Most thunderstorms occur later in the day because in the evening, the ground is at its hottest, following an entire day of sun heating, which causes warm air to rise and meet the relatively cooler air up in the atmosphere, leading to instability. Also, daytime heating enhances the air’s ...
Why does lightning strike? A lightning bolt is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere. The strike equalizes the positive and negative charges in the air. It usually happens within clouds, but it can occur between the clouds and the ground. Why does thunder come after lightning? 54115341...
Q: I’ve heard lightning rarely strikes in the Arctic. Why is that? — Carter Matthew | Boston For thunderstorms and resultant lightning to occur, there must be rising currents of warm, moist air. Deep in the Arctic and Antarctic, there is only cold, dry air, which does ...
However, the present versions of most of the available engineering and electromagnetic models predict the zero crossing to occur at times that fall well beyond those observed experimentally. We identify three mechanisms responsible for the time of occurrence of the reversal of polarity in the far ...
W: I didn’ t see any lightning, though. I thought that thunder and lightning always occur at the same time. D. M: They do. It’ s no possible to have one without the other since thunder is a direct result of lightning. E. W: Really F. M: Yes. Thunder is caused by the...
Research Letters, lightning strikes formed over sea water tend to be more powerful than the ones that occur over land. The findings reported in the study suggest that people living on or near the ocean may be at greater risk for lightning damage if storms develop over oceans and m...
MALE PROFESSOR: Yes. A waveguide,usually it refers to a device, like a metal conductor, that's used to guide and direct waves.But waveguides also occur naturally—they make a path for radio waves to follow in our atmosphere.These natural waveguides occur when the Sun is rising or setting,...
Why does barometric pressure cause headaches? Headaches can occur when pressure changes affect the small, confined, air-filled systems in the body, such as those in the ears or the sinuses. Changes in atmospheric pressure cancreate an imbalance in the pressure within the sinus cavities and the ...
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About one-third of lightning-strike injuries occur indoors. Here are some tips to keep safe and reduce your risk of being struck by lightning while indoors. Do NOT bathe, shower, wash dishes, or have any other contact with water during a thunderstorm because lightning can travel through a bu...