Heat lightening? does it still happen?

No I have not seen any years now but again it has not been as hot here in the Summer as it used to be years ago

yes I can see it alot here as the storms fall over the mountains but may never get here.
also if you see lighting and count till it thunders thats how many miles away the storm is like ya count to ten in between and thats 10 miles away and most times it never moves this way

What you call heat lightning we used to call sheet lightning... because it came in a sheet, not the usual zigzag forky way. Perhaps we don't see it as much these days because of light pollution?

I have never seen it..In fact i am not really sure what is is.....But i had to answer this because now i really want to know and maybe reading the responses will help me to find out....

Ya'll are gonna have to take a ride north! We have it all the time here in Oklahoma. When I moved here from New England, I was amazed at how frequently it occurred down here. Spectacular bolts traveling cloud to cloud across the sky. I can sit outside watching it for hours...

Hi Elic,



I don't think I have seen one of those for many years as we don't get that much heat in our summers over here, normall its about two weeks of glorious warm sunny days and its starts to cool down, then we have heavy rains with thunder and lightening, thats about it all.


Tamara

Good morning Elic, I have never heard it referred to as heat lightening. That is interesting. I just always thought lightening was something u had before a storm. i'm like u i am very seldom outside after dark so i really don't see any at all anymore. Havn't ask u about your mom lately. hope she is doing as well as can be expected. Have a great day.

I can't remember the last time I saw heat lightening. When I was a kid I used to see it all the time. Now that you mention it I don't see it anymore.

Hey Elic! We definitely had plenty of heat lightening this
summer here where I live. It was very hot and humid. There
were many nights that there was absolutely no storms or rain,
just heat and humidity! And then there would be lightening!
I always thought that was so weird! I would kind of wait
for the thunder, but it never came, nor the rain! Weather is
such a strange occurance isn't it?

Wow, I haven't seen that in years and years.

It's really been a long time now that you mentioned it. I actually forgot all about it, and I use to see it all the time when I was younger sitting on the porch at night but not anymore.

I also remember how hot, dry and still it was then too, but even that's changed and this was in Cleveland, Ohio, in the middle of the city. The seasons are just not the same anymore.