Return stroke

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-002313",
  "term": "Return stroke",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definitions": [
    "The highly luminous and energetic discharge of electricity that propagates rapidly upward from the ground to the cloud during a lightning flash. This is the most visible and damaging part of a cloud-to-ground lightning event, following the initial downward leader. It carries the bulk of the current and produces the bright flash and thunder.",
    "An electrical discharge that propagates upward along a lightning channel from the ground to the cloud."
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/return-stroke/"
}