Earth Changes

Unusual Cape Town lightning storm

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Sun, 23 Aug 2015 21:40 UTC

Weird weather took hold this past weekend as both Saturday and Sunday evening saw the skies over the Mother City light up due to thunder and lightning storms.

Many in Cape Town took to social media to document the unusual weather, saying they felt as if they were in Joburg or Durban.

Following are seven shots we thought completely nailed the stunning occurrence.

The South African Weather Service confirmed in an update on Sunday afternoon that there was a 30% chance of rainfall for Sunday evening with similar conditions for the Western Cape continuing into Monday and Tuesday.

Mild conditions can be expected in Cape Town on Monday with maximum temperatures reaching a 17°C, while cold conditions could be expected in the Northern Cape with Sutherland reaching a low of 2°C.

Weather conditions for Joburg, Pretoria and Vereeniging would be fine and warm with maximum temperatures of 25°C but the SA Weather Service warned of extremely high fire dangers over the western interior of the Eastern Cape.

Reader Comments

Rexx · 2015-08-24T00:35:07Z

its not weird.. it is expected..

experts have been saying for ages, as the climate changes, more extreme weather should be expected, droughts, floods, cyclones.. and i suppose lightning, being part of the phenomenon known as weather.. should be included.

Im suprised theres no article about this on this site..
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Baybars · 2015-08-24T06:10:42Z

Because all the other media promote articles like that but they don't spend much time on the otherside [Link]
or [Link] which shows how the cold records are falling as well.

IncenDiary · 2015-08-24T05:06:18Z

It was weird, missed most of it down here at the tip near Cape Point where I live but there were very bright flashes even last night.

Ragnar · 2015-08-24T14:57:09Z

This article made me remember lightning storms we had here, back in the early 1990's. When it would get dark, lightning would start up and we'd have hours of just lightning, no rain. Weirdly though, much of the lightning was horizontal. Like across the sky. Huge jagged lightning fanning out in large bolts with streamers in fan like patterns. I recall spending evenings just sitting there watching it.

Then, many years later, I discovered that the early 1990's were when HAARP and the weather modification programs really got ramped up. It made sense because the region where I live doesn't have lightning storms. Certainly nothing like what I saw back then.

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