Africa_Nov15_06HR
--November is the last month of meteorological spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. --The equatorial trough, also called the Intertropical Convergence Zone, is quite well defined in an east-west alignment over the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and South America, and is diffuse over the Arabian Sea. --Afternoon thunderstorms form daily and move W over sub-Saharan Africa, typically originating in Ethiopia and other higher-elevation regions to the S, and usually dissipate to the W before the next day. --The northern edge of lightning activity has shifted southward since October to south of 10 degrees latitude. --Coastal sea-breeze thunderstorms move W over the ocean from Liberia, Ivory Coast, and adjacent countries on many days, but do not survive far offshore. --Afternoon thunderstorms form often along the coast of Somalia. --Madagascar has daily lightning except during the middle of the month. ~Ron Holle
Dec 1, 2015 Webmaster Archive
--01 to 03 November: Tropical Cyclone Chapala is very well defined by a circular lightning pattern as it approaches Yemen form the southeast. --05 to 07 November: Saudi Arabia lightning occurs in lines and clusters, as well as 16th to 18th and 23rd to 25th. --07 to 09 November: In the same region as Chapala, Tropical Cyclone Megh crosses Socotra Island and moves westward but without a circular pattern. --11 to 22 November: Large complexes and lines of thunderstorms move eastward over the Indian Ocean from South Africa along a trough/frontal boundary; a similar pattern occurs on 22-23 November. ~Ron Holle
Dec 2, 2015 11:55:40 PM Dave Fincher