Yeah, well, um...
lightningmaps.org shows a couple of lonely dots in or around the town of Kent.
The My Lightning Tracker app shows a cluster to the east of that.
Those two sources never seem to agree on the details, but they do seem to get the general gist right.
My lightning app says that I missed a bunch of activity in my neighborhood or just a bit north about a half hour ago.
Heard a rumble or two, but thought it was a truck.
(!)
The ground is wet - didn't notice any rain.
Watching the live view via the Slooh solar telescope (from the Canary Islands) of the partial solar eclipse now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O88YMlgouG8
Somewhat off-topic, but...
Notice how April Fools' Day gets all of the press, while May Fools' Day, June Fools' Day, and all of the rest pale into insignificance?
Napril coincidence?
Some months have all the luck...
It's as if this marginal thunderstorm is playing hopscotch - downpour and lightning was over there, to my west beyond the NY state line, and then suddenly it's blowing up over Canton, Simsbury and Avon to my east, with nothing in between.
I will be doing my part next week by running my new-ish portable air conditioner.
BTW, I was not paying close attention to the forecast, thinking that any rain would hold off until later this afternoon, and so I was taken by surprise to hear the heavy rain that moved in a short time ago.
Hoping that we still get some thunderstorm activity later on.
Just noticed that the WU forecast moved the anticipated onset of thunderstorms earlier by at least several hours - but it did so by extending the potential duration of the thunderstorm activity rather than by merely shifting it earlier.
So, perhaps there may be 'fun' times ahead, from early this afternoon through the evening hours.
Was expecting some lightning (because I got an alert from an app on my phone) only to discover that it was just a few isolated strikes in the Hartford area.