Some Clouds Can Generate Lightning Without Rain

[Bulsky]

We're used to seeing lightning as a dramatic accompaniment to thunderstorms, but there's a rarer phenomenon called "dry lightning." This occurs when powerful updrafts within a cloud separate ice particles and water droplets, creating enough electrical charge to produce lightning bolts even without rain.
Dry lightning is a fascinating and potentially dangerous weather phenomenon. How can we better predict and monitor the occurrence of dry lightning to prevent wildfires?

 

[Cassandra_12]

Dry lightning is seriously cool but can be super dangerous! It's wild how lightning can strike without any rain, just from the charged particles in the cloud. To keep those unexpected lightning bolts from starting wildfires, we need to boost our monitoring tech and use weather models to track these storms more closely. High-resolution satellite data and real-time weather updates can help us predict and react faster.