Real Time Lightning Map :: LightningMaps.org
WEBSee lightning strikes in real time across the planet. Free access to maps of former thunderstorms. By Blitzortung.org and contributors.
Severe Weather 101: Lightning Basics - NOAA National Severe …
WEBLightning can occur between opposite charges within the thunderstorm cloud (intra-cloud lightning) or between opposite charges in the cloud and on the ground (cloud-to-ground lightning). Lightning is one of the oldest observed natural phenomena on earth.
Types of Lightning | Royal Meteorological Society
WEBDec 18, 2017 · Positive cloud-to-ground lightning strikes are typically very bright (relative to other lightning activity) and can be identified by their distinct lack of branching near the ground. Thunder from such lightning is very loud and may sound like a series of deep, low-frequency sonic booms.
Severe Weather 101: Lightning Types - NOAA National Severe …
WEBCloud flashes sometimes have visible channels that extend out into the air around the storm (cloud-to-air or CA), but do not strike the ground. The term sheet lightning is used to describe an IC flash embedded within a cloud that lights up as a …
Severe Weather 101: Lightning FAQ - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
WEBLightning is one of the oldest observed natural phenomena on earth. It can be seen in volcanic eruptions, extremely intense forest fires (pyrocumulonimbus clouds), surface nuclear detonations, heavy snowstorms, in large hurricanes, and obviously, thunderstorms.
What Causes Lightning and Thunder? - NOAA SciJinks
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Often lightning occurs between clouds or inside a cloud. But the lightning we usually care about most is the lightning that goes from clouds to ground—because that's us! As the storm moves over the ground, the strong negative charge in the cloud attracts positive charges in the ground.
Understanding Lightning: Types of Flashes - National Weather Service
WEBThere are two main types of lighting: intra-cloud lightning and cloud-to-ground lightning. Intra-cloud lightning is an electrical discharge between oppositely charged areas within the thunderstorm cloud. Cloud-to-ground lightning is a discharge between opposite charges in the cloud and on the ground. Cloud-to-ground lightning can either occur ...
Lightning Facts and Information - National Geographic
WEBLightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground, or within the clouds themselves. Most lightning occurs within the clouds.
Understanding Lightning Science - National Weather Service
WEBA well-developed thunderstorm cloud contains mostly small ice crystals in the upper levels of the cloud, a mixture of small ice crystals and small hail in the middle levels of the cloud, and a mixture of rain and melting hail in the lower levels of the cloud.
Thunder and Lightning - Center for Science Education
WEBMost lightning flashes that occur during thunderstorms are cloud-to-cloud lightning. Cloud-to-cloud lightning is the most frequently occurring type of lightning flash. In these flashes, the lightning strike travels either within the cloud (intra-cloud or IC lightning), or from one cloud to a neighboring cloud.