PHOTOS: Mother Nature lights up the Okanagan Valley

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July 18, 2018

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PHOTOS: Mother Nature lights up the Okanagan Valley

It was an absolutely crazy Tuesday night weather wise.

A blazing hot couple of days turned sour, seemingly out of nowhere, as clouds, rain, wind and lightning blew through the Okanagan Valley.

Lightning during the hot summer is never a good thing, as it can easily spark a wildfire, which it did on Tuesday.

But man oh man did it ever provide a show…

Both amateur and professional photographers around the Okanagan scrambled to get a shot of the storm and they certainly delivered.

Here are some of the best photos of Tuesday night’s lightning storm, tagged with the #KelownaNow hashtag or emailed to us directly.

Photo Credit: Tera Pemberton

Photo Credit: Victoria Goldstone

Photo Credit: Josh Duncan

Photo Credit: Drew Matousek

Photo Credit: Amanda Lynn

Photo Credit: Samantha Pritchard

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Kelowna Forecast

Tuesday September 1

High 27^°c, Low 14^°c

Wednesday September 2

High 21^°c, Low 12^°c

Thursday September 3

High 20^°c, Low 12^°c

Friday September 4

High 18^°c, Low 11^°c

Saturday September 5

High 21^°c

Monday September 7

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