7 Incredible lightning types | Amazing Weather

Lightning is one of the most dramatic and powerful examples of weather - but did you know there are many different types of lightning, all of which occur for different reason?

Cloud to ground – Negative
Usually occurs between a negatively charged thundercloud and the positively charged surface of the Earth. Very common in mature thunderstorms, especially over continental regions.

Ground to cloud
Lightning contains both upward and downward streams of electrical energy. In a ground-to-cloud strike, the streams from the ground are illuminated more than the actual strike itself.

Intracloud & Cloud to Cloud
Intracloud lightning takes place between two areas of the cloud which have different charges. A common type of lightning as it is easy for it to travel the small distances between different regions of the cloud. Cloud to cloud lightning is very similar to intracloud Lightning passes between a positively-charged region of one cloud and a negatively-charged region of another

Anvil crawlers
A type of intracloud lightning that travels between the main core of a convective storm and the anvil region. Latest research suggests the two regions have distinct and independent charging mechanisms. Occurs from the anvil of a distant thunderstorm, but is capable of travelling many miles from the storm’s location. Charging and discharging of thundercloud anvils is less well understood than other lightning strikes.

Sheet lightning
Sheet lightning is simply Intracloud lightning which is obscured by a portion of thick cloud. This leads to the effect of the entire cloud appearing illuminate.

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