[AFMUG] Realtime Tracking of Lightening Strikes and Windspeeds

2015-07-09 Thread Sam Kirsch
I stumble upon a couple interesting weather related websites I thought others might find interesting. I'm not sure either would be super useful as tools, but both lightening and wind have a big effect on a lot of us and its interesting data none-the-less! http://www.blitzortung.org - Tracks l

Re: [AFMUG] Realtime Tracking of Lightening Strikes and Windspeeds

2015-07-09 Thread Jeremy
I use the blitzortung app on my Android and refer to it frequently as storms are coming over the mountains. I have found it to be extremely accurate. It will show strikes seconds after they happen in realtime when the app is open and running. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Sam Kirsch wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] Realtime Tracking of Lightening Strikes and Windspeeds

2015-07-09 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 7/9/15 13:53, Sam Kirsch wrote: http://www.blitzortung.org - Tracks lightening strikes in real time using a network of crowd-sourced lightening detection nodes. I wish their hardware would be available again. ~Seth

Re: [AFMUG] Realtime Tracking of Lightening Strikes and Windspeeds

2015-07-10 Thread Jason McKemie
Supposedly there is updated hardware coming out. Who knows when that will be available though... On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 7/9/15 13:53, Sam Kirsch wrote: > >> http://www.blitzortung.org - Tracks lightening strikes in real time >> using a network of crowd-sourced

Re: [AFMUG] Realtime Tracking of Lightening Strikes and Windspeeds

2015-07-10 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 7/10/15 11:30, Jason McKemie wrote: Supposedly there is updated hardware coming out. Who knows when that will be available though... Yeah unfortunately I missed out on obtaining the previous version. I'd like to get a local lightning detector because that kind of stuff is fun, but the c

Re: [AFMUG] Realtime Tracking of Lightening Strikes and Windspeeds

2015-07-10 Thread Jason McKemie
Yeah, I had been looking into it myself a while back. Didn't realize that they were no longer available. On Friday, July 10, 2015, Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 7/10/15 11:30, Jason McKemie wrote: > >> Supposedly there is updated hardware coming out. Who knows when that >> will be available though.