from a further away storm and that's why the thunder occurs other wise i don't know
Where do thunder storms occur?
Most thunder storms occur in the late spring to late summer. They need warm, moist, air to occur. Storms usually occur in the early to late afternoon when the air is most warmest.
What storms did christopher Columbus encounter?
thunder storms
Why does thunder usually appear during storms that have lightning?
Thunder is the sound made when lightning violently heats air, so that it expands rapidly (think explosion)
What is the precipitation in a tornado?
Tornadoes themselves do not produce precipitation, but the storms that produce them usually do. Tornadoes are often accompanied by rain and hail.
