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[tickmike]

Lightning / clouds.

Say if you had clouds at the top of some hills touching the ground, could lightning still happen ?. 

[kitz]

I havent looked it up, but my first thoughts are that it would be possible from other clouds.

[guest]

The vast majority of lightning never hits the ground so yes its quite possible.

[NewtronStar]

There are 3 types of lightning discharges

1. Cloud-to-Ground Lightning

2. Ground-to-Cloud Lightning

3. Intracloud Lightning

the most common type in the UK is type 3 (IC), so if you have clouds at the top of some hills touching the ground your are more likely to get the type 1 (CG)