Crazy Storm Weather and Lightning - Global

This is a truly fascinating thread, and I love the pictures that are attached to it.

It has been known for a long time that the Earth regularly passes through streams of cosmic dust ejected by comets and asteroids as they pass through our region of space.
It is also commonly known that the dust accumulated by the Earth in this way takes a month or two to filter down from the upper atmosphere.
When it reaches the lower portions of the atmosphere, water vapour condenses on the dust and eventually precipitates out as rain. This is the source of the monsoons and other 'seasonal storms'

In the current state of play where the Earth is coming under increased cosmic interaction from bolides, then it is understandable that there will be a corresponding increase in storm and lightning activity.

So, sit back and enjoy the show!
 
Yesterday, apparently, there was a massive lightning activity above Europe, and within 24 hours 329.106 lightnings were recorded.
 

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An enormous thunderstorm struck Moscow Wednesday night, with heavy rain, lightning and flooding.

By The Hammer of Thor! Moscow Hit by Epic Thunderstorm, Hurricane Winds (Videos - Photos)
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160714/1042926728/moscow-thunderstorm.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQloeoY2F30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVnTrp0jg9Q

Russia's Emergencies Ministry issued a thunderstorm warning, reporting wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour.

The storm led to zero-visibility conditions.

Downed power lines and fallen trees, caused major traffic delays and flash flooding.
 
В Москве прошла гроза, которую назвали сильнейшей за 20 лет. Правда быстро кончилась. Если бы такой ливень продолжился еще хотя бы час мы бы утонули, а так ничего - все в порядке.
«Прощай, Москва, это апокалипсис»: пользователи соцсетей делятся фотографиями непогоды
https://russian.rt.com/article/312089-proschai-moskva-eto-apokalipsis-polzovateli-socsetei-delyatsya
:scared:
Translation
In Moscow has passed the storm, called the strongest in 20 years. Truth quickly ran out. If the rain continued at least another hour we would have drowned, and nothing - everything is in order.
"Goodbye, Moscow, this is the Apocalypse": social media users are sharing photos of bad weather
 
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Blackwell, Oklahoma Lightning and Hail - 7/13/2016
Published on Jul 13, 2016
https://youtu.be/bsJ6R6_T5pg
Shot Description
Severe thunderstorms developed across northern Oklahoma on Wednesday evening producing vivid lightning and hail.
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VIVID RED SPRITE BURST - Supercell Lightning Storm 5/16/2016
Published on Jun 1, 2016
I managed to capture on video several vivid "Red Sprite" bursts, from a cluster of supercell thunderstorms putting out near constant lightning near Amarillo, TX. I was positioned about 20 miles to the south of the storms, near the town of Tulia, TX, looking off to the northeast. This definitely ranks up there with one of the best lightning storms I have ever seen. A more extended video can be viewed via the annotation link at the end of this video.

This video has been reviewed by several meteorologists at various NWS offices, as well as the Storm Prediction Center, and deemed to be 100% legitimate Red Sprites. The camera I used to capture this sequence was a Sony A7S II with a Zeiss 35mm f1.4 lens (wide open) with the camera itself set to an ISO of between 32000 and 51000.

Intense Supercell Lightning Storm - Turkey, TX 5.23.2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sukYUYU2YA0
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MusicMan said:
When it reaches the lower portions of the atmosphere, water vapour condenses on the dust and eventually precipitates out as rain. This is the source of the monsoons and other 'seasonal storms'
In the current state of play where the Earth is coming under increased cosmic interaction from bolides, then it is understandable that there will be a corresponding increase in storm and lightning activity.

So, sit back and enjoy the show!
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''Storm Chasing'' 4K UHD Lightning/Thunderstorms Timelapse Photography Video
Published on Jul 3, 2016
Collection of year Storm Chasing Lightning and Thunder, heavy rain and Clouds.
All videos are Photographed in Eastern Europe in Baltic States- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between that cloud and another cloud, or between a cloud and the ground.

There will be more thunderstorms this year and later, subscribe ''Race The World'' channel to see future timelapse projects.
Used lightning realtime maps to chase biggest storms and largest cloud explosions.

If you have not chased storm never, I suggest you to do it. You dont have to be in filming or photography. That feeling when thunder shakes the ground and strikes huge lighning bolts, its one of the most amazing nature experiences and feelings.
For this video used Canon 100D 10-18mm lense.
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15. 7. 2016.Cattolica, Italy
An impressive lightning barrage with several waterspouts off the coast in Cattolica
Source: Niccolo Ubalducci / Francesco Gennari

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333.709 lightning strikes were detected over the past 24h with a peak of 600 strikes per minute!
Source; lightningmaps.org
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Last night over Lavardens, France
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Gers, France
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Lightning Strikes over Washington D.C. Bad Thunderstorm July 19 2016

Lightning Strike - Grant Ave. and Laxdal Rd. 07-20-2016 Winnipeg

Deadly lightning strikes clearwater beach florida Jul 21, 2016

Lightning strike Jul 21, 2016 (Out of the Blue)

