EOSC 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Storm Cell, Lightning, Overshooting Top
27 Aug 2017
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The positive discharges are often more powerful because they come from a farther distance. A direct strike is most likely to hit a person in the open. If the person is beside a tree most likely to be hit by a side flash (the high voltage comes out of the tree and into you) A ground strike is less likely to kill people. Direct strike and side flash are most likely to cause severe injury or death. Central africa has the greatest lightning frequency win the world. Thunderstorm clouds have a characteristic shape with an anvil top and a base that looks like the stem of a mushroom. When the storm cell dies, the cloud rains itself out. Question: multi cell storms don"t usually have lightning. False: a multicell thunderstorm can contain 1 or more cells at the same time. False 2 or more: in a multi cell storm, the life-cycle of each cell is synchronized to the other cells.
