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Eight strangest weather phenomena in the world

El Nino in Peru and Ecuador may lead to abnormal warming of sea water and a large number of fish deaths. Reason: After the southeast trade winds near the equator in the southern hemisphere weakened, the Pacific Ocean flooded with cold water, which led to a large-scale warming of sea water temperature, abnormal equatorial currents and atmospheric circulation, thus causing abnormal precipitation in the Pacific coastal areas, with floods on one side and severe drought on the other.

Lake Maracaibo Thunderstorm is located at the mouth of Catapo River in Venezuela, and there is a mysterious lake-Lake Maracaibo. This water area is also known as the lightning capital. In this place, there are more than 300 days a year in the shadow of lightning. Reason: The lake is located in the north of the Andes. Because of its unique geographical environment and hot and humid environment, it is an excellent environment for the formation of thunderstorms, which has created this mysterious lake. September is the peak of thunderstorms every year.

Fire whirlwinds and waterspouts occurred in the Portuguese city of Agenir, causing heavy losses and casualties. This is a rare phenomenon in which a fire occurs in a place with rich vegetation, such as a forest, the temperature and thermal gradient of the air meet certain conditions, and the flame forms a vertical vortex, which pierces the sky like a whirlwind. The same is true of waterspouts. Usually in coastal areas, typhoons or tornadoes pass through the sea and roll up a lot of seawater to form waterspouts, also known as "dragons bring water". These two kinds of extreme weather are extremely destructive.

UFO Clouds In 20 15 years, a "UFO Cloud" appeared over Britain. Because it is shaped like a flying saucer, it is often mistaken for an alien visiting the earth. This kind of flying saucer cloud is called lenticular cloud, and its cause: it usually appears when humid air passes over mountains, because the temperature drops when the air passes over mountains, which makes the water in the air condense into lenticular cloud.

Spherical lightning usually appears in thunderstorm weather. The size of ball lightning varies from eggs to football. Its duration is between 5 and 10 second, which is also called "rolling thunder". Sometimes it may explode when it touches buildings or people, and the direction of movement is uncertain. Cause: In thunderstorm weather, charged clouds are close to the ground, and induced charges are generated with protruding or sharp objects on the ground, and a discharge is formed between them, forming spherical lightning.

Britain, America, Australia and other countries usually appear in Yu Yu, Yu Yu. The rare weather phenomenon in Yu Yu has also become the folklore of some countries. For example, Yoro in Honduran also set up a festival for "Yu Yu", called Yu Yu Festival. Reason: A sea tornado spinning over a lake or ocean may bring water and everything in it into the clouds. When such a tornado meets a school of fish, coupled with strong winds, it may roll the school of fish to the mainland hundreds of kilometers away, thus forming a "Yu Yu".

Volcanic lightning, an extreme weather phenomenon, usually appears in active places on the earth, such as Indonesia, Japan, Iceland and other places. This kind of lightning is often accompanied by volcanic eruption, and now it is also used to predict volcanic eruption. Cause of formation: Due to the volcanic eruption, a rising hot air flow is formed, and there is a low pressure area above it, and there is cold air around it, so the conditions for air convection are formed. When the intensity of hot air flow is high, the convection intensity will increase, friction will generate current, and lightning will form when it reaches a certain level.

Blue Moon The blue moon usually appears every two and a half years, and there may be two full moons this month. This unique blue color also adds a bit of mystery to this astronomical phenomenon, and it also causes people's hot discussion and some public opinions. Cause of formation: Due to volcanic eruption or some fires, dust is sprayed into the atmosphere and mixed with water droplets to form black water droplets, which spread under the action of wind. Under the irradiation of moonlight, these water droplets turn blue, so the moon looks blue.