ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...

Small, frequent lightning storms zip across Jupiter’s cloud tops. NASA’s Juno spacecraft spotted the flashes for the first time, scientists report August 5 in Nature. “It’s a very exotic thing that ...

You’re relaxing in your lawn chair outside during a warm summer night after a hot and humid afternoon when you notice a distant flash of light in the sky. It occurs ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Editor's Note: The video above is from Jan. 24. The thunderstorm earlier this week gave us a little taste of spring weather. As we get closer to experiencing more convective weather, ...

Louisiana is no stranger to lightning storms, especially during the summer. This is when the atmosphere is most convectively active, producing the charged particles needed for lightning. Lightning is ...

CAPT. C. J. P. CAVE'S letter in NATURE of May 23 reminds me of a storm at Little Shelford in 1915. I had waited for it to stop before I cycled in to Cambridge, and I started when there was clear blue ...