Question: Does an automated surface observation system (ASOS) have a built-in lightning detection system? Without an observer, how does it know to add a thunderstorm (TS), thunderstorms in the ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan ...

NASA, the U.S. Office of Naval Research today said they are using a new and growing set of networked sensors on land, sea and in space that use lightning strikes to help forecasters predict just how ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — "The story of lightning detection really starts in Arizona, starting the 1970s," said Ryan Said, the Senior Scientist at Vaisala in Louisville, Colo. Vaisala is a global leader ...

AEM, a private company that operates one of the world’s largest lightning detection systems, named Oklahoma the new lightning ...

Lightning activity poses a significant danger throughout the year, regardless of the season. Over the past 12 months, the ...

After lightning struck and killed one man and injured 14 others at an archery range in New Jersey, many are thankful to be alive, but the victims say there was no warning. Many are wondering if they ...

BALTIMORE -- Anne Arundel County schools have installed extra protection for its student-athletes at 13 high schools in the form of an automated lightning detection system. The system, called the ...

Lightning activity surged to an eight-year high by the end of 2025, with new regional hot spots emerging as the new ...

THE DESK. ALL RIGHT, MARQUISE, WE’LL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU. NOW, OVER TO EUSTIS, WHERE THE CITY HAS INTEGRATED ITS LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM AT ALL THE PARKS TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...