whats the difference betweenh are negative charge lightning stike and a positive charged lightning strike which ones louder and what happens if they both rub together please answer all three qustions :D
Aren't positive lightning bolts mostly top-ground? That looked more like a cloud-cloud bolt. Positive lightning has contact with ground (positive charges) from the high cloud tops (also positive charges). Also, PL is rare so I don't think one storm is capable of producing PL all night (they barely produce one if any). Thunder? sounds like a normal one. The bolt was close so I do think it was because of that. Finally, if PL occurred, you wouldn't have seen it since it happens outside the storm.
ALSO whats even more amazing is how FAR away the strike was and for the thunder to still be that loud!! That also tells you how strong the initial strike was. I feel sorry for the people who were right beside it because I bet the thunder was almost twice as loud.
That whole evening was all positive strikes. The storm missed me just to my south. Lightning struck every 10 minutes and each time the thunder was just like this one. I was shocked positive bolts were happening so many times in a row.
One of the causes for all that lightning is high turbulence, the top of the thunderstorm is ice, hail, and even some snow in the highest region on the anvil and lower regions are rain. The rain has a negative charge while the ice/hail has a positive charge. The wind blows this matter around creating an electrical charge. So in simple terms this creates a lot of action in a storm.
Also when lightning has HIGH AMPERES it creates massive "cannon shot" thunder which is what you heard
Thats FOR SURE a positive strike. One DEAD give away of positive strikes is indeed the "pounding like" thunder which is extremely loud. AND Thunder from these strikes is capable of popping nails from wood, cracking windows, and even temporary hearing loss from people who were very close to the strike. They contain up to 1 billion volts and can strike up to 10 MILES away from the storm. They also make up 5% of strikes in a storm.
You simply CANNOT survive if you are unlucky enough to be hit by it
You are right. What you told us about the hail and rain cycling around has nothing to do with the sound, only with the charges. And yes if you were struck you would have to be negatively charged am i right? Opposites attract. And since most lightning strikes are negative (look it up) the majority if not all who are struck were struck by negative lightning. Meaning most were positively charged, meaning it's gonna be hard to be struck by positive, so keep positively charged, or simply be inside!
I wonder if that could have been a rare-but-deadly positive flash, originating from the top of the storm...those are said to be many times more powerful, loud and destructive than the run-of-the-mill lightning bolt.
Yes, that was likely a positive discharge judging from both the burst-snap thunder (and other sounds) and lightning channel. Maybe subsequent negative charge transfer within cloud but hard to say for sure. There's no equipment sound audible from the lightning-it's music.
The most 'powerful' (highest current) lightning ever (indirectly) observed BTW was negative (almost a million amps), not positive (which has only been inferred to be ~+600 kA max). This flash was likely ~70-90 kA.
Thats cool. Hey If you've got the time, You should go see my brothers videos. He's got some awesome lightning/thunder videos like this too... "Shooter12point7"
Thanks for uploading. I like those popping sounds in the thunder!
csengeri 1 year ago
That was awesome. Thanks for uploading.
VicTheMouth 1 year ago
definitely positive. you can tell by the difference in the sound of thunder.
igotitbad4seanpenn 1 year ago
positive lightning is more dangerous than negative lightning. But i liked it.
awesomelightning 2 years ago
1:20 & 1:30.. combines this..
andyncfcgetshypedup 2 years ago
1:24.. A flash occurs and by 1:33.. THUNDER rumbles.. Amazing..
andyncfcgetshypedup 2 years ago
damn nice positive strike!! the Db of the thunder and how long it took to get there is a clear indication!
DjHardaFasta 2 years ago
whats the difference betweenh are negative charge lightning stike and a positive charged lightning strike which ones louder and what happens if they both rub together please answer all three qustions :D
jaypay777 2 years ago
Aren't positive lightning bolts mostly top-ground? That looked more like a cloud-cloud bolt. Positive lightning has contact with ground (positive charges) from the high cloud tops (also positive charges). Also, PL is rare so I don't think one storm is capable of producing PL all night (they barely produce one if any). Thunder? sounds like a normal one. The bolt was close so I do think it was because of that. Finally, if PL occurred, you wouldn't have seen it since it happens outside the storm.
einsteinboricua 2 years ago
Positive lightning comes from positively charged hail/ice particles in the upper anvil connecting with negative streamers from the ground.
The bolt was not close but also not to far away given the time between the lightning and thunder.
And you can see Positive lightning because on some occasions it takes an internal path to ground rather the more common outside path to ground.
