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HOW LIGHTNING WORKS – Weird World of Lightning



How does lightning form? Does it strike up or down? Over the decades I’ve seen lightning do some freaky stuff. In this visually stunning video we’re going to explore and explain the weird world of lightning.

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BIRTH OF LIGHTNING in THUNDERSTORMS
Thunderstorms have the ability to separate pools of positive and negative charges in and around them, thus creating powerful electric fields. Lightning is born between two oppositely charged regions as a network of electrically conductive channels called leaders materialize and begin to tunnel a path through the poor conductive air in between. Think of leaders as a sort of jumper cable. The leaders branch out in two directions, each with opposite polarities toward both regions in an attempt to neutralize the charge separation.

CLOUD FLASHES or INTRACLOUD LIGHTNING
Most lightning flashes occur within the storm and are called cloud flashes or intracloud lightning.

GROUND FLASH or Cloud-To-Ground Lightning
When one end of the bidirectional leader network connects to the ground or object on the ground we call it a ground flash, or cloud-to-ground lightning. CG for short.

WHEN STEP LEADERS & UPWARD LEADERS MEET
In the most common CGs, a negatively charged step leader approaches the ground. The electric field between the step leader and the ground strengthens to the point that an oppositely charged positive leader (aka upward streamer) begins reaching up bridging the gap between the two. More than one upward leader may initiate and attempt to connect with the downward leader, however, the first to reach a downward propagating step leader will suddenly complete a channel path through the resisting air for the flow of powerful electrical current between the Earth and cloud. Electrons then RAPIDLY accelerate down the channel causing extreme heating and the brightest flash of the event. This is the return stroke of negative CGs. In rare photographs, you can see failed upward connecting leaders that didn’t reach, the downward leader first, and thus terminating into the air.

WHAT CAUSES THUNDER?
the air around lightning becomes So hot that it explodes as a supersonic shock wave that transitions to an acoustic wave within a few meters. This rapid expansion of air molecules creates sound waves that radiate outward about 1 mile every 5 seconds. The sound we hear is thunder.

WHY DOES LIGHTNING FLICKER?
Often after a negative CG return stroke, multiple other return strokes follow causing the main channel to flicker. This is called a multistroke CG flash.This repetitive nature is caused by recoil leaders forming on the upper end of the lightning channel in the cloud which is positive polarity.

COMMON POSITIVE FLASHES
The return stroke of typical positive CGs rarely flicker. Many occur between a positive pool higher in the thunderstorm, and the ground. Because of the greater distance the leaders have to blaze through the resisting air, the return stoke of these positive CGs is often much hotter, brighter and longer in duration. The peak charge in Positive CGs can be 10 times more powerful than a typical negative CG and thus considerably more dangerous. These are generally the most powerful CGs, reaching temperatures up to 30,000 Celsius. That’s roughly 5 times hotter than the surface of our Sun. Positive CGs only account for about 5-10% of all ground flashes worldwide, But In tornado Alley, they are an atypically common sight. I tend to see them just downstream of strong storm updrafts.

BOLT FROM THE BLUE
Sometimes a bolt of lightning can leap miles away from a storm jolting earthlings with surprise.
We call this a Bolt from The Blue. Outdated paradigms suggested these clear air channels leaping out the back of storms were positive in polarity. But the latest research using lightning mapping and high speed cameras have shown most of these startling zaps are indeed negative.
If you capture a Bolt from the Blue and it has a lot of branching, chances are it was a negative CG instead of a positive.

WHAT IS UPWARD LIGHTNING?
Sometimes storms can grow upscale into massive complexes stretching across states. These systems can have horizontally layered charge regions that serve as the conduit for lightning to travel over a 100 kilometers. They transfer HUGE amounts of charge, and cause abrupt changes in the electric field, which can trigger another flash in a sort of domino effect. Upward lightning travels UP from tall objects on the ground into the storm.This is ALSO called Ground-to-cloud lightning. Almost all upward moving flashes are triggered by a nearby lightning flash, either when leader activity or a return stroke occurs close enough to the tall object causing an abrupt change in the electric field. .

This video was possible thanks to lightning scientist Tom Warner’s research. For more in-depth information visit his website ZTresearch.com

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44 comments

Turbo Lives In my heart March 26, 2020 at 11:43 pm

Almost six decades on this planet, and nobody has ever explained the lightning phenomena as well as you just did.

tri minh August 7, 2022 at 9:26 pm

SORRY MAN CANT PROVE SOMETHING I CANT SEE CAN I NOW

tri minh August 7, 2022 at 9:27 pm

NOT YET AWAY BUT NEVER SAY IT NEVER

tri minh August 7, 2022 at 9:28 pm

LIKE NEVER BELIEVE IN SOME FOOL THEORY OF EVOLUTION OF SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD CAUSE YOU MIGHT MEET A ROCK

tri minh August 7, 2022 at 9:29 pm

EVEN WORST IT MIGHT JUST DROP RIGHT ON YOU

tri minh August 7, 2022 at 9:30 pm

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tri minh August 7, 2022 at 9:38 pm

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z is a letter August 9, 2022 at 8:42 pm

yo this video Rules im going to be dorky and ID lightning next time i see it in front of my fiance who will think it's adorable

comicsansgreenkirby August 10, 2022 at 7:50 am

*Trick Question*
WHYYY
I ACED IT AND I GOT AN INTRACLOUD WHYYYY

tri minh August 12, 2022 at 7:00 am

I DONT KNOW BUT IF THE SCIENTIST CLAIM THEY REALLY KNOW HOW IT WORK THEN SURELLY THEY CAN REPLICATE OR CREATE ONE RIGHT ?

