Q: Is lightning a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs during a thunderstorm? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning a sign of the ire of the gods? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning a cloud-to-ground lightning strike which is a short-duration stroke that appears as a single very bright flash and often has considerable branching? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning cloud to ground? ¶
A: Yes, Although more common, intracloud and cloud to cloud flashes are very difficult to study given there are no "physical" points to monitor inside the clouds.
Q: Is lightning the decaying stage of a lightning channel in which the luminosity of the channel breaks up into segments? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning the most studied and best understood of the three types? ¶
A: Yes, and even though IC and CC are more common types of lightning.
Q: Is lightning negative? ¶
A: Yes, and meaning that a negative charge is transferred to ground and electrons travel downward along the lightning channel.
Q: Is lightning the tendency of lightning to be loosely coordinated across long distances? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning "Anvil Crawler"? ¶
A: Yes, and due to the habit of charge, typically originating beneath or within the anvil and scrambling through the upper cloud layers of a thunderstorm, often generating dramatic multiple branch strokes.
Q: Is lightning not distributed evenly around the planet? ¶
A: Yes, as shown in the map.
Q: Is lightning a form of cloud discharge? ¶
A: Yes, and generally horizontal and at cloud base, with a luminous channel appearing to advance through the air with visually resolvable speed, often intermittently.
Q: Is lightning usually produced by cumulonimbus clouds? ¶
A: Yes, and which have bases that are typically 1–2 km above the ground and tops up to 15 km in height.
Q: Is lightning still a matter of scientific investigation? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning the most common natural cause of wildfires? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning a lightning flash in which one end of a bidirectional leader exits the cloud? ¶
A: Yes, but does not result in a ground flash.
Q: Is lightning an informal term referring to a type of cloud-to-ground lightning strike that has no visible branching and appears like a line with smooth curves as opposed to the jagged appearance of most lightning channels? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning either positive or negative? ¶
A: Yes, as defined by the direction of the conventional electric current from cloud to ground.
Q: Is lightning a lightning flash which originates from the top of a grounded object and propagates upward from this point? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning CG? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning too low to account for the X-rays observed? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning scarce owing to its infrequency and unpredictability? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning cloud-to-cloud lightning that exhibits a diffuse brightening of the surface of a cloud? ¶
A: Yes, and caused by the actual discharge path being hidden or too far away.
Q: Was lightning theoretically predicted as early as 1925 but no evidence was found until 2001/2002? ¶
A: Yes, 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 into a storm cloud.
Q: Is lightning called fulminology? ¶
A: Yes, and the fear of lightning is called astraphobia.
Q: Is lightning used in Australia? ¶
A: Yes, and Canada and the United States for lightning that occurs with no precipitation at the surface.
Q: Is lightning intended to protect rocket launching pads? ¶
A: Yes, and electric power facilities, and other sensitive targets.
Q: Was lightning the source of the magnetization and provide an estimate of the peak current of the lightning discharge? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning a lightning flash that appears to produce no discernible thunder because it occurs too far away for the thunder to be heard? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning notably less frequent there than over larger landforms? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning cloud-to-ground lightning that exhibits branching of its path? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning less common than negative lightning? ¶
A: Yes, and on average makes up less than 5% of all lightning strikes.
Q: Is lightning created when leaders propagate through horizontally-extensive charge regions in mature thunderstorms? ¶
A: Yes, and usually the stratiform regions of mesoscale convective systems.
Q: Is lightning known as thundersnow? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning the most frequently occurring type? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is lightning a lightning discharge between a thundercloud and the ground? ¶
A: Yes.