Why is lightning speed 440000 m/s

[Mapl3Sy4up]

Best I can find for speed comes from here and Here with both being in Miles Per Hour, and with the first translating to 120700 m/s and the second being at 89408 m/s, both incredibly slower then the speed I’ve seen on the wiki’s “lightning calculations” page

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

That's more so the average speed of a lightning bolt. And a long time ago, we said they vary between 100,000 m/s and 1,400,000. But there are more studies saying it can go down to the 89408 m/s and there's also lightning bolts faster than the old high end.

 

[Mapl3Sy4up]

That's more so the average speed of a lightning bolt. And a long time ago, we said they vary between 100,000 m/s and 1,400,000. But there are more studies saying it can go down to the 89408 m/s and there's also lightning bolts faster than the old high end.

But isn’t the 1,400,000 not the leader bolt (one which goes down) but the flash Or the return stroke

 

[Mapl3Sy4up]

but also wouldn’t you guys want to use the low end (or 89k m/s), I’ve seen people who are clearly superhuman and create shockwaves at the SOS by moving get called “peak human” I don’t think normal humans can do that.

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

Return strike is like 1/3rd the speed of light

 

[Mapl3Sy4up]

Return strike is like 1/3rd the speed of light

Yeah ik, I’m just confused where the 1,400,000 could possible come from otherwise because the absolute peak I’ve seen is the 270000 mph or 120000 m/s

 

[GoldExPoints]

Yeah ik, I’m just confused where the 1,400,000 could possible come from otherwise because the absolute peak I’ve seen is the 270000 mph or 120000 m/s

The 100000 - 1400000 m/s range comes from this study that measured multiple lightning strikes' speed, current, distance, etc. during a storm.

 

[Nullflowerblush]

From the three studies linked in the Lightning Feats page.

• 440,000 m/s (avg.)
• 360,000 m/s-2,400,000 m/s
• 1,000,000 m/s-10,000,000 m/s

440,000 m/s is a low-end.

 

[Mapl3Sy4up]

From the three studies linked in the Lightning Feats page.

• 440,000 m/s (avg.)
• 360,000 m/s-2,400,000 m/s
• 1,000,000 m/s-10,000,000 m/s

440,000 m/s is a low-end.

Ah, so this is what happens when my iPad doesn’t like certainly links
Lets make 89000 the low low end, just to annoy people