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Parameters and probability levels of lightning originating from positively charged clouds.
| Parameters | Probability Level |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| I (98%) | II (95%) | III-IV (90%) | ||
| Peak Current | kA | 5 | 35 | 250 |
| Long Duration Charge Transfer | C | 20 | 80 | 350 |
| Specific Energy | J/ꭥ | 8 × 105 | 13 × 106 | |
| Maximum di/dt | kA/s | 3 | 32 | |
