ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricanes and other tropical systems feed off warm water and have much less cold air and ice in the upper atmosphere, which is necessary to generate lightning.
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But meteorologist Tom Terry said we’re seeing some mixing of colder air in the upper atmosphere.
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Winds that are rising rapidly and spiraling into Ian are creating some occasional lightning.
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These ‘convective’ storm cells have even heavier rain rates which results in heavy rain and a wind threat for all.
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