# Regarding lightning detection

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 31, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758 "2023-07-31T04:08:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![slummer90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@slummer90](https://community.tempest.earth/u/slummer90)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758/1 "2023-07-31T04:08:43Z")

</div>

I get some people don’t like getting Lightning notifications All the time, however we are in the middle of a lightning filled severe thunderstorm and not only my station but several other tempests have not recorded a single lightning strike….checked my sensor status and all are a good.

Anyone else get annoyed by this as it seems hit and miss. Last weekend I recorded 2500 strikes from a storm. Here is a photo a lightning strike I was able to get. Along with radar image and the lightning app I also use:

 ![IMG_3148](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/c/cf0a28e439f61f16bc0cf484c875d2270a7d86b3.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_3149](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/4/4a3e5640e40e4ac520515beb01e3ebfc94877602.jpeg)

![IMG_3146](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/1/1eaf1f0b34580ab3a42d4023fa335f59fbbc3cc0.jpeg)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![slummer90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@slummer90](https://community.tempest.earth/u/slummer90)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758/2 "2023-07-31T04:09:44Z")

</div>

Forgot to add an image of my station display:

 ![IMG_3150](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/d/d19cfa7624fb3eac09b53eb94edfcef45f09db9b.jpeg)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gizmoev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/gizmoev/32/941_2.png) [@gizmoev](https://community.tempest.earth/u/gizmoev)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758/3 "2023-07-31T05:00:33Z")

</div>

Lighting detection didn’t happen to get turned off, did it? I’ve seen the status change in the past, which is why I ask.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/sunny/32/16368_2.png) [@sunny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/sunny)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758/4 "2023-07-31T07:50:51Z")

</div>

check under settings/alerts/lightning.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![slummer90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@slummer90](https://community.tempest.earth/u/slummer90)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758/5 "2023-07-31T07:59:08Z")

</div>

That is a fair response. It would mean though that all other tempest’s stations in South Edmonton would have had their lightning disabled. I just double checked and I’m 10/10 for Tempest on the south side of Edmonton, Alberta Canada for not recording a single strike. While my friends Acurite atlas recorded 122 strikes on the north side of town.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gizmoev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/gizmoev/32/941_2.png) [@gizmoev](https://community.tempest.earth/u/gizmoev)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758/6 "2023-07-31T14:11:08Z")

</div>

Good point. Of course, if something is amiss at WeatherFlow’s end, it could make all stations ignore lightning.

@eric, are you able to peek behind the scenes to see what might be up?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/3X/9/5/954d64c24c1612a76fabaaa3298be78bac443b7f.png) [@system](https://community.tempest.earth/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/regarding-lightning-detection/21758/7 "2024-07-30T14:11:48Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 365 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.