Lightning, despite being a common and readily-detected phenomenon, is nevertheless difficult to study. One reason is the ...

Tri-state area: this megaflash contained a superbolt that was 1000 times brighter than normal lightning. It was observed by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and covers much of Tennessee, extending ...

Dr. Jian Li, the academic leader of the laboratory, says, "In the future, we plan to enhance the accuracy of our lightning prediction model by integrating more data sources related to lightning ...

The crack of lightning has always seemed straightforward — clouds build up electric charge, and eventually, it snaps. But the chain of events that lights the sky has remained an atmospheric puzzle for ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

MACON, Ga. — It all starts with a cumulonimbus cloud... or a tall storm cloud. Storm clouds have an updraft, a strong upward wind that brings water higher into the atmosphere. This water eventually ...