In the Midwest it is called “heat lightning” when the storm is so far away that you can’t see the actual lightning bolts and can’t hear any thunder. It does make for a good light show! The iPhone did a decent job catching some of the lightning bursts.
Between the light bursts there was total darkness last night.
The heat lightning was fairly steady for a few minutes, then it slowed down a lot. This storm system was too far away from us to provide much rain. We got maybe two tenths at most overnight. Hopefully the forecast for more rain this week will be correct for once.
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I remember that term when we were kids on the lake, the lightning can be so beautiful!
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It can be very impressive, that’s for sure. Thanks, John.
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Lighted up the sky.
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That it did, Tim, that it did. Our yard trees, full of summer leaves, did a good job of blocking our view…
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In West Tennessee we talked of heat lightning, too.
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I think it is pretty much a Midwest/South thing, Anne. We do get the very large slow moving thunder storms that give the heat lightning show. Thanks for sharing.
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Fascinating. It seems ages since we had any rain
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We are finally get some this morning. So far just enough to settle the dust…
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