thunder and lightning

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Heading into Tuesday, a mix of sunshine and heavy showers are forecast, which could be accompanied by thunder and lightning.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Harbaugh indeed arrived as a mixture of thunder and lightning, both charming and disarming Thursday’s crowd with a mesh of motivation and eccentricity all soaked in old-school pigskin talk.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Warm temperatures allow the atmosphere to hold more humidity, and that humidity is a prerequisite for building clouds—specifically, the tall, menacing cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunder and lightning.

From National Geographic • Sep. 12, 2023

It warned of so-called dry storms - thunder and lightning without rainfall - in many parts of the country.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

The pandemonium of thunder and lightning vanished behind us as, for just a few seconds, we were bathed in the cold, clean light of the full moon.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda