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How do storms clean smoke out of the air?

Asked by RedDeerGuy1 (25075points) July 15th, 2023

Just wondering.

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Smoke particle cling to the raindrops (electrostatically, I imagine) and are removed from the air.

However, that means that the smoke particles ultimately are on the ground, but they’re so small you don’t notice them.

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