| There is no need for thunderstorms to ruin a | | | | corresponding thunder 9 seconds later. In this |
| family evening together. In reality, you can turn a | | | | event, the initial bolt would be 1.8 miles from your |
| stormy night into a great family activity that could | | | | location. We determined this figure by dividing 9 |
| be educational and fun for all members of your | | | | by 5, which equates to 1.8. |
| household. | | | | How about another example? If you make out a |
| The light that you see returned from a lightning | | | | strike of lightning then hear the boom of thunder |
| bolt journeys to your eyes almost | | | | 21 seconds afterwards, how far is it away? To |
| straightaway.But as a result of the reality that | | | | find out, just take the number of seconds, 21, |
| sound moves slower than light, you will always | | | | and divide it by five. The answer is 4.2, so the |
| see the charge of lightning before you hear its | | | | lightning must be just about 4.2 miles from where |
| related rumbling. Light travels at a blazing velocity | | | | you are following it. |
| of 186,000 miles per second arriving to your eyes | | | | Please be aware that this process doesn't |
| immediately as sound moves at a rather leisurely | | | | continually result in correct results.The thunder |
| velocity of 770 miles per hour. At this velocity, | | | | that you hear might not necessarily match directly |
| sound will voyage a mile in more or less 5 | | | | to the lightning that you see. Instead, you could |
| seconds. By making use of this information, we | | | | be hearing thunder from a bolt of lightning you did |
| can effortlessly find roughly how far away a | | | | not see.Not all bolts of lighting contact the ground, |
| lightning bolt is. | | | | so there are times when you will pick up thunder |
| To get rolling on this task, on the next evening | | | | that looks to go with no lightning at all. |
| with appropriate storms, locate an area where it | | | | You should constantly take security seriously |
| is secure to watch for lightning strikes.As soon | | | | when observing thunderstorms. You shouldn't be |
| the a bolt of lightning lights up the sky, begin a | | | | close to things such as electronic devices or |
| stopwatch or manually add up the amount of | | | | appliances, metallic objects, or tall objects like |
| seconds until you hear the roar. | | | | lightpoles or trees. |
| Now that you have recorded the number of | | | | Being a meteorologist is not a prerequisite to |
| seconds among the lightning and its thunder, to | | | | being able to establish how far lighting is away. If |
| gauge the approximate distance of the thunder, | | | | you have a stopwatch and a secure area to |
| simply divide the number of seconds by 5. An | | | | watch the storm, try this activity and add some |
| illustration would be seeing lightning then hearing it's | | | | sunshine and excitement to a rainy night. |