What the hell is this??(Strange Cloud Behaviour in Argentina 03-04-2010)

[hillbilly123069]

Your thoughts plz.I've never seen anything like this.Heat is the only thing that could cause lightning like that,but it cannot be a volcano.
YouTube - Strange Cloud Behaviour in Argentina 04-03-2010

 

[RideTheDirt]

hell rising?

 

[hillbilly123069]

The christian side of me is concerned.

 

[squarepusher]

Haarp

 

[Baptist]

When I lived in Colorado there was a narley forest fire. I did not see it, but locals said that all the smoke from the fire created its own weather system. Maybe this is a big fire on the ground?

I have never seen anything like this.

 

[No1ButPaul08]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_cloud

 

[Brian4Liberty]

That's cool!

The thing that seems unusual about it is how isolated the thunderhead appears. Not a lot of other high level clouds. A fire could probably cause it, and atmospheric conditions were perfect for lots of lightning. Or it was the Lizard People.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_cloud

Or just an isolated Cumulonimbus cloud at dusk so that the lightning stands out.

 

[KCIndy]

Your thoughts plz.I've never seen anything like this.Heat is the only thing that could cause lightning like that,but it cannot be a volcano.

Actually, I would be willing to bet there's a good chance this IS from a volcano. Volcanic eruptions have been known to produce lightning. The volcanic ash is hot, dry and dusty, creating what basically amounts to giant bursts of static electricity.

There was an eruption in Chile in May '08 that produced similar effects:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/photogalleries/volcano-photos/


It happened in Alaska, too:

http://news.discovery.com/earth/volcano-eruption-lightning.html

At any rate, it certainly is... shocking!

 

[Ninja Homer]

"Lightning can also occur within the ash clouds from volcanic eruptions, or can be caused by violent forest fires which generate sufficient dust to create a static charge"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

It could just be a regular old thunderstorm... you can't see the horizon, so you really have no idea how big it is or where it's at in the sky.

 

[SimpleName]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_cloud

This is it! It perfectly coincides with the description at the top of the page. It reads:

"Cumulonimbus (Cb) is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. Cumulonimbus means "column rain" in Latin. It is a result of atmospheric instability. These clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold front in a squall line. They create lightning through the heart of the cloud. Cumulonimbus clouds form from cumulus clouds (namely from cumulus congestus) and can further develop into a supercell, a severe thunderstorm with special features."

 

[hillbilly123069]

This is it! It perfectly coincides with the description at the top of the page. It reads:

"Cumulonimbus (Cb) is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. Cumulonimbus means "column rain" in Latin. It is a result of atmospheric instability. These clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold front in a squall line. They create lightning through the heart of the cloud. Cumulonimbus clouds form from cumulus clouds (namely from cumulus congestus) and can further develop into a supercell, a severe thunderstorm with special features."

No surrounding clouds.

 

[Bruno]

Those of us in the midwest are treated to light shows like that, sometimes from isolated cumulonimbus clouds like in the video, every spring.

 

[hillbilly123069]

I spent half my life in east-central oklahoma,I'm a weather buffer and was an amateur storm chaser.This is not a typical thunderhead.

 

[tpreitzel]

...
http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-f...-on-radar-system/story-e6frflri-1225848774377

 

[Expatriate]

Looks like a giant wolf-lizard or something.

YouTube - Una tormenta inusual - TN.com.ar