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   How does lightning cause thunder?

   • Thunder is created when lightning passes through the air. The lightning discharge heats the air rapidly and causes it to expand. The temperature of the air in the lightning channel may reach as high as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun. Immediately after the flash, the air cools and contracts quickly.

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   What happens when lightning hits the air?

   • When lightning happens, it heats the air to around 10,000°C. The air heats up so quickly that it suddenly expands creating a shock wave, a huge vibration in the air, that we hear as thunder. Lightning comes from an electrical charge. Want to learn more about electricity? What is electricity?

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   What does Lightning do in a thunderstorm?

   • Lightning is a very strong jolt of electricity, creating glowing gas particles called plasma that light up the night sky. Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. In fact it is how thunderstorms got their name. But wait a minute, what does thunder have to do with lightning? Well, lightning causes thunder.

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   What causes a lightning storm?

   • Thunderstorms develop when the atmosphere is unstable. This is when warm air exists underneath much colder air. What causes lightning? As warm air rises it cools and condenses forming small droplets of water. If there is enough instability in the air, the updraft of warm air is rapid and the water vapour will quickly form a cumulonimbus cloud.

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   What is the difference between Thunder and lightning?

   • It is a bright flash that fills the sky. thunder - A shock wave, a huge vibration in the air, that we hear as a loud rumbling sound. lightning - A bright light in the sky. It is caused by so much static electricity building up inside a cloud that giant spark of electricity flows between the cloud and the ground or between clouds.

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   What is lightning & how does it work?

   • We see this as a really big spark and it's what we call lightning. When lightning happens, it heats the air to around 10,000°C. The air heats up so quickly that it suddenly expands creating a shock wave, a huge vibration in the air, that we hear as thunder. Lightning comes from an electrical charge. Want to learn more about electricity?

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2. www.metoffice.gov.uk › weather › learn-aboutWhat causes thunder and lightning? - Met Office

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   What causes thunder and lightning? Thunderstorms develop when the atmosphere is unstable. This is when warm air exists underneath much colder air. What causes lightning? As warm air rises...

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   Lightning in thunderstorms comes from cumulonimbus clouds. The average duration of a lightning strike is 0.52 seconds, but it consists of a series of shorter strokes each lasting between 60 and 70 microseconds. On average, a lightning strike releases a gigajoule of energy and heats air to temperatures five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. ...

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   Thunder is the sound of the shockwave produced by the rapid heating and expansion of air, followed by cooling and flowing into the vacuumformed by the expansion. While it isn’t a perfect analogy, consider the loud sound you hear from popping a balloon, as pressurized air rushes out. The shockwave also resembles that of an explosion. Thunder is loud...

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   You see lightning before you hear thunder. The speed of light in air is much greater than the speed of sound. If you are very close to a lightning strike, you see lightning, hear the “snick” sound of the electrical discharge, and then both hear and feel the booming shockwave of the thunder. While you can’t reliably tell the direction of lightning b...

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   Graneau, P. (1989). “The cause of thunder”. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 22 (8): 1083–1094. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/22/8/012

   Jennings, S. G.; Latham, J. (1972). “The charging of water drops falling and colliding in an electric field”. Archiv für Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie, Serie A. Springer Science and B...

   Rakov, Vladimir A.; Uman, Martin A. (2007). Lightning: Physics and Effects. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-03541-5.

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   Jun 13, 2024 · What causes thunder? In a fraction of a second, lightning heats the air around it to incredible temperatures—as hot as 54,000 °F (30,000 °C). That's five times hotter than the surface of the Sun!

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6. www.weather.gov › safety › lightning-science-thunderUnderstanding Lightning: Thunder - National Weather Service

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   Thunder is created when lightning passes through the air. The lightning discharge heats the air rapidly and causes it to expand. The temperature of the air in the lightning channel may reach as high as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.

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   In this article you can learn: What causes thunder and lightning; What static electricity is; Different types of lightning, like sheet or ball lightning

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8. scied.ucar.edu › storms › thunder-and-lightningThunder and Lightning | Center for Science Education

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   Lightning is a discharge of electricity. A single stroke of lightning can heat the air around it to 30,000°C (54,000°F)! This extreme heating causes the air to expand explosively fast. The expansion creates a shock wave that turns into a booming sound wave, known as thunder.

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   Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning produces rapid expansion of the air in the path of a lightning bolt.