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Lightning Tracker and StrikeZone

By Tim Tender on September 28th, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Two of the newest tools in our arsenal are Lightning Tracker and something called StrikeZone! Let’s start by talking about lightning tracker first.

Just like the title suggests, Lightning Tracker will track the lightning and let you know where the most recent strikes are. The colored bolts that you’ll see on the screen indicate the age of the lightning. The newest strikes are white and the oldest ones are red.

Take a look at the image below to see what I mean…

Lightning Tracker at 10:00 AM on Monday 9/28

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Severe Weather Center 2.0

By WJAC Weather on February 18th, 2009 at 1:13 AM

You have probably noticed over the past couple of weeks that the blog posts have been at a minimum. First off, I want to apologize for that. It’s been a really busy time in the Severe Weather Center. Tony was off for a while and I was working his shift. Add that to the fact that we’ve been busy making the transition from our old weather computers to our new weather computers and that doesn’t leave much time to post here.

So, what is this new system? What does it do? How will it affect me? What can I look forward to? Well, let me answer those questions by giving you the rundown of our new systems.

The new system is a product of Weather Central. They’re the same company who supplied our old weather system, too. It’s a great company based out of Madison, Wisconsin. They are the sole provider of all of our weather equipment.

In all, we have 7 different weather computers in the Severe Weather Center. Here’s a breakdown of what they do…

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Winter Storm (February 12th – Part 7)

By Tim Tender on February 12th, 2008 at 7:04 PM

So, let’s compare radar from 5:30 PM with the radar from now, 7:00 PM.� Big differences showing up on radar…

5:30 PM – February 12th, 2008

7:00 PM – February 12th, 2008

You can see the first batch of precipitation (the one that lasted all day) is just about out [...]

Heat Lightning… Real or Fake?

By Tim Tender on September 9th, 2007 at 12:44 AM

I already knew about it, but did a little digging tonight to find the best way to describe the term ‘heat lightning.’ Like normal, my first and only stop was Professor Jeff Haby’s website The Weather Prediction. Heat lightning is REAL LIGHTNING! The best way to describe it is lightning without the thunder. When [...]