tri minh August 12, 2022 at 7:01 am

AN ELECTRIC BALL LOOK ALIKE AINT LIGHTINING TO ME AND THE WAY IT TRIGGER EXPLAIN THAT

tri minh August 12, 2022 at 7:05 am

EXPLAIN WHERE THE MULTIPLE CHARGE CAME ABOUT FOR THE ATMOSPHERE IS PRETTY MUCH NO CHANGE IN THE MOMENT YET A HAIL OF POWER DOING WHAT EVER IT WANT OR LIKE WITH OUT ANY CONDITIONAL CHANGES THAT CAN EXPLAIN THE TRIPPLE 4X 5X 6X AMOUNT THEN 1X 2X AND 7X 8X 5X ..EXPLAIN THAT

tri minh August 12, 2022 at 7:08 am

IT LIKE THOR IS DOING SINLE THEN FULL AUTOMATIC SEMI AUTOMATIC THEN SINGLE SHOT AND GOING CRAZY WITH A FULL CARTTALIGES OF AMMUNITION

tri minh August 12, 2022 at 7:15 am

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tri minh August 12, 2022 at 7:16 am

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a. phytophile August 14, 2022 at 8:30 am

Great explanations. I'm still curious about so-called heat lightning (is that just high altitude intracloud lighttning?), and ball lightning, if it is a real thing, and if so how it works.

RD P August 16, 2022 at 12:50 am

What i think is interesting is how when people are struck by lightening it makes a pattern across their back mostly that looks jus like a lightening bolt then I think our circulatory system in our bodies are the same way starting with a truck and then branching off into our limbs just like a lightening strike looks! Also trees look the same with a trunk then limbs that branch off and even looking at the individual leaves they too branch off into smaller stems so it I is clear that all living creatures including us were made to adapt to this world as we too have electricity in our bodies as do all animals so it all all interconnected humans with the environment.

RD P August 16, 2022 at 12:51 am

What i think is interesting is how when people are struck by lightening it makes a pattern across their back mostly that looks jus like a lightening bolt then I think our circulatory system in our bodies are the same way starting with a truck and then branching off into our limbs just like a lightening strike looks! Also trees look the same with a trunk then limbs that branch off and even looking at the individual leaves they too branch off into smaller stems so it I is clear that all living creatures including us were made to adapt to this world as we too have electricity in our bodies as do all animals so it all all interconnected humans with the environment.

Terry Mohn August 16, 2022 at 5:07 pm

Hank you must have some "Carl Sagan" in you to be able to bring science down to earth enough for the average person to begin to understand. My family and I love your mini documentaries and amazing footage. God Bless & be safe out there.

Duck August 19, 2022 at 4:57 am

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Jason August 25, 2022 at 9:48 pm

Why did you record lighting with a tornado in it?

chu Harry August 26, 2022 at 8:29 am

what causes the screening layers?

Morten Hansen August 28, 2022 at 6:11 pm

I love you channel man! Tornadoes coverage oh yeah. But this video, plus the other lightning videos….I'm amazed to the bone. Amazing coverage. And hey Hank, if you want, ask me about my theory about why lightning happens. I have it from a recorded physicist.. sorry for any miss sepllings.

comic4relief August 30, 2022 at 9:32 pm

OK, PH, but we are "seeing" only the eye's response to the electric fields being generated, or induced. There is still much that we do not see. Flashes are just a part of it, yeah?

Ben Quinney, III August 31, 2022 at 6:00 am

Static

Selmarya September 3, 2022 at 6:42 am

Fun fact: the longest lightning bolt was visible from as far as Mobile Alabama to Houston Texas

Del September 5, 2022 at 10:37 pm

Fascinating. Thank you

sambo lester September 9, 2022 at 4:31 am

What a dang tutorial!! If my useless knowledge added up to useful knowledge I would be some kind of genius. Till then I’ll keep learning how lightning works and green slime is made !

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I’m terrified by lightning so much.

AzMetalScorpion September 10, 2022 at 3:33 am

Living in monsoon territory, I just learned something new.

Heison Oscar September 14, 2022 at 4:59 pm

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Tim Holian September 14, 2022 at 9:41 pm

Awesome information. Thanks.

Clair Morrill September 16, 2022 at 5:48 pm

Some forms of lightning didn't happen until after the industrial revolution, like a thunder snowstorm, but the intensity of a thunderstorm isn't just effected by weather, our government has invented a weather machine using technology from Nicola Tesla, it's called High frequency Active Research Program (H.A.A.R.P) there's a book written about it titled "Angels Don't Play this H.A.A.R.P"

Mission2Day September 26, 2022 at 1:32 am

why does heat lightning not make a sound? this video is great . thank you!

MihΓ‘ly TΓ³th September 29, 2022 at 3:46 pm

positive

Kara-Nova Bisbo Knight September 30, 2022 at 7:44 am

im always on the look out for well explained lightning videos like this and they usually suck but this one was actually easy to understand

Nur alam Middya October 10, 2022 at 3:14 pm

Science value less without Allah

Andy Mcneil October 10, 2022 at 11:49 pm

Fascinating stuff. Great post. I love science.

Pinoy Engineer October 12, 2022 at 7:53 am

wow, thank you for that awesome explanation

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