Abstract

The results of thunderstorm observations made with local lightning flash counters at Poona during 1967–1969 are presented. A positive correlation between the average total count when the count exceeds 20 per hour on a 5V/m counter, and the number of days per month when thunder is heard has been established. The diurnal and seasonal variations in thunderstorm activity are described. It is seen that although a single isolated storm can vitiate the normal pattern of thunderstorm activity in a month or season, a long term statistical average can be taken with a greater degree of confidence as a better index of electrical activity than the current aural method of observation of thunderstorms.

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