North
Georgia Lightning & Radar
The data
on this site is not for the protection of life or property.
PC Weather Products
assumes no liability for injury or damage should you decide to go out and
play
in thunderstorms. Always obtain official National Weather Service forecasts.
This screen capture is a plot generated by a lightning detector collocated at my server site in Marietta, GA. We are located approximately 10 miles
North of Atlanta,
in
the exact center of the map, at the "+"
First,
some information:
The type and polarity of new strikes are indicated by
symbols,
as illustrated in the legend. Dots that fade in color from yellow through
dark red indicate older strikes. The correlation between time and color can be
found in the legend.
The display typically reflects a total of the last 20
minutes activity for
any given period.
There
are several controls on the map for your use. Thirty or Sixty minute
history can be displayed with the push of a button. You can zoom out on
the
range of the map. There is also a feature to run a loop of the latest
archived data.
This is a
Java-enabled image that automatically refreshes every 60 seconds |
The following image is generated via the
StrikeStar system. A community of amateurs running NexStorm lightning detector software. They are
linked together via a network which uses a triangulating positioning system to determine the location of lightning strikes.
It isn't perfect but sometimes gives good results.
This image is only current upon
page load. It does not auto-refresh.
The following Atlanta Radar image is generated from
GRLEVEL3 software.
This image is only current upon
page load. It does not auto-refresh.
Current Atlanta RADAR Animation
This image is only current upon
page load. It does not auto-refresh.