Weather
Lightning
Where lightning is striking, as strikes per 15 minutes from the networks NOAA uses, so active thunderstorms stand out at a glance.
What you see
- Strike density in 8 km cells for each 15 minutes.
- Go back with Replay and it follows, for about the last 6 hours.
Where the data comes from
- NOAA nowCOASTStrike density from the NLDN and GLD360 lightning detection networks.
New frames every 15 minutes, and the map checks every 5.
Good to know
- The Americas and the Pacific only: from 25° S to 80° N, between 110° E and the prime meridian. Europe, Africa and most of Asia are not covered.
- Detail stops at zoom 8.
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