Live Lightning Detection
| Lightning data for New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Southern New York, Connecticut, Long Island, and the New York City area. |
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Lightning data overlaid with radar data is updated every 5 minutes. It is occasionally turned off during fair weather.
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| Images are saved in Greenwich Mean Time, Otherwise known as "Z" time. Subtracting -4 hours from the time indicated on the map = Eastern Time during the daylight savings period. (spring and summer) And subtract -5 hours during the Fall and Winter to get the current time. |
Lightning Data Icons
= 2 strikes or less within a 2 mile radius during the last 2 minutes. 
= 8 strikes or less within a 2 mile radius during the last 2 minutes. 
= 14 strikes or less within a 2 mile radius during the last 2 minutes. 
= 15 strikes or More within a 2 mile radius during the last 2 minutes. 
= Older Lightning Data (strikes are atleast 4 minutes old) 
= Possible Hail 
= Possible Tornado | **This lightning data is for educational purposes only.. Although strikes are accurate, DO NOT RELY on this information for life and death situations. Ranging detection of lightning can be very sensitive at times.. *** |
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