Ribbon Lightning : Ordinary cloud-to-ground lightning that appears to be spread horizontally into a ribbon of parallel luminous streaks when a very strong wind is blowing at right angles to the observer
Masters of Disaster, Lightning Glossary, The American National Red Cross (and Arizona State University), Washington, DC, USA 2007. http://www.azpbs.org/mastersofdisaster/pdf/Lightni ng/LightningGlossary.pdf, (Lghtng Sfty - Amer) {865}