Unusually Late Thunder Storm in the Windhoek Area

Between 01H00 and about 04H30 this morning (22 May 2008) Windhoek experienced a bit of a thunderstorm, which is extremely unusuall for this time of the year! Not that it rained that much in Pioneers Park, we only had about 2.5mm, but I'm sure some other areas got a bit more than that. Time from lightning to thunder was about 5 to 7 seconds. At the rate the clouds are looking today we might just get some more rain later on. Also the temperatures for this time is a bit strange. It should be alot colder than what it is. Winter has not really started either. It is a bit chilly when the sun goes down, but the days are still pretty warm. You can still get away with going to work without a jersey. As for the late thunderstorm, no-one can really recall one for this time off the year...

Pink Lightning Bolt

This pink lightning bolt was taken on the same night as the other couple below here. I just forgot to add this one in. There was a story that this specific lightning started a fire at a house in one of the eastern suberbs of Windhoek, however I could not confirm this story.

Pink Lightning

Here are some great pink lightning shots. This storm was just east of us during the late evening. This storm was close by as you can see from the lightning pictures. Most of the thunder was between 1.5 to 3.0 seconds after the lightning bolt, puting the storm pretty close by to us!