Re: Does electrostatic charge keep a cloud up?

In article <f94vhr$psi$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Szczepan Bia³ek
<sz.bialek@xxxxx> wrote:
Away from the ground, vertical air currents will be overwhelmingly more
important than the static field. If the field is really large, as in a
thunderstorm, then the vertical currents will be very strong and
largely > > the cause of the charging.

May be that "vertical air currents" are the electric winds in its nature.
S*

No. It is easy to predict when these strong upcurrents can occur in the
mid-troposphere from the degree of instability in the atmosphere. When they
can be large the weather forecast will include thunder.

The electrification of clouds is a complex topic of continuing research, I
suggest you "google" the subject.

--
Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
Buckingham, ENGLAND
Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j


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