Super-Thunderstorms Erupt On Jupiter
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J.K Oudshoorn
Nice post with information, thunderstorms with tops reaching 100 km would be AMAZING. wunder if they have t-storms with rotation patterns.
Anyway.. I can't agree on this:
"The clouds are similar to thunderstorm clouds on Earth, only much, much bigger, as Earth's clouds grow to only 10 km in height, says Kunio Sayanagi of the University of Louisville in Kentucky, US."
Our T-storm tops can reach up to 21 km (13 miles or 70.000 ft) wich are ofcourse (very) rare, but they do occur once in a while. However... tops reaching 15 km (9.3 miles or 50.000ft) are common.
Anyway.. I can't agree on this:
"The clouds are similar to thunderstorm clouds on Earth, only much, much bigger, as Earth's clouds grow to only 10 km in height, says Kunio Sayanagi of the University of Louisville in Kentucky, US."
Our T-storm tops can reach up to 21 km (13 miles or 70.000 ft) wich are ofcourse (very) rare, but they do occur once in a while. However... tops reaching 15 km (9.3 miles or 50.000ft) are common.
Saul Trabal
EF4
I think it's a foregone conclusion that tornadoes do exist on Jupiter-although they could really be nothing more than funnel clouds, since they most likely wouldn't touch down on a surface. Keep in mind-Jupiter is essentially a huge ball of liquid hydrogen. There is probably no surface; the pressure and temperature get higher and higher, the atmosphere eventually changing into a hellishly hot global ocean of liquid hydrogen. Tornadoes on Jupiter would be far more ferocious than anything on Earth.
Understand that thunderstorms the size of Texas or larger are typical for Jupiter. The monster thunderstorms mentioned in the article are probably half to 2/3 the size of the earth. Their anvils appear to extend about 5,000 miles!!
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Tom Stefanac
EF2
Imagine if you core punched? That would be a week long drive through the core 
Saul Trabal
EF4
Imagine if you core punched? That would be a week long drive through the core
I don't think you'd survive an hour driving into such a storm, much less a day. The lightning could range anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 times more powerful than Earth's lightning. Frankly, Katrina would be a weak drizzle compared to one massive Jovian thunderstorm. The monster thunderheads in the article would dwarf Katrina many times over. Just look at how big the anvils of those thunderclouds are.
The hailstones must be HUGE. Can you imagine the updrafts?! Sheesh!!!
And the rain must be akin to having someone open a waterfall over you. And the rain would be a mixture of ammonia and water.
mike scantlin
EF3
Bill Paxton could do it.
Dann Cianca
You, sir ... just made my day.
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