Thunderstorms and Lightning

If caught in a lightning storm, it would be useful to know the nearest shelter or safe location you can reach quickly, avoid standing under tall isolated trees or open spaces, and stay away from water bodies. It's also important to avoid metal objects, which can conduct electricity, and if indoors, stay away from windows and plumbing fixtures.

There is no record of the "Kissing Camels" rock formation at Garden of the Gods being struck by lightning. Lightning strikes are relatively common in the area due to the rock formations and high elevation, but specific incidents would need to be verified by local authorities or park officials.

stay away from any tall or exposed objects: trees, lamp posts and especially anything with more than 500 volts. this will reduce the chances. if you have a basement use it, an attic is not a good choice and u know when people say the bath tub will help. it's absolute rubbish!

Thunder and lightning both occur at the same instant. If you are observing them from a distance, then you perceive the lightning first, because the light travels to you much faster than the sound does.
Lightning. Its ionization of air is what makes the boom.

IN warm places or in the summer, mostly strikes men, on big open fields such as a golf course
Florida! This is also where most old people retire, so maybe senior citizens attract lightning?!?

Hail is formed when ice particles are carried up and down within the updraft of a strong thunderstorm. The pieces of ice pass between air that is above and below freezing multiple times. With each cycle a new layer of ice is added. The stronger the updraft the larger the hail can get before falling.

Note the the storm simply needs to have as strong, turbulent updraft to produce hail and does not have to be tornadic.

The type of cloud that produces thunderstorms is called a cumulonimbus cloud. These clouds are large, towering clouds that can reach high altitudes and are associated with heavy rainfall, thunder, lightning, and sometimes hail.

Weather becomes cool and clear after a thunderstorm because of the instability in the air along the "frontal boundary" between warm air and cooler air pushing in behind it.

The reason it usually becomes cool after a thunderstorm is because after the storms have settled, the jet stream has pushed the warmer air further east and the cooler air has moved in its place.

Thunderstorms contain updrafts and downdrafts. The downdrafts (caused by falling precipitation) drag cold air down from the top of the storm. When this air hits the ground it spreads out in all directions. The air from this downdraft moving in the direction of the storm is called a "gust front" and arrives just ahead of it and brings a nice cool breeze on a hot day.

The tilted updraft is due to wind shear; a difference in the speed and direction of wind with altitude. The tilting of the updraft in a severe thunderstorm separates the updraft and downdraft, which prevents rain-cooled air from choking off the updraft. As a result the storm can become stronger.

They wold go right through each other

It would depend on the relative ohmic values of the environment, but most likely they would conjoin. Lightning travels down a channel of least resistance, and as it travels, it heats up and charges the path that it went down, creating plasma. Plasma is a good conductor. If two lightning strikes occurred at the same time, relatively close to one another, then if they crossed, they would most likely stay together. The path of least resistance would be the plasma channel that they created.

A common first indicator of an approaching thunderstorm is a darkening sky or a shift in the color of the clouds to a dark gray or greenish color. Wind speeds may also increase, and you may notice distant rumbles of thunder or see lightning flashes in the distance.

PAGASA uses the term "public storm warning signal" to warn the public of potential impacts like heavy rains and strong winds even if the disturbance has not yet intensified into a full-fledged storm or typhoon. This helps alert communities early and prepare for possible adverse weather conditions.

Thunder and lightning are both a result of a lightning strike. Lightning is a visible discharge of electricity, while thunder is the sound produced by the rapid expansion and contraction of air due to the intense heat of a lightning bolt. In terms of strength, lightning can reach temperatures of around 30,000 degrees Celsius, making it hotter than the surface of the sun, while thunder can be extremely loud but does not have a physical force associated with it like lightning.

Monitoring weather reports from local authorities and meteorological services is the best way to determine when an approaching thunderstorm will reach your town. These sources provide up-to-date information on storm tracking, estimated arrival times, and safety recommendations to help you prepare and stay safe. It's important to heed official warnings and not rely solely on personal observations.

>> the hottest laser beam is about 1000 degrees Celsius (1832 F)

Technically a laser beam doesn't have a temperature since it is made of photons and not matter. Temperature is related to the average vibrational energy of the atoms in a chunk of matter. No vibrating atoms means temperature can't be measured.

However a laser beam of the right frequency can easily heat something up far hotter 1000 C. Laser beams routinely vaporize steel, which boils at 3000 C (5432 F), and tungsten which boils at over 5550 C (10022 F). This approaches the surface temperature of the Sun, 5800 C or 10472 F.

The biggest laser in the world, actually 192 lasers all focused on the same spot, is at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore California. They recently dumped 1 Megajoule of energy into a target a few mm across over a period of a few nanoseconds. They are shooting for temperatures of 200,000,000 F (111,111,093 C) in order to induce nuclear fusion in a frozen hydrogen pellet.

So I you could say that the hottest laser in the world can produce temperatures of around 111,000,000 C or 200,000,000 F which is about 7 times the temperatures estimated for the inside of the Sun; 30,000,000 F or 16,666,648.9 C.

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Pitch is related to the frequency of Sound. So the subjective property is Pitch.

Colour is related to the wavelength of Light. So the subjective property of Light is Colour.

Heavy rain and lightning can occur before, during, or after a tornado. Typically, thunderstorms with heavy rain and lightning are associated with the conditions that can lead to tornado formation, but not all thunderstorms produce tornadoes. It is essential to stay informed and have a plan in place to seek shelter in case of severe weather.

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If you change sound's frequency and hold the velocity constant, the sound's wavelength also changes. If you change sound's frequency and keep the wavelength constant, then velocity also changes.

Cirrus is a thin and wispy cloud which is high is the sky.Its made up of ice crystals and it brings fair weather. If you need for answers for a cloud just ask me. I know about Cumubnimbus,Stratus, and Cumulus.

The type of cloud in a thunderstorm is called a cumulonimbus cloud. These clouds are dense and vertically developed, extending high into the atmosphere where they can produce intense thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, lightning, and sometimes even tornadoes.

Yes, there is a rating system for thunderstorms called the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF-Scale) which rates the intensity of tornadoes spawned by thunderstorms. The scale ranges from EF0 (weakest) to EF5 (strongest). Additionally, the Storm Prediction Center issues severe storm watches and warnings based on the potential for severe thunderstorms to occur.

When lightning strikes a surface, it strikes it will all the energy that it contains and this causes it to heat up to very high temperatures, which in smaller objects can cause them to burn up. In a surface which has large area, this energy gets dissipated over the entire surface and the amount of heat per unit area gets considerably reduced. A lightning rod works on transferring this large amount of energy to the ground so that the heat energy can be dissipated harmlessly.

The safest distance from lightning while swimming is in your house. If you hear thunder it is possible taht lightning could strike you. If you are swimming and you hear thunder the best thing to do is to go inside.