Thunder and lightning usually only take place in the far outer bands of storms, except sometimes in rapidly deepening storms. If Katrina had hit while a deepening Category 5, you likely would have seen and heard some. The video of the Hurricane Hunters flying in Felix shows lightning quite well defined.
Depends on the makeup of the hurricane. Many bands within the hurricane are made up of precipitating cumulus congestus with water droplets at the top. While high up (40,000-60,000ft), these are still liquid at the top of the cloud, thus not allowing for charge differences to build up. Occasionaly, with additional daytime heating, convergence, or other factors, these will grow into cumulonimbus and produce lightning and thunder. This is why outer bands frequently have lightning in them.
So much memories. I live in Central Mississippi... And I also remembered the songs they played.
BradBoZ1998 6 months ago
"Wind gusts could reach 150 mph" ........always wanted to hear the weather robot say that
LowTegra 7 months ago
Thunder and lightning usually only take place in the far outer bands of storms, except sometimes in rapidly deepening storms. If Katrina had hit while a deepening Category 5, you likely would have seen and heard some. The video of the Hurricane Hunters flying in Felix shows lightning quite well defined.
itsalleternal 3 years ago
"A few Rumbles"?
"A FEW RUMBLES"?
tubedan2006 3 years ago 4
i couldnt agree with you more
sammyjade1987 3 years ago
Depends on the makeup of the hurricane. Many bands within the hurricane are made up of precipitating cumulus congestus with water droplets at the top. While high up (40,000-60,000ft), these are still liquid at the top of the cloud, thus not allowing for charge differences to build up. Occasionaly, with additional daytime heating, convergence, or other factors, these will grow into cumulonimbus and produce lightning and thunder. This is why outer bands frequently have lightning in them.
RPK74m 2 years ago 3