Hi there. Want to report a bug where when you tap on a day’s forecast, the hourly forecast doesn’t show up.
We’ve had a few storms roll through our area this past week and I, too, seem to have noticed that since the most recent update the lightning detector is way underreporting what we are observing (using iOS app for viewing) and the response time from detection to report seems to be slow too. I have seen instances where it either didn’t report detected lightning to maybe reporting a detection 15-20 minutes later. Before, the app would report lightning detection within seconds of a strike. Not sure what is going on here.
@palmhead5 and @pddraheim We pushed an API update today (July 30, 2021) at 2pm ET that addresses the lightning count issue. Let me know if you continue to see strike count issues after 2pm ET.
Thank you for the report @pddraheim When you say report are you referring to a push notification or seeing the lightning value update on the forecast view or the station dashboard view or the lightning graph?
I have push notifications turned off for lightning, so I don’t know about that. It was the value update on the forecast view, the station dashboard, and when trying to view the graph.
Meanwhile, I will keep an eye out the next time a storm comes through. Thanks for the quick response.
Thanks for the extra info @pddraheim. That’s helpful for us to narrow in on things. Based on your description, the fix we pushed this afternoon should fix things for you. Keep me posted.
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It seems that some don’t know that the detection of lightening is by spherics (for atmospheric?) which is electromagnetic propagation – like radio. Thunder is sound of the lightning direct from the strike to the ear or indirect, bouncing in and between cloud towers. Sperics can be located by dispersed sensor to “triangulate” a (flackey, sometimes) origin and radio sensitivity varies and distance can be a crude measurement. Sound is not as easily sourced.
OK, you want to get technical.
As our weather alert was going off, we were under a severe lightning storm. Most strikes were CG, and happening within 10 miles as very visible bolts. True visibility was limited to maybe 3000ft due to heavy rains, but not the bolts. Setting off about 10-50 seconds between strikes.
To make this statement that some don’t know is not needed.
No major additions to the Tempest IOS app for a few weeks. Anything exciting coming down the pike?