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AllaN01Bear

(23,363 posts) Tue Mar 21, 2023, 09:18 PM Mar 2023

i am looking for a good web based lighting detection page .

Last edited Tue Mar 21, 2023, 11:12 PM - Edit history (1)

must be free. wu had a good one untill wu changed it. tried another one and that page changed the interface and didnt like it. have latest lightning strikes on goggle map and lightning maps dot org. they failed me when i learned that there are thunderstorms going on around sacramento, marys ville and northward . i also learned that there are thunderstorms in stockton , modesto. any help apprecieate . all place names in california.

thanks for your information. we lost the thunderstorm activity when the sun went down.

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i am looking for a good web based lighting detection page . (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 OP

This looks like it will work. usonian Mar 2023 #1

Windy.com Tortue Mar 2023 #2

Perhaps the National Interagency Fire Center has data yonder Mar 2023 #3

Here's one that I use... subterranean Mar 2023 #4

usonian

(14,691 posts)

1. This looks like it will work.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 09:59 PM

Mar 2023

https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;y=43.2553;x=-110.514;z=5;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;

The trailing stuff must have detected my general location (Bay area right now) but it's pretty wide until you zoom in.
Can't tell if it's actually working. Seems all quiet on the western front.
Windy as hell, though.

I just looked up real time lightning maps. YMMV