How do you estimate how far lightning is away from you?

Answer 1

To estimate your distance from a thunderstorm count the number of seconds between a flash of lightning and the next clap of thunder. Divide your answer by 5.

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Answer 2

To estimate the distance of lightning from you, count the number of seconds that elapse between seeing the lightning flash and hearing the thunder clap. For every 5 seconds counted, the lightning is approximately 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) away. Keep in mind that this method provides a rough estimate and it's best to seek shelter indoors during a thunderstorm.

Answer 3

When a roar apears count how many seconds,for example 40 seconds,then the storm would be 40 miles away.

You see the flash. You then count the seconds in between the flash and the thunder. For every second, there is one mile.

Actually, this isn't true. It's roughly for every *5* seconds between the lightening and its thunder - that's 1 mile. So for this example, if the thunder came 40 seconds after the lightening flash, the storm would be about 8 miles away.

Sound travels at about 344 metres per second at sea level.

Answer 4

To estimate how far away lighting is away from you, you must ...

count the seconds from when you see the lightning, to when you hear the thunder.

Divide the seconds by 5 and this is approximately how many miles away the lightning is.

As sound travels at about 768 mph or 1,125 feet per second it covers one mile in 4.69333 seconds.

Forget the speed of light as that is near enough instantaneous.

and then count up to 100 and say poo

Answer 5

Well one way of finding out how far lightning is from you is when you see the flash of lightning count seconds until you here the thunder the amount of seconds is equal to the amount of Kilometers

Answer 6

You can approximate how far lightning is from you by counting the seconds between when you see the lightning and when you hear the thunder. Seven seconds equal one mile.

Answer 7

Count the seconds after you see a flash, every second until you hear thunder = how many miles away the strike was

Answer 8

Count the seconds between the lightning and the following thunder. The amount of seconds is said to be approximate to the distance away in miles.

Answer 9

If this is the true way, you can see the lightning, then count how many seconds between the thunder and lightning, then divide that number by 2 or 5, but I'm not sure which one.

Answer 10

You Can hear it.