Australian Satellite/Lightning

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Australia Satellite Notes

Cloud over WA in a trough is generating storms in the west and north and light showers in the south. Cloud over the NT and QLD tropics in another trough is causing showers and storms. Cloud on the coasts of NSW, VIC, TAS and SA in southerlies is only causing the odd shower.

Lightning Data Upgrade - NEW

Lightning Events

Lightning strikes are displayed as crosses (ground events) or squares (cloud events) and fade from white (current) to red (30 minutes ago) to blue (60 minutes ago).

In December 2014 we upgraded our lightning network to the latest in sensor technology as used by the world's leading meteorological agencies. This has resulted in changes and improvements to the lightning data you will now see. The main changes are:

Much better detection of cloud to cloud strikes. Our upgraded network detects more CC strikes and better reflects research that shows typical storm cells produce approximately 75% cloud strikes and 25% ground strikes.
We have modified the display to show cloud to cloud strikes in smaller boxes and ground strikes above as "+" symbols. Temporal colouring remains the same.
Greater network coverage right across the country.