The intellicast data as well as all the other lightning maps you may see
in the u.s. and Canada (and now many other countries as well) come from
Vaisala. See their stateside map at:
http://www.lightningstorm.com/tux/jsp/gpg/lex1/mapdisplay_free.jsp
They also have information on how the network works. You can (for a fee
of course) subscribe to real time and/or historical data. They claim
90% or better detection efficiency above 5ka, and median stroke location
accuracy of 500m. Lots of good information on lightning statistics and
other stuff on this site.
No, I don't work for them... though I do work with their data quite a
bit. And the company I work for developed the original network that has
grown into their network.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Keller
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 21:41
> To: (Reflector) TowerTalk
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes Map
>
> The spiderballs thread has been very entertaining and occasionally
> enlightening (no pun).
>
> My grandaughter saw the titles and wanted to know if spiderballs
> were...yuck!... anything like meatballs, and could we have some with
our
> spaghetti please? Well, I guess I should be glad that's all she asked
> about them :-)
>
> Here's a great website that shows recent lightning strikes all across
the
> country. You may find it useful... I do. I think they must be
monitoring
> by satellite.
>
>
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USNationalStd.asp?loc=usa&seg=LocalWeat
he
>
r&prodgrp=SevereWeather&product=NationalLightning&prodnav=none&pid=none
>
> 73, Jerry K3BZ
> _______________________________________________
>
> See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers",
"Wireless
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with
> any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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