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U.A.Bakshi; M.V.Bakshi (January 1, 2009). Power System – II. Technical Publications. p.12. ISBN 978-81-8431-536-3. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. a b Ceranic, Irena (November 28, 2020). "Fire tornadoes and dry lightning are just the start of the nightmare when a bushfire creates its own storm". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Lightning Protection and Transient Overvoltage | VERDOLIN SOLUTIONS INC. | HIGH VOLTAGE POWER ENGINEERING SERVICES" (PDF). Initiation of the lightning leader is not well understood. The electric field strength within the thundercloud is not typically large enough to initiate this process by itself. [51] Many hypotheses have been proposed. One hypothesis postulates that showers of relativistic electrons are created by cosmic rays and are then accelerated to higher velocities via a process called runaway breakdown. As these relativistic electrons collide and ionize neutral air molecules, they initiate leader formation. Another hypothesis involves locally enhanced electric fields being formed near elongated water droplets or ice crystals. [52] Percolation theory, especially for the case of biased percolation, [53] [ clarification needed] describes random connectivity phenomena, which produce an evolution of connected structures similar to that of lightning strikes. A streamer avalanche model [54] has recently been favored by observational data taken by LOFAR during storms. [55] [56] Upward streamers Upwards streamer emanating from the top of a pool cover

Guia Pastorini, a project engineering manager at aerospace company Leonardo which built the equipment used to get the images, said: "The Lightning Imager has four cameras, and each one can capture 1,000 images per second, day and night, detecting even a single lightning bolt faster than the blink of an eye. Starting in 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R Series (GOES-R) weather satellites outfitted with Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instruments which are near-infrared optical transient detectors that can detect the momentary changes in an optical scene, indicating the presence of lightning. [148] [149] The lighting detection data can be converted into a real-time map of lightning activity across the Western Hemisphere; this mapping technique has been implemented by the United States National Weather Service. [150] Ball lightning may be an atmospheric electrical phenomenon, the physical nature of which is still controversial. The term refers to reports of luminous, usually spherical objects which vary from pea-sized to several metres in diameter. [84] It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms, but unlike lightning flashes, which last only a fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds. Ball lightning has been described by eyewitnesses but rarely recorded by meteorologists. [85] [86] Scientific data on natural ball lightning is scarce owing to its infrequency and unpredictability. The presumption of its existence is based on reported public sightings, and has therefore produced somewhat inconsistent findings. Brett Porter, [87] a wildlife ranger, reported taking a photo in Queensland, Australia in 1987. Surprise! Lightning has big effect on atmospheric chemistry". NASA. Archived from the original on March 9, 2019 . Retrieved August 4, 2018.And she showed a commendable attitude in coming up with the goods, fighting to a short-head verdict over Procas de Thaix. The first two were 16 lengths clear of the third, and it's also likely Theatre Girl was done few favours by a stop-start gallop. Three primary types of lightning are defined by the "starting" and "ending" points of a flash channel.

Each re-strike is separated by a relatively large amount of time, typically 40 to 50 milliseconds, as other charged regions in the cloud are discharged in subsequent strokes. Re-strikes often cause a noticeable " strobe light" effect. [66] Then put away for the summer, Lightning Strike had a pipeopener on the Flat in October, finishing tailed off when a 50-1 outsider for the Cesarewitch at Newmarket.In French and Italian, the expression for "Love at first sight" is coup de foudre and colpo di fulmine, respectively, which literally translated means "lightning strike". Some European languages have a separate word for lightning which strikes the ground (as opposed to lightning in general); often it is a cognate of the English word "rays". The name of Australia's most celebrated thoroughbred horse, Phar Lap, derives from the shared Zhuang and Thai word for lightning. [185] Political and military culture Two lightning bolts pictured in the former coat of arms of the Yli-Ii municipality Now Alfadora has to defy a mark of 108 - 9lb higher than when scoring at Sandown - but he may well prove up to the task. Where LightningStrikes". NASA Science. Science News. December 5, 2001. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010 . Retrieved July 5, 2010. As negatively charged leaders approach, increasing the localized electric field strength, grounded objects already experiencing corona discharge will exceed a threshold and form upward streamers.

