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Jun 6, 2023 · 'Bolts From The Blue' Can Make Lightning A Danger When It's Not Raining. By Chris Dolce. October 10, 2023. At a Glance. Lightning is often a danger when it's not raining. "Bolts from the...
Apr 30, 2024 · It shows a lightning strike, or "bolt from the blue," about 12 miles away from the thunderstorm that produced it, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock.
- Cloud-To-Ground (CG) Lightning
- Lightning in The UK
- Sprites, Jets and Other Types of Lightning
In CG lightning, a channel of negative charge, called a stepped leader, will zigzag downward in a ‘forked’ pattern - hence it is sometimes called forked lightning. This stepped leader is invisible to the human eye and travels to the ground in a millisecond. As it nears the ground, the negatively charged stepped leader is attracted to a channel of p...
The most spectacular displays of lightning in the UK are generally associated with “Spanish Plume” type events, especially since these can occur during the night. These thunderstorms tend to produce significant lightning due in part to their high cloud bases, which increase the amount of water in ice form, necessary for strong electrical charging. ...
Sprites are electrical discharges that occur high above active thunderstorms. Sprites appear as vertical red columns extending up to 60 miles from the cloud top and have been found to occur in conjunction with and/or as a reaction to +CG lightning. Sprites are mostly red, faintly lit (thus only visible at night), and only last a few seconds, making...
Jul 28, 2021 · A 'Bolt from the Blue' is a cloud to ground lightning flash which typically comes out of the back side of the thunderstorm cloud, travels a relatively large ...
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Jun 6, 2023 · Summer's widespread thunderstorm activity increases the threat of dangerous lightning strikes, including where it's not raining and we see so-called "bolts from the blue." Thunderstorms...
Jun 26, 2024 · Lightning strikes that are "bolts from the blue" are specifically positively charged lightning strikes. These particular bolts usually originate on the outskirts of the thunderstorm.
May 15, 2024 · Most lightning strikes happen within a few miles of the thunderstorm that spawned them, but ‘bolts from the blue’ can travel much farther.
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