Antarctica is a polar desert and most of Australia is a hot desert. The reason why Antarctica is a desert is because the polar easterlies and the karabatic winds (winds where cold air sinks to lower elevation and soon reach the shores of antarctica where it sinks to the surface of the ocean) blows winds from the south pole into the southern oceans. These winds blow most of the moist air away from Antarctica leaving Antarctica a dry and windy place. Antarctica is also too cold for water to evaporate so storm clouds do not really form and bring precipitation into the surface. Antarctica could be one of the driest places on earth. The reason why there is snow in Antarctica is because Antarctica is so cold that whenever it snows, Antarctica would preserve its snow. This can build up layers of old snow creating glaciers and ice sheets that in long periods of time sink into the shores of Antarctica where they melt and break into icebergs.
Australia lies in 30 degrees latitude (where cloudless air tends to sink) creating drier air and the trade winds blow moist air from the Pacific Ocean into eastern Australia where the great dividing range creates a rainshadow effect leaving middle and western Australia dry. The Australian desert rarely but can receive precipitation by storm clouds going through the great dividing range into the Australian desert or high pressure systems can steer cyclones and storm clouds into mainly northern Australia bringing wind and rain into the desert. The Australian desert is also hot enough for water to evaporate so it's a bit more likely to form clouds than Antarctica.
Basically, thunderstorms occur when warm, moist air rises. Antarctica is covered -- 98% of it -- with an ice sheet and is arid. No warm, moist air could rise from Antarctica to cause a thunderstorm.
even though its below the equator its not humid and humidity causes lightning and rain
There are several volcanoes on the Antarctic continent, some considered dormant.
The southern-most active volcano on earth is Mt Erebus, which is located on the Antarctic continent.
They can happen in both. But somepeople think they happen mostly in afternoon.
thunderstorms can form anywhere in the world except Antarctica
Thunderstorms happen in Greenland occasionally. This is usually during summer when the ice sheets are being broken down which will cause turbulence.
any time of the day
thunderstorms happen all the time all over the place...there are no two that have significantly affected anything
Antarctica is very cold while tornadoes can only form with thunderstorms, which require at least some degree of warm, moist air.
There isn't a specific continent with NO thunderstorms, but Antarctica very seldom has thunderstorms.
Yes, tornadoes can happen almost anywhere that there are thunderstorms.
Lightening strikes together with their companion, thunderstorms, rarely visit polar environments.
of course thunderstorms can happen anytime anywhere
Thunderstorms have been observed on every continent including Antarctica. There's no where a thunderstorm couldn't develop.
everywhere around the world except Antarctica
They can happen in both. But somepeople think they happen mostly in afternoon.
thunderstorms happen
all of them
yes they do
Yes. They can happen all year round. It depends on the weather conditions, but yes thunderstorms can occur in the Spring