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ELS122:
What's up with thunderstorms lately? It's like non-stop lightning, There isn't 2 seconds that go by without a strike, and the strikes themselves last around a second each, one I saw lasted over 2 seconds.
And there's not that much rain, it only starts to rain when the storm starts passing by. but it's totally dry on it's front. And also there's a storm like every other day.
Could it be that since CO2 is such a big molecule, that maybe it can carry a lot more charge and thus lightning gets stronger?
Also there's so much thunderstorms where it only in the clouds, no ground strikes. I don't remember any like that happening 10 years ago
jpanhalt:
If you gave your location, a more specific answer could be provided. Frequency of lightning in Cape Town, RSA is a lot different that Anchorage, AK, USA.
Source: https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/types/#:~:text=There%20are%20roughly%205%20to,or%20fewer%20flashes%20reaching%20ground.
--- Quote ---There are roughly 5 to 10 times as many flashes that remain in the cloud as there are flashes which travel to the ground, but individual storms may have more or fewer flashes reaching ground...
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Now, what are you concerned about?
ELS122:
--- Quote from: jpanhalt on August 18, 2023, 10:47:27 pm ---If you gave your location, a more specific answer could be provided. Frequency of lightning in Cape Town, RSA is a lot different that Anchorage, AK, USA.
Source: https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/types/#:~:text=There%20are%20roughly%205%20to,or%20fewer%20flashes%20reaching%20ground.
--- Quote ---There are roughly 5 to 10 times as many flashes that remain in the cloud as there are flashes which travel to the ground, but individual storms may have more or fewer flashes reaching ground...
--- End quote ---
Now, what are you concerned about?
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I wasn't conserned, I was trying to chat... you know... a thing humans do.
Instead of calling everyone out; "BS!!!" BS"!!! source:whatever
.RC.:
I thought lightning was essentially instant. and it is just the eye see's it for longer because it overloads the sensors in the retina.
Lightning is not just with rain.
Hydrogen nuclear explosions have lightning.
AndyBeez:
--- Quote from: .RC. link=topic=389401.msg5018740#msg5018740 ---Hydrogen nuclear explosions have lightning.
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Volcanoes too.
--- Quote ---Hunga Tonga Volcano Sparked the Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Recorded. Last year’s eruption produced a raging storm at unprecedented altitudes, with 2,600 lightning flashes per minute at its peak.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tonga-volcano-sparked-the-most-intense-lightning-storm-ever-recorded-180982431/
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And out of this world: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-mission-captures-lightning-on-jupiter
Lightning is really slow : https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-science-slow-motion-flashes
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