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Lightning illuminated the evening sky over Del Rio, Texas, on May 31 as forecasters warned of severe thunderstorms with pockets of heavy rainfall that moved through south-central Texas.Footage ...
This is due to high moisture content in the lower atmosphere and high surface temperature, which produces strong sea breezes along the Florida coast. [5] As a result, heat lightning is often seen over the water at night, the remnants of storms that formed during the day along a sea breeze front coming in from the opposite coast.
Rain and strong winds lashed parts of north Texas on October 26 and 27 amid severe thunderstorm warnings.This footage, filmed by storm chaser Chad Casey, shows lightning illuminate the sky near ...
This temperature inversion is the opposite of what is normally the case; air is usually warmer close to the surface, and cooler higher up. In calm weather, a layer of significantly warmer air can rest over colder dense air, forming an atmospheric duct which acts like a refracting lens, producing a series of both inverted and erect images.
The rain has been a pleasant transition for Fort Worth from a scorcher of a summer that recorded more than 25 days with temperatures at or above 105 degrees. The high for Thursday is a relatively ...
Sprites or red sprites are large-scale electric discharges that occur in the mesosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground.
A severe geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to many parts of the United States on Thursday night, with skies as far south as San Antonio bathed in rich hues of magenta and green.
The production of X-rays by a bolt of lightning was predicted as early as 1925 by C.T.R. Wilson, [104] but no evidence was found until 2001/2002, [105] [106] [107] when researchers at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology detected X-ray emissions from an induced lightning strike along a grounded wire trailed behind a rocket shot ...