Estimating the length and duration of a thunderstorm is one of the most challenging tasks for the scientific community. That’s why it takes months and years to calculate. The following is a list of our most common types of lightning strikes in 2020. Researchers recently discovered that it was two lightning bolts of history. The new records are set by two different types of thunderstorms in 2020, both in length and duration. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that the two thunderstorms set new records.
The bulletin, released by the American Meteorological Society, contains information about these two new lightning world records. One was lightning in April 2020. It has been confirmed to be the longest lightning bolt in the world. The lightning appeared in the skies of southern USA. The next is the June 18, 2020 thunderstorm. It was in Brazil. It holds the record for the longest thunderstorm in the world. The lightning lasted 17.1 seconds. This new record surpasses the previous record of thunderstorms in 2018.
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Until 2017, the study of thunderstorms was carried out with the help of equipment installed on the ground. But since then, researchers have made significant scientific progress in the study. In 2017, he started learning about lightning via satellite. Researchers are currently studying lightning with the help of a device called Geostationary Lightning Mappers installed on the satellite. The world’s first lightning-lit mapping satellite was launched by the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an American research firm. This device can provide information about lightning 24 hours a day.
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