< p >我已经注意到大(东北我们!)闪电风暴似乎失去了闪电在波士顿市区。下面例子gif(从今天开始,2021年8月19日~ 5点——11点当地时间;来自lightningmaps.org): < / p > < p > < a href = " https://i.stack.imgur.com/CVTdE.gif " rel = " nofollow noreferrer " > < img src = " https://i.stack.imgur.com/CVTdE.gif " alt = "康涅狄格州和马萨诸塞州的特写镜头,数十或数百个罢工随着中央康涅狄格州减少约十几个经过波士顿”/ > < / > < / p > < p >这风暴不是极端的案例如我通常看到,波士顿的西南城市~ 10英里会数十或数百个雷击;波士顿学院区域(从市区大约5英里,在环保/更少的铺设面积)会得到几十个;和市中心只有几个。但我还没有看过观测的数据,看看典型的< em > < / em >。< / p > < p >我也看着这闪电风暴的地图在纽约和费城。Those cities appeared to get more lightning than Boston, but then the areas past them seemed to get almost none at all, almost as if they were in the cities' "shadows" (Aug 18, 10 pm - Aug 19, 9 am):
The lightning then seems to pick up again over Connecticut on its way to Boston.
So: is it true that thunderstorms "lose" their lightning as they pass over cities? If so, why?
Map showing where Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia are: