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Staccato Lightning - A CG lightning discharge which appears as a single very bright, short-duration stroke, often with considerable branching.
Staccato Lightning A Cloud to Ground (CG) lightning discharge which appears as a single very bright, short-duration stroke, often with considerable branching.
Browse Related Terms: Anvil Crawler, Anvil Zits, CC, CG, CSDRBL, Heat Lightning, In-Cloud Lightning, LALs, LDS, Lightning, Lightning Discharge, LTNG, Positive Cloud to Ground Lightning, St. Elmo's Fire, Staccato Lightning, Thunder, ...
Their occurrence is detectable by most lightning detection networks, but visually it is not possible to distinguish between a positive CG and a negative CG. (Some claim to have observed a relationship between staccato lightning and positive CGs, ...
(Some claim to have observed a relationship between staccato lightning and positive CGs, but this relationship is as yet unproven.)Positive Vorticity Advection(Abbrev. PVA) - Advection of higher values of vorticity into an area, ...
 See also: Thunderstorm, Shower, Environment, Lightning, Supercell
  
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