Thunderstorms may eventually become more predictable
Randy Mann.
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As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, there are over 40,000 thunderstorms forming every day across the globe. That’s nearly 1,700 per hour. For an entire year, it’s estimated that our planet will receive approximately 14.6 million thunderstorms.
With thunderstorms comes lightning, which is still one of the most mysterious meteorological phenomena. They are known to form mostly on warm and humid days, especially when the air is unstable. However, predicting where exactly a thunderstorm will develop and when it will occur has often been extremely difficult.
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