Five-Year, Warm Season, Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Assessment for Southern Nevada

摘要

This analysis was undertaken to provide new information on Cloud-to-ground (CG)211u001elightning in southern Nevada and to create a preliminary climatology of CG 211u001elightning in this mountainous desert environment. Information presented in this 211u001ereport has documented the spatial and temporal distributions and flash densities 211u001eof CG lightning in southern Nevada. these, and future, data will increase our 211u001eknowledge of desert thunderstorm and lightning activity; thereby contributing 211u001euseful information that should aid in reducing vulnerabilities to CG lightning, 211u001eto improving the quality and timeliness of weather forecasts, and to reducing 211u001ecosts due to thunderstorm and CG lightning damage. Five warm seasons (June 211u001ethrough September, 1993-1997) of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flashes are 211u001eanalyzed for southern Nevada.