Double rainbow, lightning strikes delight Lower Mainland photographers

Weather watchers from each crossed the Lower Mainland were treated to a stunning show connected Wednesday nighttime arsenic thunderstorms and rainbows took implicit the sky.

Global News was flooded with images of double rainbows and lightning strikes, with galore capturing some upwind events successful 1 photo.

Global BC elder meteorologist Kristi Gordon said a precise constrictive and aggravated set of rainfall and thunderstorms moved crossed the Lower Mainland from westbound to eastbound astir 6 p.m. connected Wednesday.

“The rainfall was torrential for a little play arsenic lightning struck each around,” Gordon said.

However, the tempest moved connected rapidly and owed to the mounting sun, a immense treble rainbow rapidly appeared.

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“So overmuch moisture from the aggravated rainfall remained successful the entity astatine that infinitesimal and it caused the entity to airy up successful a aureate orangish and pinkish hue arsenic a setting,” Gordon said.

“The sun’s airy was scattered by the h2o droplets successful the air.”