when youre trying to figure out how far away a storm is whihc way do you count it?
2007-07-09 08:29:19 · 10 answers · asked by Ari 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
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2007-07-09 11:26:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you see a lightning strike. count the seconds by saying 1 Mississippi, 2Mississippi and so on. If you hear thunder in 5 seconds it is one mile. Sound such as thunder takes 5 seconds to travel a mile. A trick to it to count the total seconds and divide by five is the seconds are not divisible by 5 (17sec/5 = 17/5 =3 2/5 seconds). Light travels much much faster than sound.
2007-07-09 16:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Brandon C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you see lightning strike, start counting seconds. Then listen for the thunder. Make sure you listen for the correct peal of thunder, and not one from a different lightning strike.
For each second that elapses between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder, the lightning was about 0.21 miles away. So, if 5 seconds elapse, it's about 1 mile away.
2007-07-09 15:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
light travels faster than sound. therefore you see the flash first and then hear the sound. Here is a quick chart for figuring distance.
If Thunder is heard The Lightning is...
5 seconds after a Flash 1 mile away
10 seconds after a Flash 2 miles away
15 seconds after a Flash 3 miles away
20 seconds after a Flash 4 miles away
25 seconds after a Flash 5 miles away
30 seconds after a Flash 6 miles away
35 seconds after a Flash 7 miles away
40 seconds after a Flash 8 miles away
2007-07-09 15:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by brotherlove@sbcglobal.net 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You count from the time you see the lightning. Light travels much faster than sound. The light arrives almost instantly. The sound takes almost 5 seconds to travel 1 mile.
2007-07-09 15:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by hawkofalltrades 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning to thunder
2007-07-09 15:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by freckle face 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Light travels at 186000 kilometers per second while sound travels at around 700 miles per hour. So from that info youll see lightning well before you see it.
2007-07-09 16:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by Nick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I first heard thunder
then saw lightning.
2007-07-10 16:01:19 · answer #8 · answered by sweet_blue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's lightning then thunder.
2007-07-09 16:24:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
see before you hear-
lightening to thunder
2007-07-09 15:32:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