Good point. At higher altitude, the dielectric strength of air is less, so
the voltage cannot build up as much before the strike starts, so the clouds
cannot build as much energy as they can in Florida.
73,
Didier KO4BB
At 07:41 AM 3/22/2004, you wrote:
From personal experience there is a lot of lightning in CO,
but the intensity is somewhat less since the ground elevation
is at 5,000 ft so the storms have 5,000 ft less elevation to
develop their charge.
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