Why do you think there is no lightning? Contrary to another answer, there are strong updraughts and downdraughts. The “eye of the storm” is caused by downdraughts - the sinking air is compressed and warms, dispersing the cloud. read more
Contrary to another answer, there are strong updraughts and downdraughts. The “eye of the storm” is caused by downdraughts - the sinking air is compressed and warms, dispersing the cloud. Think of a bicycle pump. read more
they were over water when their lightning was detected; the lightning was located around the hurricane's eye-wall; these were all powerful hurricanes - Hurricane Emily was a category 4 and Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita were category 5 storms. This image shows Hurricane Emily. The yellow pluses and minuses are lightning strikes. read more