Not to be confused with dry thunderstorms which are also often called dry lightning is a misnomer used for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not appear to have accompanying sounds of thunder.
Why do we have lightning but no thunder.
However thunder could also be caused by a meteorite travelling through the atmos.
Thunder is a direct result of lightning.
Absolutetly yes because thunder is simply a sonic boom usually caused by the super heating of air during a thunderstorm that expands faster than the speed of sound.
Thunder is the sound caused by a nearby flash of lightning and can be heard for a distance of only about 10 miles from the lightning strike.
After being heated and compressed the expanded columns of air shrink and cool down giving off the initial clap of thunder.
Heat lightning also known as silent lightning summer lightning or dry lightning mainly used in the american southwest.
No it is not possible to have lightning without thunder according to noaa.
If you see lightning but don t hear thunder it is because the thunder is too.
If you have a good view of the horizon on a stormy day you can see dozens of lightning strikes and flashes in the clouds off in the distance without ever hearing the resulting thunder.