Bolts from the Blue - info and cool pics

isobar · #1 Postby **isobar** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 11:31 am

Lightning can travel for miles from the parent t-storm thru clear air, making it particularly dangerous in places like FL where storms pop up quickly and haze can often obstruct view.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/ltg/crh_boltblue.html

Stay safe wx buddies! Especially you SF - your neighborhood is the lightning capital of SC!

Here's just one of the images. There are some cool 3-D lightning detection images in the link.

Colin · #2 Postby **Colin** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:35 pm

Way cool info, but can be dangerous like you mentioned... :o

GAStorm · #3 Postby **GAStorm** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:06 pm

Hey isobar,

Our local met here in north GA was just talking about this a couple days ago. He was warning people about the danger of lightning miles away from a storm, and actually showed a stray bolt on radar. Pretty cool but dangerous!

isobar · #4 Postby **isobar** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 12:55 pm

Wow, what a coincidence, GAStorm!
I stumbled upon the above link over at http://www.weathermatrix.net/ after searching the net extensively on this phenom.

GAStorm · #5 Postby **GAStorm** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 4:13 pm

Cool site isobar! Thanks for the link!!

Bolts from the Blue - info and cool pics

Bolts from the Blue - info and cool pics

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