WFXR Weather Trivia: Most common type of lightning

Kara Thompson

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Are you a weather enthusiast? Love watching the skies? See if you can correctly guess this WFXR Weather Trivia question!

What’s the most common type of lightning?

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It’s easier for lightning to travel small distances within a cloud, so intra-cloud lightning is considered the most common lightning type.

Intra-cloud lightning occurs inside a cloud that has different charges within it. Also known as “sheet lightning”, intra-cloud lightning lights the sky with a “sheet” of light.

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