Why is it that sometimes you'll hear the loud BANG! following lightning, but other times you'll hear rolling thunder when the lightning it the same distance?
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2006-10-10 00:15:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
A close thunder will sound as a "crack".
It's due to the atmospheric conditions and the pathway the sound travels as it gets to you. Sound travels in the medium of air, and if the air is rushing around, as in a thunderstorm, it will distort the crack into a rumble.
2006-10-10 00:24:13 · answer #1 · answered by Holden 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Close by and you hear a clap. Further away it is a rumble. This is because the sound reflects off buildings, hills, trees etc. Each reflection path is a different distance and therefore are heard at different times. So the crack turns into more of a rumble the further away.
2006-10-10 07:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by amania_r 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
coz it happens different and light travels faster than sound
2006-10-10 07:18:41 · answer #3 · answered by Namlezy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