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>> > It's about 3 megavolts per meter.
According to the EB, the field strength for electrical breakdown of air at
atmospheric pressure is 10,000 V/cm. Within thunderclouds, fields of 1000
V/cm are exceeded only over limited areas. This information is also
available in the CRC Handbook in the spark gap section.