Static Image of Lightning Strikes (updated every 2 minutes)
(Beckwith Weather Station is at the centre of the circle)
Dynamic View of Lightning Strikes
Lightning Detector Status Screen
This display will provide an audio alarm if lightning strikes occur within 25km of the Beckwith Weather Station.
This display will update every two minutes, and has
several controls that you can adjust.
Across the top of the screen are three controls:
History
Determines either the past 30
minutes,
or the past 60 minutes of lightning activity that is to be
replayed.
View Range
"Full"
- displays all lightning activity within a 600 km. range of
Carleton Place, Ontario
"Zoom"
- displays all lightning activity within a 300 km range of
Carleton Place, Ontario
Event Loop
"Run"
- starts the replay of all lightning strikes that occurred within the
timeframe selected by the "History" setting.
"Stop"
- stops the replay, and returns the display to the current time.
NOTE: If there has been no activity within the timeframe selected under "History", the "Run" button will not work.
TERMS USED IN THE DISPLAY
"Strikes Total" is number of Strikes in the selected History Period.
+ CG Positive cloud to ground strike - CG Negative cloud to ground strike
+ IC Positive in cloud or intra-cloud strike - IC Negative in cloud or intra-cloud strike