2016.07.23. Zivatar, villámok - Thunderstorm, lightnings

Suspected Lightning Strike Destroy Chicago Train Station Jul 24, 2016

Lightning Strike Hits Pole in Chicago. July 24th 2016

Scary Lightning Strikes Compilation | Coleccion impresionante de Relampagos Jun 24, 2016 (Foul Language Alert)

7-21-16 Lordsburg, NM Lightning Time Lapse

7-22-16 Midland, SD Supercell Lightning Time Lapse
 
To come up with some stats. Siemens uses in Europe about 160 Station where they can detect thunderbolts that hit ground and thunderbolts in general. It is called BLIDS but unfortunately not all statistics are listed for example of the UK or other countries or you have to pay a high price to get some data. Nonetheless statistics are available for Germany. In 2007 over 1 million lightning strikes hit ground or buildings and compared to 2015 were 549.000 strikes were registered.

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For 2016 are no data available yet to get a minor guess how this year is going.


Some information for German readers if interested:

_http://www.industry.siemens.com/services/global/de/blids/Seiten/Default.aspx
 
Remembering that UK has already experienced more thunderstorms this year than its average for a whole year - which was posted in 19th June when the season for lightning begins and lasts through to at least August.

From Sott, the article is from 20th July:
https://www.sott.net/article/320696-UK-has-already-experienced-more-thunderstorms-this-year-than-its-average-for-a-whole-year said:
Scotland hit by 25,000 lightning bolts in one night; 10 times the normal rate

Alistair Grant
Scotland Now

Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:01 UTC
Map
© Mike Smith
Lightning storm over Edinburgh taken looking over the Royal Infirmary

Scotland was hit by 25,000 lightning bolts as the country's heatwave finished with a bang on Wednesday.

While parts of the country baked in 29C heat during the day, the hot weather continued through the night with lows of 19C.

The humid conditions saw Scotland and surrounding seas hit by around 20,000 of the 39,302 lightning strikes between 3pm Tuesday to 10am on Wednesday.

Ninety per cent of the strikes came in a six-hour blast from 4am to 10am on Wednesday, Met Office UK area lightning detection system data passed to Netweather showed.

Met Office figures showed 25,000 lighting strikes is 10 times higher than the usual number of strikes from a lightning storm.

The 25,000 bolts contained 6million kWh of energy - enough to boil water for 225million cups of tea or provide the daily energy needs of 500,000 people - or the population of Edinburgh - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and Ofgem data showed.

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A dramatic lightning location map showed Scotland almost invisible under the strikes.

Another 5,000 strikes in Scotland were forecast by Netweather by Wednesday evening.

Met Office forecaster Alex Burkill said: "There was so much frequent lightning due to so much energy in the air. Impacts were expected by Wednesday evening."

Netweather forecaster Paul Michaelwhite said: "Extremely severe lightning made it one of the most memorable lightning episodes for years."
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6.8.2016.Croatia
Past night around 1.40h on Zadar's Greeting to the Sun, the last moments of a welcoming ceremony to the storm system which was part of a cold front
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Tonight lightning spoiled sky over Croatian
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Hvar
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Split
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Pula
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MusicMan said:
This is a truly fascinating thread, and I love the pictures that are attached to it.

It has been known for a long time that the Earth regularly passes through streams of cosmic dust ejected by comets and asteroids as they pass through our region of space.
It is also commonly known that the dust accumulated by the Earth in this way takes a month or two to filter down from the upper atmosphere.
When it reaches the lower portions of the atmosphere, water vapour condenses on the dust and eventually precipitates out as rain. This is the source of the monsoons and other 'seasonal storms'

In the current state of play where the Earth is coming under increased cosmic interaction from bolides, then it is understandable that there will be a corresponding increase in storm and lightning activity.

So, sit back and enjoy the show!
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Electric Asteroid's Dust Emissions 8-2-16

Electric Winds on Electric Worlds, Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS2OxSGda6o

XXL BLITZORTUNG LAPSE 01/06/2015 - 31/08/2015
Jul 29, 2016
 
Incredible cloud-to-ground lightning show over Manhattan, NYC! Aug 17, 2016
Beautiful "tail-end Charlie" storm producing frequent CG lightning strikes around NYC last night including one branch that struck the Statue of Liberty. Slow-motion 4K video. Tornado warnings were issued on a supercell over the Tug Hill Plateau in Upstate New York.
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Siesta Beach, FL Sunset and Vivid Lightning - 8/15/2016
Another night of spectacular visuals at Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota FL as seabreeze storms move offshore near sunset. Vivid orange skies and storms clouds with CG and crawler lightning over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Strong lightningstorm over Feldbach, Austria Aug 16, 2016
16th of August 2016. A heavy thunderstorm moved over Feldbach. Loads of very close lightning strikes, quite a bi of storm and torrential rain.
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