Thunderstorms and Lightning

1. Kinetic energy from moving air generates static electricity, leading to lightning.
2. Heat energy is released as warm air rises and cools, forming thunderclouds.
3. Sound energy is produced by lightning, causing thunder as rapid temperature changes in the air collide.

you see "lightning" (it's static you nimrod Jus kiddin lol) when you remove an wool sweater in winter because the electrons from your shirt underneith are getting more electrons added to them from the wool sweater, the electrons cause static and you may see sparks.

Pitch is primarily affected by the frequency of sound waves produced by a vibrating object, with higher frequencies corresponding to higher pitches. Factors such as the length, tension, and thickness of the vibrating object can affect pitch. Sound quality is influenced by a combination of factors including frequency, amplitude, duration, and timbre, which is the unique quality that distinguishes different instruments or voices. Room acoustics, the surrounding environment, and the shape of the instrument can all impact sound quality.

Well a tunderstrorm is rain lihtning and bom boom!

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Cumulonimbus clouds are responsible for creating thunderstorms. These towering clouds develop vertically and can reach high altitudes where they contain a lot of moisture and energy. The updrafts and downdrafts within cumulonimbus clouds cause the air to rise and fall rapidly, leading to the formation of lightning and thunder.

Lightning can cause injuries or fatalities due to electrical shocks, burns, or even cardiac arrest. Thunder, while not physically harmful, can be loud enough to cause hearing damage or distress in some individuals. Additionally, lightning can start fires in buildings or natural areas, leading to property damage or loss.

The word "thunderstorm" is one word.

Thunderstorms are a natural weather phenomenon that cannot be prevented. They are caused by the interaction of warm and cold air masses in the atmosphere, which leads to the formation of cumulonimbus clouds and eventually lightning and thunder. To minimize their impact, it is important to be prepared with safety measures such as staying indoors during a thunderstorm and avoiding tall structures or bodies of water.

Speaking from experience, I tell people that are afraid of lightning that, if they can see it, hear it, or feel it, it is already over because, if you do get hit by lightning, you will not see it, hear it, or feel it.

I was 11. We were putting up a fence, and we were taking turns digging post holes. It was my turn, and all of a sudden, I was in a dream state and everything was white. I managed to stand back up and walk back to the patio, where I did not know what happened. The rest of the family was on the patio, and they heard the boom and got flattened by it, so to speak. I was actually the first one on my feet.

Then, a few minutes later, my head started to hurt, we figured it out, and they took me to the hospital where they found carbon tracks on my ankles.

We will never know for sure, but it seems like heat lightning struck the tree, without a cloud in the sky, ran down the side of the tree, jumped from a knot to the post hole digger, ran down that, dug a furrow in the ground, and knocked a chunk of concrete off of the patio. We think I am alive because I had just pushed the post hole digger down and grounded it, but truly high voltage electricity is a strange thing, and it seems to not be subject to the normal "rules" because of the plasma flow effect.

All I know is that God was holding onto my strings that day, some 45 years ago, and for that I shall be eternally greatful. I just say, when people ask, that that is why all of my neurons are scrambled. :-)>

Roughly. Count the seconds between the time you see the lightning and the time you hear the thunder. Since sound travels slower than light, the thunder LAGS the lightning more the farther it travels. The speed of light is so high that it's OK to assume that it reaches you in no time. So the lag between the lightning and the thunder is just the time it takes for the sound to reach you. On paper, all you'd need to know is the speed of sound. Unfortunately, it varies quite a bit depending on atmospheric conditions ... particularly temperature ... and is especially variable around thunderstorms. PLUS -- in the unstable, nonhomogeneous atmosphere around thunderstorms, the sound most likely travels a curved path to you, which is a bit longer than if it traveled straight. But let's ignore all of that, and use the time-lag of the thunder to roughly calculate how far away from you the lightning strike was. With the air temperature in the mid-70's, the speed of sound is about 1125 ft (343 m) per second. If you accurately count the seconds between the appearance of the lightning and the beginning of the sound of thunder, you can translate that number roughly into 1 mile of distance for every 4.7 seconds, or 1 kilometer of distance for every 2.9 seconds.

