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Old 7th Jan 2006, 17:36
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Re: what temp. does lightning occur at ?

They are both correct as lightning is most likely to occur around the freezing level. This is because the air is driest and more easily becomes seperated into negative and positively charged particles. At least that is what I remember from my met exam 20 years ago....
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