X -- Negative Cloud to Ground Strike
+ -- Positive Cloud to Ground Strike
-- Negative Intracloud Strike
-- Positive Intracloud Strike

Old Strikes Colours
Appear as a coloured dots. White (Current),Yellow (newest), dark red (oldest)

Options:
Use the buttons at the top to change:

- History time interval (30m or 60m)
- View Range (Full 600 km or zoom 300 km)
- Event Loop (Stop - show all strikes on map, or Run - play back history)

How to read this map:
This map is displaying the current and past 30 or 60 minutes of lightning strikes
for a max distance of 1200 km (750 miles). The accuracy of the lightning detector
decreases significantly past the 600 km range.

If you don't see anything, then you need to download and install Java

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Auto Range Static Lightning Image Below 


NexStorm TRAC Report  (Thunderstorm Ranging and Acquisition)
Text-based details based on TRAC to showing details about individual
storms that are displayed in the static image below. The details are a stationary
view of the same text that is scrolling on the top right of this page.
 

The image below is a screenshot of current lightning data and updated every 5 minutes. On this image, calculated locations of thunderstorms can be seen. Based on classification criteria, a green, yellow or red diamond will appear where thunderstorm locations are predicted by the detector software.  The map will automatically adjust the range to provide the best view of the current activity from 25 - 1200 km.

Thunderstorm Color Strike rate/min Classification
Green 1-10 Weak  Yellow 11-49 Moderate   Red > 50 Strong or Severe