⚡ Charge Separation & Breakdown
Cloud charge
0.0 C
Field strength
0 kV/m
Strikes
0
Peak current
— kA
Storm controls
Updraft speed
12 m/s
Graupel / ice density
1.0×
Breakdown field
180 kV/m
Branching η
1.6
Force strike
Pause
Charge builds from simulated graupel/ice collisions (non-inductive charging). When the field exceeds the breakdown threshold, a stepped leader grows through a real dielectric-breakdown (Laplacian) field solve toward the ocean.