Ball lightning A rare form of long-lived lightning that appears as a small, glowing ball. Ball lightning has been reported to pass through solid objects such as windows and walls without dissipating.
BALL LIGHTNING A relatively rare form of lightning consisting of a luminous ball, often reddish in color, which moves rapidly along solid objects or remains floating in mid-air. Related term: globe lightning ...
Ball lightning A rare form of lightning that may consist of a reddish, luminous ball of electricity or charged air. Barograph A recording barometer.
Ball lightning- A relatively rarely seen form of lightning, generally consisting of an orange or reddish ball of the order of a few cm to 30 cm in diameter and of moderate luminosity, ...
Ball Lightning...Visibly for a very short time, has been observed as a bright ball, about 4 to 5 inches in diameter as it comes out of the clouds at a very high speed, low to the ground, is reddish in color.
ball lightning balloon (aircraft) barometer ("to measure atmospheric pressure") berg wind blizzard bomb (meteorology) Bureau of Meteorology (in Australia) ...
Ball lightning Lightning that appears in a shape of a luminous sphere. Its formation is still not fully explained. Banner cloud ...
BALL LIGHTNING - A fireball (or plasma ball) created from a bolt of lightning. This is rare and not much is known about this type of lightning.
TORRO collects reports of thunderstorms, tornadoes (and other whirlwinds), large and damaging hail, lightning deaths and injuries, and ball lightning from not only the United Kingdom but also across Europe.
Lightning, in its various forms, is known by many common names, such as streak lightning, forked lightning, sheet lightning, and heat lightning, and by the less common air discharge; also, the rare and mysterious ball lightning and rocket lightning.
See also: Lightning, Weather, Wind, Light, Thunderstorm
 
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