Lightning Tracker

Tue 16 Jun 2020, 22:21

 Driving down the M5 around Birmingham earlier this evening, lightning flashes every few seconds and a cloud burst, the motorway was literally like a river. 

Tue 16 Jun 2020, 17:51

Yes LightningMaps apparently uses Blitzortung data. Interesting just now to see lots of activity across Cheltenham and (prior to that) Stow and its environs. 

Tue 16 Jun 2020, 17:35

Another good one is an app - BlitzortungLive.  

Tue 16 Jun 2020, 17:10

Wow, love it. Just tracking the storm now, thanks John!

Mon 15 Jun 2020, 19:03

Weather nerds (like me?) might find this website interesting 

https://www.lightningmaps.org/#x=-1.5226;m=oss;r=0;t=4;s=201;o=1;b=0.58;n=0;y=51.8614;z=12;d=8;dl=8;dc=0;ts=0; ;

It shows - in real time on a map - where lightning occurs. In the 'settings' one can configure it to show the thunder sound front in real time. So one can tell that a lightning bolt, say like this evening near Churchill (there were a few) can be heard here in Charlbury. 

It does not distinguish between cloud to cloud, cloud to ground or ground to cloud lightning bolts.