Lightning around the world

[Zzartemis]

Possible rare ball lightning, UK,

I saw a ball of lightning, nearly 30 years ago, up close.

I had driven 6 hours, to visit an old school friend, just pulled up in front of her house, when a ball of lightning came whizzing through the sky, and hit a transformer, on a pole, just across the street, in my line of vision. The explosion was terrifying!

 

[c.a.]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537818815693590528

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537551058804817922

It's like the whole country has become electrified.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1538448307533623297

Risk forecasts #meteo by the municipality by the AROME model for Sunday #orages on the north and west. #canicule further east.

https://twitter.com/meteophile/status/1538445459013918722

Possible rare ball lightning, UK, or a UFO (!)

I wonder if the 4Dsts time travelers can use these electrical storms as portals, as well as energy collectors.

Feb. Brisbane, Queensland Australia

Aug 23, 2017

 

[Puma]

30-minute timelapse of the supercell last night near Rivers, MB. I love the rotation in the updraft as it moves away from us. The main part of the supercell passed mostly north of the road, thankfully, so we had a great view of the storm from behind

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1539000002789249024

 

[Puma]

It's a lightning "anvil crawler" that spreads out like a crawling Kanatoko cloud. I took a slow shot with my phone, but you could see it branching out and spreading with the naked eye ⚡️

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1541395604848676864

 

[c.a.]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1542240383291326464

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1542336253487620096

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1541316372256391168

Sustained electrical activity yesterday evening over the northeast. For the day of Sunday the #BasRhin with 2888 and the #Vosges with 2465 are the departments having received the most lightning. All zoomable stats and maps at http://meteo60.fr #orages

Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет

Irpin today. A thunderstorm, strong winds and heavy rain. Several roads were flooded, and the wind blew down trees. The leafy Kyiv suburb still has not healed the scars of war. Water from the sky pours into these wounds.

5:51 PM · Jun 29, 2022,

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1542574844109328388

Unfortunately, hail caused damage in the Rhône Valley, at Solaize ( #Rhône ) at the end of the afternoon. The greenhouses of the field We wish a lot of courage to this company which had just put the chrysanthemums into cultivation... The losses must be considerable..

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1542557447184949248

Last night, around 3 am, I perched on Mont Saint Baudille, above the Hérault Valley. Several storm cells released about thirty thunderbolts and upwards. My favorite remains this cloudy area above Lac du Salagou. #orages

 

[MK Scarlett]

This capture of these red electric discharges is astonishing!

 

[Puma]

Red sprites in Japan

Fuji was very busy last night with clear skies and the appearance of sprites, fireballs, and longitude meteors. This is a view captured by a camera pointed southwest from Fuji on the night of July 5, 2022 to the early morning of July 6, 2022. Various types of sprites appeared. Sprites are lights that are emitted into space at the same time as lightning strikes, and their detailed causes are not known.

Here is a view of each sprite individually, appearing at 23:48:08 on July 5, 2022, 0:56:42, 1:26:23, and 1:34:39 on July 6, 2022.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544662838223917057

 

[PERLOU]

Juin 2022 est le mois le plus foudroyé jamais enregistré en France

Avec 180.000 éclairs enregistrés en France depuis le début du mois, juin 2022 vient de battre le record de foudroiement mensuel depuis le début des relevés de 1989. Et ce n'est pas fini, puisque...

www.futura-sciences.com

Juin 2022 est le mois le plus foudroyé jamais enregistré en France​

June 2022 is the lightest month ever recorded in France

 

[c.a.]

Claim that the #GeorgiaGuidstone was struck by lightning. 🤔

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544868248637808640

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545050708612771843

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545246477865422848

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545387528303378432

Update:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545213199532068864

 

[Puma]

Strong electric storm in Turkey

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545968958024699904

 

[c.a.]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546101932716072961

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546192527983722496

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545618749901791232

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546189695498915840

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545950939437219841

 

[Telesfora]

Once a ball lightning came into my family home. It flew in through the chimney, flew out through the open stove door, dusting soot everywhere, and flew out the open window. Although all in all, no one is sure if it was ball lightning or something else. It was about 50 years ago, so I only know it from stories.

About 5 years ago, lightning struck very close to my house. I was in the bathroom at the time so I didn't see it but I've never heard a louder sound than that thunder in my life. It wheezed in my ears for a while. Just like in the movies when a bomb explodes. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but my neighbor's house was damaged.

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[c.a.]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546040682204241920

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1543999388753829888

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546524721453273091

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546688217327484930

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546496753909858304

https://twitter.com/foxweather/status/1545422461440651269

 

[Puma]

Lightning storm in Washington DC

A hot, humid Tuesday ended with severe thunderstorms that downed trees, caused damage and left D.C. area residents without power.

Downed trees and branches have been reported throughout D.C., Maryland and Virginia, as strong winds, heavy rain and thunder and lightning bombarded the area Tuesday afternoon.

The National Weather Service warned about slick roads, downed trees and power outages, as well as unsecured light objects that could become projectiles. . Power outages, downed trees as storms blitz DC region

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1547038196948688898

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1547026355061129217

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1547025794299576320

 

[Puma]

Electric storm in Chihuahua Mexico

On july 20th, in the early hours of this morning, one of the most spectacular severe storms ever seen in the State of Chihuahua occurred just after 11:00 pm in the town called Colonia Buenos Aires in the municipality of #Janos in the northwest of the state.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1550150035681296388