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Article: Thunderstorms: nature's temper tantrum.(harzards to aviation caused by thunderstorms)
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- November 1, 2002
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* At any given time, there are an estimated 2,000 thunderstorms in progress, mostly in tropical and subtropical latitudes.
* About 45,000 thunderstorms take place each day.
* Annually, the United States experiences about 100,000 thunderstorms.
* About 16 million thunderstorms occur annually around the world.
* The lightning from these storms strikes Earth about 100 times each second.
As a young AG, I was the duty weather observer one eventful day at good old LPI at Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk. It was common to experience "airmass" thunderstorms during the summer. One in particular provided excitement for me, as well as a C-9B ...