CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
RIBBON LIGHTNING
BEAD LIGHTNING
IN-CLOUD LIGHTNING
SHEET LIGTHNING
BALL LIGHTNING
CLOUD-TO-CLOUD LIGHTNING
THE MOST COMMUN TYPE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ALSO CALLED CHAIN LIGHTNING. THIS IS WHEN THE LIGHTNING BOLT APPEARS TO BE BROKEN INTO FRAGMENTS BECAUSE OF VARYING BRIGHTNESS OR BECAUSE PARTS OF THE BOLT ARE COVERED BY CLOUDS
RARELY SEEN, THIS IS LIGHTNING IN THE FORM OF A GRAPEFRUIT-SIZED BALL, WHICH LASTS ONLY A FEW SECONDS
THIS IS LIGHTNING WITHIN A CLOUD
A RARE EVENT
THIS IS LIGHTNING
THIS IS WHEN A CLOUD-TO-GROUND FLASH IS BLOWN SIDEWAYS