From: Ken Norton
> First of all, there really isn't anything called heat lightining. It is a
> misnomer lightining from a distant storm that is hidden by the haze in the
> atmosphere. The haze will light up, but because of the distance to the
> storm there isn't any thunder. Heat doesn't cause lightining.
I know that, but you knew what we were talking about, didn't you. :-) I
think it may be called that because it always seems to occur on a hot,
humid, still evening.
>
> ps. here in central Iowa we sure have gotten our fair share of supercells
> this year. Just how many tornado warnings can an area have in one year?
The most major storm fronts I ever saw pass through in one day was three
(when I was in Wyoming). I don't think supercells travel fast enough (they
are too big to pass over quickly) for that to happen though.
Gregg
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