Volt and Ampere data?

[Jonathan.Williams]

JumpJack:

Just assume the voltage is high. Very high.

I get a hint at the amperage when watching the realtime map. When every station and some out in the ocean light up and point to a strike, I assume it was a whopper.

Dale
PS, Just being cute, but it is fun to consider the amount of energy in a strike.

I'm still fascinated by the 'crawlers' that seem to emminate from a cloud and crawl all over the bottom of it, without ever touching ground. Very cool stuff.

Several hundred million volts is typically quoted. But lightning is sometimes described as essentially a constant current source, that will develop nearly any voltage difference necessary to complete a circuit.