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What are the causes of lightning thunder and severe storms? Do air instability and convection appear out of nowhere? Possibly. ... Convective instability, one of our chief causes of lightning thunder and storms, comes in two types.
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Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. In fact it is how thunderstorms got their name. Wait a minute, what does thunder have to do with lightning? Well, lightning causes thunder.
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Lightning occurs to balance the electrical build in the clouds or between the clouds and the ground. Thunder is created by a rapid expansion of air. Think of a balloon popping. There is a sudden release of noise due to the rapid expansion of air.
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This is thunder. If you are near the stroke of lightning you’ll hear thunder as one sharp crack. When lightning is far away, thunder sounds more like a low rumble as the sound waves reflect and echo off hillsides, buildings and trees. ... Thunder and Lightning...
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Animated look at how lightning strikes and what causes thunder. ... The Science of Lightning, Thunder and Thunderstorms ; posted: ... The air around a lightning bolt is superheated to about 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit (five times hotter than the sun!). This sudden heating causes the air to expand faster than the speed of sound,
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The mechanism that leads to lightning is complicated and not well understood. That it's not well understood isn't surprising, as this is often the case when going from scientific models to the real world. Even so, we can paint a reasonable picture ... This articles helps to shed light on what causes lightening and thunder...
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The mechanism that leads to lightning is complicated and not well understood. That it's not well understood isn't surprising, as this is often the case when going from scientific models to the ... This articles helps to shed light on what causes lightening and thunder ... 100% Science 101: What Causes Lightning and Thunder?
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; WHAT CAUSES THUNDER AND LIGHTNING? (STORY); Told by: Mrs. Lon Jones; Recorded in Mountain Home, AR, 7/17/52; Click here to listen to the original recording; ... And when you see it lightning in the sky you will know it is the little boy flashing his sword back and forth, showing his sister that, after all, he could be...
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Lightning is caused by an electric potential difference (a voltage) being created between one cloud and another, or between a cloud and the ground. A charge of electrons builds up on the higher cloud while a lack of electrons occurs on the ...
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