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Have an upvote for the rabbit hole although I still don't see any solid evidence backing up the 100v per metre claim unless scaled to ground vs. a theoretical p
by Pick-A-Hill2019 6y ago
Have an upvote for the rabbit hole although I still don't see any solid evidence backing up the 100v per metre claim unless scaled to ground vs. a theoretical probe placed 5+ kilometres up in the clouds.
- mncharity 6y agoYou can watch it live[1] at UK Reading's Atmospheric Observatory. Currently (00-ish UTC), the last 12-ish hours there, have been between 100 and 150 V/m. Preceded by 6-ish hours of high-variability, say -50 to 100 with excursions down by -200 V/m. And then 6-ish hours of 50 to 100 V/m. Aside from the 6 hrs of variability, which look like a front coming in, the shape seems stereotypical Carnegie curve. [1] http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/weatherdata/Reading_daily_AWS_graphs.html#8 http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/weatherdata/Reading_daily_AWS_g...
- BlueTemplar 6y agoRight, the voltage is huge compared to household electronics, however the amperage is tiny...