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What is Ball Lightning?

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety of colors, from blue to orange to yellow, and is sometimes accompanied by a hissing sound and an acrid odor.

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In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...