Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thunderstorm



Perhaps that term sounded a little strange in our ears so often happens though. A thunderstorm is a natural phenomenon of continuous lightning strikes, which marked the emergence of cloud cumullusnimbus. A thunderstorm or electrical storms are often accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds. In fact, sometimes accompanied by hail and snow (if it occurs in an area that has four seasons)
All the places on earth has the potential to be the location of a lightning storm. The potential is greatest in tropical regions, especially the tropical rain forest areas. There, thunderstorms can occur nearly every day. An example is the Tororo and Kampala in Uganda, Bogor in Indonesia, and Singapore. While the strongest thunderstorms often occur in the Midwest and South State (United States). In areas that have four seasons, thunderstorms occur in the spring and summer. In cold climates such as polar regions, thunderstorms are rare. That's because the temperature is very cold polar regions. A thunderstorm is relatively unusual, occur in the United States west coast. But it is more common in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys in California which is the interior.

Thunderstorms Strength

If the amount of cloud water content cumulusnimbus known, the total energy of a thunderstorm phenomenon can be calculated. At medium power thunderstorm, the energy released reaches 10,000,000 Kwh or 3.6 x 1013 joules. The amount is equal to the power of 20 kilotons nuclear bombs. While the power of large thunderstorms can reach 10 to 100 x more powerful than the medium thunderstorms.

Dangerous

Thunderstorms save big danger. Each year, many people injured or even killed by lightning sting. However, the danger of thunderstorms was not on the sting. Real danger is that the impact of disaster thunderstorms like a flash flood, hurricane, waterspout, hail storms and snow, thunderstorms and even potentially create a tornado.

Continued Learned

Until now, scientists continue to study the lightning storm. The storm chaser-scalled for scientists studying thunderstorms-go to the Great Plains (United States) and the Canadian prairies in every spring to study the visual aspects of the storms and tornadoes. They use the radio signals emitted by cosmic rays to examine the development of electric charge in thunderstorms.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wow, it is so great ! But it is too dangerous, is it ?