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Submission + - What Is 'Hot Lightning'? These Strikes Are More Likely to Start Wildfires (ieee.org)

Submitted by Wave723
Wave723 writes: "Continuing current is thought to occur in about 11 percent of lightning strikes. Lightning that harbors a continuing current is more likely to start fires and damage homes or equipment.

Such “hot lightning,” as it’s called, can be spotted by the Geostationary Lightning Mappers, which detect rapid changes in brightness in the 777.4-nanometer (near infrared) band associated with lightning."
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