no no no. it is not plasma. it's a discharge of massive electricity. if it were plasma then well.. yeah.
"Lightning is an example of plasma present at Earth's surface. Typically, lightning discharges 30,000 amperes at up to 100 million volts, and emits light, radio waves, X-rays and even gamma rays.[12] Plasma temperatures in lightning can approach ~28,000 kelvin and electron densities may exceed 1024 m−3."
Lightning is a form of plasma.
