Because sound travels slower than light, the closer you are to the lightning the sooner you hear the thunder.
Thunder is always heard after lightning flashes. The sounds from thunder can be heard from miles away, but you can see lightning and NOT hear thunder. Never the other way around.
You don't see thunder. You hear thunder. You hear thunder after seeing the lightning because light travels faster than sound. The further the storm away is, the bigger the time between when you see the lightning and hear the thunder.
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
Yes, technically thunder and lightning originate at the same time. However, light travels much faster than sound so even though they start simultaneously you will hear the thunder after you see the lightning unless you are very close to the bolt.
Heat lightning is the same thing as sheet lightning. It is not a distinct kind of lightning, but simply ordinary lightning that is too far away to see the bolt itself or hear the thunder.
When a lightning bolt discharges, it creates a 'shockwave' in the surrounding air, which spreads outwards from the source - that's the thunder you hear.
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lightning heats the air which we hear as thunder
A thunder bolt is simply an incorrect name for a lightning bolt. And, since lightning carries much more energy than thunder, the "thunderbolt" is NOT weaker than thunder.
If you hear the thunder almost at the same time as the lightning flash - the storm is directly overhead. Usually - the sound of thunder arrives a few seconds after the lightning, because light travels much faster than sound.
Thunder is always heard after lightning flashes. The sounds from thunder can be heard from miles away, but you can see lightning and NOT hear thunder. Never the other way around.
You don't see thunder. You hear thunder. You hear thunder after seeing the lightning because light travels faster than sound. The further the storm away is, the bigger the time between when you see the lightning and hear the thunder.
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
Yes, technically thunder and lightning originate at the same time. However, light travels much faster than sound so even though they start simultaneously you will hear the thunder after you see the lightning unless you are very close to the bolt.
You see lighting and hear thunder.
Thunder and lightning
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning, there is always thunder with lightning. If you cannot hear thunder maybe that is because you are too far away from the storm.