Arctic Blast with Lightning Storm - WTF?!

where you at

Hey there - I actually was up when this happened here. It was about 1:30am which is pretty much when the storm front blew in. A lot of thunder and a lot of lightening. I really can't remember a thunder and lightening storm in January either.

Again! where are you, your story has a stink about it!!!!

No, no stink. There was thunder and lightning with the wind and snow as the storm from blew in.

[link to www.theweathernetwork.com]

Good Lord - what's with the bullshit flags?

Central/Northern Ontario.

Same shit heavy heavy wind a blizzard with thunder and lightning very intense like a train rolling by.

Never seen that woke me up at 3:00am had to watch it for a while, the snow was so heavy that you could only see about 20 ft ahead.

The light show was really cool.

I am in michigan we experienced the same thing last night. 55 mph winds and thunder..Very strange. Then we had a drop in temperature from 45 yesterday to 18 degree today. I heard it was from the CME that hit which in turn created a magnetic pulse creating a fracture in the stratisphere that has created an artic river through the midwest.

Same thing happened here 1 month ago. First time seeing anything like that.

Thread: How rare is a blizzard with lightning?

Also, I want to add, I got the phone text warnings very early in the morning. It was like 8-12 hours before the storm came. First time for that too.

Last Edited by 422 on 01/20/2013 11:53 AM

It was 50 here for last 2 days with a lot of wind. Right now its 10 degrees. Very strange weather.

The same thing hit here in Ohio between 4 am and 4:30 am. This was THE WORST WIND ive seen in the 11 yrs ive lived here!! My walls are 16 in rhick with 14 in of insulation and My rotty FLEW out if the bed hair standing on end and barking like she was gonna rip something to shreds!!!
The wind woke me up and scared me so bad I grabbed my gun from under my pillow and and flew tothe front door....i was hearing a loud thud, thud, BANG, the wind was so strong it blew a 35 lb - 2 foot Angel off the front deck!!!!
I live in between 3 open fields so we gwt some massive wind gusts here but normally I dont hear them much being that our walls are so thick... this was unlike anything ive ever heard before!!! At about 4pm i snaooed some oics of some Haarp clouds over our area!!! NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WHAT CAUSED IT!!!

Stick that bs flag right up your ass dilrod!!

I'm in Palmer Alaska, last night we suddenly had very strong winds, it was like a constant gust of around 50 mph. It lasted most of the night and went away as quickly as it came, we had no lightning though.

Haarp status.........Bullseye over the Great Lakes region...
[link to www.haarpstatus.com]

geography is not my strongest point,but isn't Canada a little big? anyway the real reason for me being an idiot,is that Hugh Laurie?

Sorry friend, the link I posted states Southern Ontario, that should narrow it down a bit for you as yes, Canada is a big place.

edited to add: [link to www.theweathernetwork.com]

I don't know the real reason you're saying you're an idiot, but yes that is Hugh Laurie.

Last Edited by amachiavellian on 01/20/2013 12:32 PM

I've been telling you all for weeks the shits about to explode in the weather department

Get ready for real hell

We just had a front go through here in Vermont about an hour ago . It was sunny and nice out and all of a sudden it was like a tornado went through here (VT)hail then snow..now the sun is out but suppose to get colder.

ummm,an idiot as i have more interest in hugh than weather! sorry,sooo in love with him!is why.

We had one like that the day after Christmas here in Southern Illinois. Thunder and lightening during a snow storm. I have never seen it before, but it was cool.

In Montreal , Same thing happened here !

Big ass Thunder with snow ?!?!?!

explains the Severe wind we have been having yesterday and we HAD A BROWN OUT exactly 9 hours and 45 minutes ago.....

Sorry, I had to step away for a while.
I'm close to Ottawa. The wind is still strong.

Thanks for the Pin!

yep! kust another american running off at the mouth,,

Ill bet your fat also.

thanks OP!

i had to post the flag to get your attention,,,

We didn't get the lightning storm here, but we did have some strange weather yesterday. I live in Rochester, Minnesota and the day started out with temperatures in the forties (°F). At noon, it started raining. At about 5pm, we started getting crazy winds....gusts up to 50mph-60mph that lasted for five or six hours...and now it is 6°F outside and the wind chill -13°F.