PredictWind's lightning feature provides the most comprehensive and accurate lightning network worldwide. Real-time updates include new lightning strikes every five minutes. Lightning coverage includes sensors in over one hundred countries, remote areas, oceans and polar regions with precision near 100m. The sophisticated algorithms and machine learning models which process the sensor data offer world-leading location and lightning classification accuracy with filtering to maintain a low false alarm rate.
Tracking lightning is essential for safety and protecting equipment on land or at sea. Lightning strikes can cause injury, fires, and equipment damage, disrupting critical systems like navigation and communication on boats and damaging structures or electronics on land. Monitoring lightning enables you to make informed decisions, such as finding shelter or adjusting your route, to avoid high-risk areas. Staying aware of lightning risks helps you protect yourself, your gear, and your journey, wherever you are.
Lighting strikes can be viewed using the timeline on the map for up to the last hour, appearing and fading in opacity on the map over ten minutes.
To learn more about Lightning in the PredictRain App please see this article: Additional Meterological data about Lightning