It is difficult to pinpoint the "most dangerous" thunderstorm as the severity of storms can vary depending on location and impact. However, some notable severe thunderstorms include the Tri-State Tornado outbreak in 1925 and the Super Outbreak of 1974.

A line of violent thunderstorms is called a squall line. It is a long, narrow band of severe thunderstorms that can produce damaging winds, large hail, and sometimes tornadoes. Squall lines often form along or ahead of cold fronts.

Thunderstorm downdrafts are cold because as precipitation falls through the cloud, it evaporates and cools the surrounding air as it descends rapidly towards the ground. This creates a cold downdraft of air that can lead to sudden drops in temperature as the storm passes.

The delay is caused by the difference in speed between light and sound. Light travels much faster than sound, so we see the lightning before we hear the thunder. Sound travels through the air at a slower speed, so it takes longer to reach our ears.

It doesn't always.

Thunder is the noise made by the lightning... it is a sonic shock wave which produces the noise we hear as thunder.

The time taken for the light to reach us and the time taken for the sound to reach us differ because of the differing speeds of light and sound.

As the speed of sound is so much slower than that of light we see a flash almost as soon as it happens, but we only hear the sound a lot later.... the lightning is approximately one kilometre distant for every 2.9 seconds which elapse between seeing the flash and hearing the crack.

If there is a ten second delay then the lightning strike is a little under 3.5 kilometres away.

People had many different beliefs about what the northern lights were. The Inuits told tales of dead souls playing walrus skull soccer in the sky. According to a Chinese myth, the lights were fighting dragons. Russians believed the lights were a sign of childbirth, while the Greeks believed them to be a sign of coming war.

yes rubber is a pretty good insulator, in fact a lot of wiring still uses some form of rubber, espcially silicon rubbers.

The problem with rubber as an electrical insulator is that it will perish in some conditions, and then fail. so care is needed when it is used.

TPS Toughened plastic Sheath is more widely used as it can be UV stabilsed so that it is less likely to fail.

Lightning does not come after thunder. Thunder is the sound produced from lightning. The amount of time in between when you see the lightning and when you hear the thunder makes you think that the thunder comes first but it is in fact the other way around.

because thunder is attrackted to water so the electric shock would of killed the fish.

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I've been doing some research on this, because my goldfish went belly up in recent storm. here's what I found:

"Short-term increases of nitrate may also be formed, in a pond or other body of water, during a thunderstorm because the electrical discharges of nitrogen in the air, created by the rain, rinse into the pond.

During nitrification acid is formed. This lowers the pH value of the water. Since the buffering capacity of the water is lowered the risk of acidification of the pond increases. In the nitrification oxygen is consumed. This has an impact on the oxygen of the water."

Fish need oxygen, so perhaps we could deduce that the impact of this would kill them?

Yes, thunderstorms can form over land. They often develop when warm, moist air rises rapidly in unstable atmospheric conditions, leading to the formation of cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunder and lightning. Thunderstorms are common in many parts of the world, including over both land and water.

To be considered a blizzard a storm must produce sustained winds or frequent gusts to at least 35 miles per hour for a period of at least three hours. Wind speeds in the neighborhood of 100 miles per hour have been observed in some blizzards.

Without Lightining, There'll be no Electricity or Energy. You can't really have thunder without lightning! Lightning is a flash of natural electricity. Thunder is the noise created by this phenomenon, so if there is no lightning, there is no thunder. I hope this answers your question! --A WikiAnswers user

On average, lightning strikes the Earth about 44 times per second, or roughly 1.4 billion times a year. However, this frequency can vary depending on weather conditions.

Lightning actually is light. Just as light is created when you rub your socks on the carpet and shock someone in the dark, the light from lightning is caused by an electric discharge but instead of being between your body and someone elses, lightning is between the Earth and the atmosphere. Just as electricity from an electrical socket produces a bright "shock", lightning is a bright light that can be seen even in the daytime.