As for the thunder, the "pounding" is a strong indication of high amperes in the channel, good chance its positive.
sicilian12345 2 years ago
Yes, it is definitely CG+ strike, I know this sound very well:-) Nice!!!!
SkyWarnCZ 2 years ago
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
SevereTstormFan 2 years ago
ALSO whats even more amazing is how FAR away the strike was and for the thunder to still be that loud!! That also tells you how strong the initial strike was. I feel sorry for the people who were right beside it because I bet the thunder was almost twice as loud.
sicilian12345 2 years ago
That whole evening was all positive strikes. The storm missed me just to my south. Lightning struck every 10 minutes and each time the thunder was just like this one. I was shocked positive bolts were happening so many times in a row.
SevereTstormFan 2 years ago
your welcome!
One of the causes for all that lightning is high turbulence, the top of the thunderstorm is ice, hail, and even some snow in the highest region on the anvil and lower regions are rain. The rain has a negative charge while the ice/hail has a positive charge. The wind blows this matter around creating an electrical charge. So in simple terms this creates a lot of action in a storm.
Also when lightning has HIGH AMPERES it creates massive "cannon shot" thunder which is what you heard
sicilian12345 2 years ago
@sicilian12345 i have a video of me being blindisided by a positive strike that was right above me. i jumped out of my skin.
300man04 1 year ago
Thats FOR SURE a positive strike. One DEAD give away of positive strikes is indeed the "pounding like" thunder which is extremely loud. AND Thunder from these strikes is capable of popping nails from wood, cracking windows, and even temporary hearing loss from people who were very close to the strike. They contain up to 1 billion volts and can strike up to 10 MILES away from the storm. They also make up 5% of strikes in a storm.
You simply CANNOT survive if you are unlucky enough to be hit by it
sicilian12345 2 years ago 4
Hey man thanks for the good info!
SevereTstormFan 2 years ago
You are right. What you told us about the hail and rain cycling around has nothing to do with the sound, only with the charges. And yes if you were struck you would have to be negatively charged am i right? Opposites attract. And since most lightning strikes are negative (look it up) the majority if not all who are struck were struck by negative lightning. Meaning most were positively charged, meaning it's gonna be hard to be struck by positive, so keep positively charged, or simply be inside!
poopsyproductions 2 years ago
Positive bolt. No doubt about it
masterblaster1978 3 years ago
Nice Spontaneous Bolt.
200twistatwista 3 years ago
thanks!
SevereTstormFan 3 years ago
I wonder if that could have been a rare-but-deadly positive flash, originating from the top of the storm...those are said to be many times more powerful, loud and destructive than the run-of-the-mill lightning bolt.
randommagnum 3 years ago
addendum: if you listen closely, you can hear the magnetic field off that thing affect the camera's audio when the flash occurs.
Considering that, and how loud the sound was for how long it took to arrive, I would say that there's a good chance it was positive lightning.
randommagnum 3 years ago
Yes, that was likely a positive discharge judging from both the burst-snap thunder (and other sounds) and lightning channel. Maybe subsequent negative charge transfer within cloud but hard to say for sure. There's no equipment sound audible from the lightning-it's music.
The most 'powerful' (highest current) lightning ever (indirectly) observed BTW was negative (almost a million amps), not positive (which has only been inferred to be ~+600 kA max). This flash was likely ~70-90 kA.
JohnnyL8 3 years ago
I love that kind of thunder. I have heard it many times. Nice vid!
padude64 3 years ago
Thanks I am glad you like it!
SevereTstormFan 3 years ago
WHOA!! That thunder was insane! Nearly blew my speakers!
Rotaryfatboy 3 years ago
Ahhhh... that was beautiful. I love those so much.
NICE WORK! Favorite-ed 5*! Awesome catch! Both the lightning and thunder were great!!
TheWeatherCenter 3 years ago
Thanks a lot!!! I am glad you liked it.
SevereTstormFan 3 years ago
No problem! And I didn't like it.
I loved it! Awesome.
TheWeatherCenter 3 years ago
Thats cool. Hey If you've got the time, You should go see my brothers videos. He's got some awesome lightning/thunder videos like this too... "Shooter12point7"
unknownsoldierz 3 years ago
Thanks Nathan
SevereTstormFan 3 years ago
are those drums in the back?
NYWeatherman93 3 years ago
Yeah my dad was bangin on his drumset down in my basement. I play them to it's so fun.
SevereTstormFan 3 years ago