Blue flashes in he sky

Having slagged Dave Lillis about this phenomenon, I was both surprised and embarassed to experience same on a nignts observing with Michael O'Connell.

I looked at many possibilities and concluded that it was "Heat Lightning"

Johnno

Do you have any resources on Heat Lightning becaseu it's something I've never heard of before.

Bart.

Here is my experience of seeing these blue flashes, which was in front of me in a clear sky.

Seanie.

Bart, try these links for a basic explanation


wgntv.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnwea...archives/001347.html

www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/274/

Regards
Johnno

Defintiely not heat lightning so .... like I siad I have seen these flashes on nights when the entire country was clear and there was not a storm anywhere.

Having slagged Dave Lillis about this phenomenon, I was both surprised and embarassed to experience same on a nignts observing with Michael O'Connell.

I looked at many possibilities and concluded that it was "Heat Lightning"

Johnno

ha ha, whos the nut case now :lol:
Only kidding Johnno, I understood your scepticism at the time.

Just to add myself to this list...

Used to see plenty of blue flashes when I was living in Dublin- just dismissed them as lightning or some other kind of electrical storm. Very bright and very quick. No particular direction- seemed to cover the entire sky. I didnt think there was anything unusual about it at the time but then again I dont think there's anything unusual about Tayto and chicken sandwiches...


Dave P