Lightning is one of nature’s most intense and unpredictable forces, but thankfully, we have got technology to help us stay ahead of the storm. Lightning detectors are designed to pick up the ...

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 ...

Lightning is one of the great forces of nature. The huge releases of electricity release detectable electromagnetic emissions, as you might expect. The team at the [LVL1 Hackerspace] put together a ...

Watch Digi-Key’s Chris Baird describe the AS3935 Lightning Sensor by AMS. The Lightning Sensor features self-tuning antenna circuits, built in algorithm and software programmable gain. The AS3935 can ...

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 ...

PELL CITY, Ala. (WIAT) — In Pell City, it’s out with the old and in with the new. An enhanced lightning detection system has been installed at the Pell City Sports Complex. Lightning is the most ...

I just survived my fifth winter in Alaska, and one of the most fascinating things about living here is the weather. A few years ago, I bought myself a fancy home weather station with a rain gauge, ...

The AS3935 Franklin lightning sensor IC, capable of detecting lightning up to 40 km away, has been developed by austriamicrosystems. The AS3935 Franklin lightning sensor IC, capable of detecting ...

Whenever Florida State University meteorology professor Henry Fuelberg is at home and there’s a thunderstorm, he likes to sit in a rocking chair on his covered front porch, watching the lightning and ...

It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter ...