Most of us think about lightning striking downward from the clouds. But lightning can also strike upward from the ground, or even upward from clouds into the top of the atmosphere. In tall storm ...

A bolt of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning forms if a lightning leader develops out of the cloud and reaches the ground. Positive CG (+CG) lightning is formed by a downward positive leader and transfers ...

It's been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

Various news outlets recently reported a fatal accident involving a motorcycle rider being struck by lightning. This is a tragic incident. It comes several days after I watched jaw-dropping video of ...

Scientifically, there is no difference between heat lightning and regular lightning. The reason thunder isn't heard is because the storm is typically more than 10 miles away. Visible lightning bolts ...

The ability to study extreme processes such as TGFs originating in lightning allows us to better understand the high-energy ...