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Storm: What Does Lightning Reveal About Incoming Rain?

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[Article déjà publié le 27 juillet 2014] First lightning and lightning, then thunder. The rain, if it falls, only comes after. For what ? Because the formation of lightning depends on the same stormy atmospheric conditions: hot ascending currents and large quantity water vapor, gathered within a cumulonimbus which can spread over miles high. If the atmosphere is wet and large temperature differences exist between soil and air, the many water mo…
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[Article already published on July 27, 2014] First lightning and lightning, then thunder. Rain, if it falls, comes only after. Why? Because the formation of lightning depends on the same stormy atmospheric conditions: hot rising currents and large quantities of water vapor, gathered within a cumulonimbus that can spread over kilometres of height. If the atmosphere is wet and large temperature differences exist between the ground and the air, the…

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