Unusual weather event; thunderstorm and fluctuating temperatures
Observation: During the month of December (Dec.) we have had 4 separate occasions (that I know of) where we had lightening, and thunder. The first was Dec. 14th, after 9:30 PM there were 8 flashes of lightening, (no I did not count minutes in between), but I do believe it lasted for about half an hour. The thunder that followed was REALLY, REALLY, loud, they vibrated the house.
Three days later, a strike occurred around 1:30 PM. Also observed the ambient temperature drop from 37.2 F to 32.0 F, a 5.2 degree Fahrenheit (F) change in 8 minutes during the early afternoon of Dec. 17th from 1:40 PM to 1:48 PM, by 2:07 PM it had dropped to 30.4 F. Then by 2:45 PM the temp went back up to 33.8 degrees F and stayed steady.
The 29th observed the thunderstorm during the morning and then later in the evening. By the 30th, it was about 10:45 AM and only two flashes with one followed again by a REALLY rumble and the second being very quiet. I didn't get a chance to watch the temperature change during those occasions.
Some of the older folks had mentioned how they have never seen so much lightning and thunder in their entire lives and it being so clustered together. This is a drastic change to our weather patterns that we usually have and it has been the talk of the town.
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M. Tcheripanoff
