heat lightning

Signification (Anglais)

1. Lightning and/or thunder which the observer attributes to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is too distant to be seen, or because there is no rain, as with dry lighting).
2. Lightning and/or thunder which the observer attributes to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is too distant to be seen, or because there is no rain, as with dry lighting).
3. Lightning and/or thunder which the observer attributes to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is too distant to be seen, or because there is no rain, as with dry lighting).

Concepts

éclair de chaleur

fulguration

éclair en nappe

Synonymes

summer lightning

be shiny

sheet lighting

Traductions

Wetterleuchten

weerlicht

Étymologie (Anglais)

So called because it is common on hot summer nights and is sometimes popularly thought to be caused by heat rather storms.