I saw lightning...?

Question

Ok so today there was a blue sky with bright white clouds that have no white like you wouldn't tell that there would be no storm and there is lightning going on what is happening??

Answer 1

a storm is forming?

Answer 2

heat lightning.

Answer 3

You question is hard to follow because there is little sentence structure and almost no punctuation.   But, I would think it would be an 'electrical storm' as in a dry lightening storm.  There is something going on in the atmosphere, and it may be raining or storming at a high altitude that you cannot see.  I don't understand your cloud color description..so generally I don't have any comment on that portion.

Answer 4

It's because of the heat.

Answer 5

the sky's falling.

Answer 6

It's a signal of the martians from Mars!

Run to the shelter!

Just kidding.

I don't know.

Sometimes it rains all of a sudden, even when it is sunny...

Answer 7

no such thing as heat lightning.  what you saw was lightning from a storm in the distance

Answer 8

it might be haet lighting i sometimes happens wahe it is extermentaly hot or sometimes just a little warm also it dosnt always have to be storming for lighting to strike it happens quite often but we dont always realize it here check out this link it can help you out     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

Answer 9

the world is gonna end!

Answer 10

that happens sometimes. usually is a predictor that a storm is coming. that's what happened here yesterday. just random lightning. and then a while later we got poured on.

Answer 11

It's a lighting storm it happens when it gets hot out.It's basically like a thunder storm with no rain.

Answer 12

u saw what i think is called ball lightning, it can form pretty much anywhere at anytime except in houses, it can even form in planes. but there dont have to be any clouds or anyhitng, but it can not hurt you at all

Answer 13

heat lighting... i love it

Answer 14

Heat lightning maybe.

Answer 15

I dunno I will just start rating now.

Answer 16

Was it very hot out? There is a phenomenon called "heat lightning". I've only seen it at night with a clear sky, but its possible you could've noticed it during the day.

Answer 17

Are you sure it was lightning? It's possible that something just happened somewhere...like I don't know, maybe some idiot is putting on fireworks during the daytime (they've always looked like lightning to me in the light)

If you were looking ahead, maybe you saw a storm miles away and just have really good eyesight

Answer 18

hmmm, maybe we are from the same area, because i noticed the same thing. i think its just nature at work

:)

Answer 19

dry lightning. The atmosphere can still build a very large static potential without the motive driving force of rain and humidity. It just requires some good air currents and a temperature differential. There could also have been a storm past the visual horizon that caused it. Lighting can travel laterally for over ten miles in some cases before contacting the ground.

Answer 20

heat lightning,

dont stand too close!

or else it will burn your face off! :O

just kidding of course, but its fun to pretend lol

Answer 21

If it is really hot it could be from heat.  That happens.

Answer 22

When it was as HUMID as today you should always expect rain. Don't worry. It only lasts like 15-30 minutes.

Answer 23

A transformer could have blown up, literally. they make quite a flash

Answer 24

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CB's (thunderstorm clouds) usually are white to begin but turn dark from rain.   Sometimes they are by themselves and look impressive against a blue sky

The lightning is merely visible because of your position to the storm.

Answer 25

Well weather changes alot .

Answer 26

if it was hot outside then it is just heat lightning. It just happens.

Answer 27

well if u live in ontario or anywhere around it it was cuz of that huge storm

Answer 28

Alien invasion!

lol, no, but I don't know the scientific name. Heat lightening if its very hot where you are.

Answer 29

You don't need rain for a lightning storm.

Answer 30

AHHHHHHHHH

Answer 31

It's probably just static in the clouds; that happens a lot here.