Web Directory

» All You Need to Know About Lightning
   Detailed information, photographs and video of lightning, thunder, sprites, elves, blue jets, and myths and mythology.
   http://www.2dog.com/cat/lightning.html

» BBC Weather Centre: Lightning
   Article by Bill Giles on how thunderstorms form and why lightning occurs.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/lightning.shtml

» BBC: Weather Basics: Thunder
   Provides an explanation on why noise is caused by an electrical discharge in the atmosphere.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/basics_thunder.shtml

» Bergen Lynradar
   Shows real-time lightning activity in the North Sea using a sensor located in Bergen, Norway.
   http://www.lynradar.no/

» Boltek Lightning Detectors
   Boltek StormTracker and LD-250 Lightning Detectors display lightning strikes live on a map of your area. Can detect and track thunderstorms up to 300 miles away, right from your personal computer.
   http://www.boltek.com/

» Colorado Lightning Resource Center
   Resource for lightning information for the state of Colorado. Knowing more about lightning, its causes, and some basic safety rules can help you and your family avoid needless exposure to the dangers of lightning. From NOAA, a government site.
   http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/?n=ltg.php

» EUCLID: European Cooperation for Lightning Detection
   Information and links to lightning detection networks across Europe. View real-time maps of lightning activity in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Sloven
   http://www.euclid.org/

» Florida Media Communications: Lightning Tracker
   Real-time lightning detector for an area within a 300 mile radius from Tampa, Florida.
   http://www.flamedia.com/lightning/light.htm

» Global Atmospherics Lightning Detection
   Global Atmospherics provides lightning and thunder storm detection equipment and services worldwide.
   http://www.lightningstorm.com/

» Infography about Lightning
   Sources recommended by a professor who specializes in the study of lightning.
   http://www.infography.com/content/370554780760.html

» Information Please: Lightning
   A short brief on lightning lore, statistics, and safety tips.
   http://www.infoplease.com/spot/lightning1.html

» Lightning Facts
   A short compendium of information about lightning.
   http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/lfacts.htm

» Lightning Information Center
   National Weather Service, Melbourne, Florida. A resource of lightning information for east-central Florida.
   http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/ltgcenter/ltgmain.html

» Lightning Links
   Links to relevant news articles and other sites on lightning, photos, lightning variations, fulgerites, lightning victims, books, and research sites. An extensive and useful compilation.
   http://www.sirlinksalot.net/lightning.html

» Lightning Protection Institute
   The Lightning Protection Institute is a nationwide not-for-profit organization and provides information on lightning safety and lightning protection systems for commercial and residential structures.
   http://www.lightning.org/

» Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC
   Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC (NASA). Learn about LIS, OTD, LMS, and other space based lightning detection instruments designed, built, and maintained by the Lightning Team.
   http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/

» Lightning: The Shocking Story
   The science and the stories behind the bolts that strike our earth a hundred times every second. National Geographic report on lightning.
   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/index.html

» Los Alamos Sferic Array for Lightning Studies
   Lightning research using a ground-based array of low- frequency lightning electric field sensors. One data "product" is a daily map of lightning of a large portion of the contiguous United States.
   http://edot.lanl.gov/

» Lyncole Industries, Inc.
   Designs, manufactures, and installs the originally patented XIT Grounding System. Some good information here on grounding for lightning protection.
   http://www.lyncole.com/

» NOAA Economics: Extreme Events: Thunderstorm and High Winds
   Storms cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage each year across the United States from a combination of high winds, hail, lightning, flooding, and tornadoes. NOAA examines the economics, social benefits and cost mitigation of storms.
   http://www.economics.noaa.gov/?goal=weather&file=events/storm

» National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI)
   Independent advocate of lightning safety for people and structures. Includes information about their services, lighting strike incidents, safety guidelines, and a reference section of general and technical information.
   http://www.lightningsafety.com/

» Savage Planet: Deadly Skies - How Lightning Forms
   A Channel Thirteen presentation shows how lightning is formed and research with triggered lightning. The animation "A Cloud-to-Ground Strike" provides a clear basic understanding. There is access to other phenomena on this "Savage Planet" plus lightning l
   http://www.thirteen.org/savageplanet/03deadlyskies/01lforms/indexmid.html

» Tampa Bay, Clearwater Beach Lightning Detection Network
   Lightning detection network covering Tampa Bay, Clearwater Beach, Belleair and St. Petersburg Florida. Realtime lightning detection showing lightning strikes. Using Boltek and Stormvue to display lightning strikes.
   http://www.neuvisioninc.com/weather/stormvue.html

» Texas Severe Storms Association
   Non-profit organization founded to bring together amateur and professional severe weather scientists in an attempt to better understand dangerous storms through the collection and diffusion of knowledge.
   http://www.tessa.org/

» Thinkquest: Lightning
   Student project with general information, how to protect yourself and a quiz..
   http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0313194/

» USA Today - Lightning information index
   Lightning information index. Lightning creates thunder. By definition, a thunderstorm has thunder, which means it has lightning even if you don`t see it. How lightning reaches the ground.
   http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/wlightning.htm

» Unisys Weather: RCM Radar Images
   A wide variety of real time weather maps. This web site contains thousands of weather related images. As a result, links to these images are grouped by data type, image type and region.
   http://weather.unisys.com/radar/rcm.html