Current Flash and Stroke Rates

Today's Totals

The Totals window displays the number of strokes by type that have been detected since midnight local time.

Threat Assessment

The threat assessment window is a graphical representation of storm activity over the last five minutes. A storm is depicted as a wedge.

Lighting Strike Location

This is a depiction of the current lightning activity in my region. Larger symbols represent more recent strokes. The count in the upper left corner is the number of strokes detected in the last minute. This display normally shows the lightning activity in the last 20 minutes, however during times of intense activity it may switch to a display that shows the activity in the last minute.

For the newest strokes, cloud-to-ground (CG)are shown as a small yellow lightning bolts, and intercloud/intracloud (IC)are shown as red triangles. For older strokes, green and cyan denote cloud-to-ground discharges, and blue and pink denote intercloud/intracloud discharges.

Lighting Strike Rate History (Last Hour)

This is a graph of the lightning stroke rate over the last hour. The darker green area represents -CG strokes, while the cyan represents +CG strokes. Blue is +IC and pink is -IC. The yellow numbers are the peak stroke count and the time it occurred. The peak activity is show with a text label. The local time of day is show at the bottom.