I understand what you are saying OP. I've seen the same too.

However, save your breath. Your about to get a deluge of posts about how stupid this is and that there has been lightening without rain for as long as man can see.

Someone will come along and call you stupid and tell you to go back to school.

The list can go on. Just look at other posts that are similar in the last week alone. I don't care what these people say. SOMETHING odd is going on, but there is no way to find out.

Someone posted a thread about sideways lightning yesterday. The thread died because of shills. Have you seen the odd sideways lightening? I have and it wasn't normal.

If you find your answer OP, I would appreciate hearing it. These storms are NOT normal.