Lightning Charts

As of October 2010, the station has been participating in a European-wide lightning detection system.
A lightning detector in the loft feeds real time data to the Blitzortung.org TOA system.
Blitzortung = Lightning Detection (German)
TOA = Time of Arrival

UK / European Lightning strikes

Blitzortung.org

Click on the penguin for real time lightning information from amateur stations across Europe, including data from Thatcham .

Other UK/European lightning charts below.


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European Animated Chart

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United Kingdom

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This is the latest map of lightning strikes for the UK, it is updated hourly.
The colour of the X symbol indicates the number of strikes per hour.


Europe

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© www.thatcham-weather.info Last edited: 07 September 2011