The main visual sign you should watch out for is the approach of storm clouds. Lightning is only produced by cumulonimbus clouds, which have a dense and fluffy appearance. These clouds hang low to ...

At these heights, the atmosphere is cold enough that clouds are typically composed of ice crystals, not water droplets. These ...

and rain circulating within a cumulonimbus cloud exchange static charges, how the charge separation within the cloud sets up a powerful electric field that primes the environment for a lightning ...

This edition of Weather Tidbits is going to be discussing pyrocumulonimbus clouds. Pyrocumulonimbus clouds are thunderclouds ...

and rain circulating within a cumulonimbus cloud exchange static charges, how the charge separation within the cloud sets up a powerful electric field that primes the environment for a lightning ...

“Lightning strikes are increasing,” Kato said. “Nowadays, cumulonimbus clouds form over wide areas, and thunderstorms with heavy downpours can occur several times every few hours.