Very strange, very loud thunder and lightening just north of Providence, RI this morning

[Marrah_G]

Odd weather for this time of year. Anyone else hearing this?

[halobeam]

1. I am on Long Island

We had a thunderstorm about 30 or so minutes ago. Lots of lightening and cracking thunder.

It isn't unheard of, but most certainly rare. Glad the 100 degree isn't following it though LOL

[LostinVA]

2. Here, too -- around 6:00 am

[bdamomma]

3. weather forecast for Providence here

http://weather.projo.com//auto/projo/RI/Providence.html

[Branjor]

4. Same here in NJ....

Thunderstorm last night and early this morning.

[Xipe Totec]

5. I'm in Cambridge

it was raining buckets and thundering on the way to work.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. East end of Long island-- hearing it now. It's coming...

across the Sound, but with this warm weather I'm not surprised we're getting thunderstorms.

[kickysnana]

7. Just my brother-in-laws stomach rumbling -- wifey and kids are here. n/t

[Sydnie]

8. I took the dog out about 40 minutes ago and I heard a noise

that was so loud I was sure that something had exploded in a neighboring town. 30 minutes later it began to rain here. I think I was hearing the thunder from the storm but I have never heard thunder BEFORE it started to rain like I did this morning. The tone didn't sound like thunder at all. I came in and checked the news to see if they were reporting on an explosion!

Most bizarre thing.

The rain is beginning to pass now and even while it was over head here I only heard one clap of thunder and it still wasn't as haunting as the thunder I heard before the storm arrived.

[DS1]

9. standard winter storm, just a bit warmer so you can't see the snow

I've heard thunder during snow storms before

[Marrah_G]

10. I saw thundersnow a couple years ago

It was the volume of the thunder that is weird today.

[Sydnie]

11. I agree it's the volume and the tone

very different and the sound is traveling much farther than it would normally too.