Mazur, Vladislav (November 1982). "Associated lightning discharges". Geophysical Research Letters. 9 (11): 1227–1230. Bibcode: 1982GeoRL...9.1227M. doi: 10.1029/GL009i011p01227. Megson is on a one-year deal with a two-season extension if he does well, so compensation would not be a major problem - and Leicester supremo Milan Mandaric may even let him go without too much of a fight. Saunders, C. P. R. (1993). "A Review of Thunderstorm Electrification Processes". Journal of Applied Meteorology. 32 (4): 642–55. Bibcode: 1993JApMe..32..642S. doi: 10.1175/1520-0450(1993)032<0642:AROTEP>2.0.CO;2. There is growing evidence that lightning activity is increased by particulate emissions (a form of air pollution). [8] [9] [10] However, lightning may also improve air quality and clean greenhouse gases such as methane from the atmosphere, while creating nitrogen oxide and ozone at the same time. [11] Lightning is also the major cause of wildfire, [12] and wildfire can contribute to climate change as well. [13] More studies are warranted to clarify their relationship. Thomson, E. M.; Uman, M. A.; Beasley, W. H. (January 1985). "Speed and current for lightning stepped leaders near ground as determined from electric field records". Journal of Geophysical Research. 90 (D5): 8136. Bibcode: 1985JGR....90.8136T. doi: 10.1029/JD090iD05p08136.Glossary". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Weather Service. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008 . Retrieved September 2, 2008. The rapidly changing currents also create electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) that radiate outward from the ionic channel. This is a characteristic of all electrical discharges. The radiated pulses rapidly weaken as their distance from the origin increases. However, if they pass over conductive elements such as power lines, communication lines, or metallic pipes, they may induce a current which travels outward to its termination. The surge current is inversely related to the surge impedance: the higher in impedance, the lower the current. [69] This is the surge that, more often than not, results in the destruction of delicate electronics, electrical appliances, or electric motors. Devices known as surge protectors (SPD) or transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSS) attached in parallel with these lines can detect the lightning flash's transient irregular current, and, through alteration of its physical properties, route the spike to an attached earthing ground, thereby protecting the equipment from damage. The best-studied and understood form of lightning is cloud to ground (CG) lightning. Although more common, intra-cloud (IC) and cloud-to-cloud (CC) flashes are very difficult to study given there are no "physical" points to monitor inside the clouds. Also, given the very low probability of lightning striking the same point repeatedly and consistently, scientific inquiry is difficult even in areas of high CG frequency. A lightning strike from cloud to ground in the Mojave Desert, California An intra-cloud flash. A lightning flash within the cloud illuminates the entire cloud. Lightning leaders A downward leader travels towards earth, branching as it goes. Lightning strike caused by the connection of two leaders, positive shown in blue and negative in red Although sometimes used figuratively as above, the idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice is a common myth. In fact, lightning can, and often does, strike the same place more than once. Lightning in a thunderstorm is more likely to strike objects and spots that are more prominent or conductive. For instance, lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City on average 23 times per year. [182] [183] [184]

a b Krehbiel, Paul R; Riousset, Jeremy A; Pasko, Victor P; Thomas, Ronald J; Rison, William; Stanley, Mark A; Edens, Harald E (2008). "Upward electrical discharges fromthunderstorms". Nature Geoscience. 1 (4): 233. Bibcode: 2008NatGe...1..233K. doi: 10.1038/ngeo162. S2CID 8753629. Yair, Yoav; Aviv, Reuven; Ravid, Gilad; Yaniv, Roy; Ziv, Baruch; Price, Colin (2006). "Evidence for synchronicity of lightning activity in networks of spatially remote thunderstorms". Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 68 (12): 1401–1415. Bibcode: 2006JASTP..68.1401Y. doi: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.05.012.Under the circumstances, he was anything but discredited in finishing ninth to impressive winner Katchit. Lorenz, Ralph D. (June 20, 2018). "Lightning detection on Venus: a critical review". Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 5 (1): 34. Bibcode: 2018PEPS....5...34L. doi: 10.1186/s40645-018-0181-x. ISSN 2197-4284. S2CID 49563740. Thermonuclear explosions, by providing extra material for electrical conduction and a very turbulent localized atmosphere, have been seen triggering lightning flashes within the mushroom cloud. In addition, intense gamma radiation from large nuclear explosions may develop intensely charged regions in the surrounding air through Compton scattering. The intensely charged space charge regions create multiple clear-air lightning discharges shortly after the device detonates. [132] Lawrence, D (November 1, 2005). "Bolt from the Blue". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009 . Retrieved August 20, 2009. The loss of lower charge regions in the dissipating stage of a thunderstorm, leaving the primary positive charge region.