Eli5: how does thunder and lightning happen?

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Eli5: how does thunder and lightning happen?

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Thunder is the sound created when warm and cold air collides in a spectacular fashion. Lightning is a discharge of the static energy present when those air masses collide.

That’s what my momma taught me, anyway. Sounds reasonable.

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