Can you help me understand how lightning forms?
Can you help me understand how lightning forms?
user
There are three main reasons for lightning:
assistant
What determines where lightning will strike?
user
The location where lightning will strike is determined by the electric charge between the particles.  Where the charges are not balanced, the lightning will strike.  The charges are balanced where you have the same number of positive charges and negative charges in the same area.
assistant
How powerful is the average lightning bolt?
user