LIGHTING/THURDERSTROMS

Lighting is a flash of a electrical bolt that hits the ground.Thunderstorms are a mix of lighting and sometimes rain or hail and gusty winds at high speeds.

Lighting happens when ice bumps into each other causes protons on the top of the cloud and electrons at the bottom of the cloud build up and creates a positive charge on the ground,then eventually reach each other.Thunderstorms are made when water builds up in the clouds and hot and cloud air hit each other and makes a storm.

The NO-XP mobile radar is a massive truck that has a big sati light on the back that measures wind speed,How much rain and a lot more

FUN FACTS

• Lighting can hit in the same spot twice.
• Thunderstorms can happen in the winter.
• When lighting sticks it can heat up the air to 18,000 degree Fahrenheit
• Lighting can start from the ground and go up
• Lighting bolt have 100million to 1 billion volts and a billion watts.

STORM STAFTY
If you are out side you can get to ditch.Stay away from wet stuff,and try not to be the tallest thing.If you are inside go to your basement or a bathroom ,just get to a room with out windows.Get flash lights just in case the power goes out.

SOURCES

• ucar.edu
• Washingtonpost.com
• nssl.noaa.gov