2 July 2025
Within the sizzling days of summer time we generally see lightning within the clouds at night time however hear no thunder. Although it’s not an correct identify we name it “warmth lightning.”
Right here’s what it’s, paraphrased from Wikipedia: Warmth Lightning.
Warmth lightning is a misnomer for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or among the many clouds from distant thunderstorms that don’t appear to have accompanying sounds of thunder. Warmth just isn’t inflicting silent lightning. As a substitute the lightning is so far-off that the thunder dissipates earlier than it reaches the observer. At night time, it’s attainable to see the flashes of lightning from very far distances, as much as 100 miles (160 km), however the sound doesn’t carry that far.
Final Friday as Donna Foyle and her household watched some distant fireworks, the clouds placed on a greater present. She captured each on this video. How cool!
Why can’t we hear the thunder? A video from Iowa’s Native 5 Climate Lab explains. Click on on the purple play button to see it on YouTube(*).
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(*) Local5 Climate Lab doesn’t permit embedding of this video.
