Lightning Detector Status Screen
This display will update once a minute, and has several controls that you can adjust. Across the top of the screen are three controls:
History - Determines either the past 30 minutes, or the past 60 minutes of lightning activity that is to be replayed.
View Range
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"Full"
- displays all lightning activity within a 375 mile range of Rochester, N.Y.
"Zoom"
- displays all lightning activity within a 180 mile range of Rochester, N.Y.
Event Loop
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"Run"
- starts the replay of all lightning strikes that occurred within the timeframe selected by the "History" setting.
"Stop"
- stops the replay, and returns the display to the current time.
NOTE: If there has been no activity within the timeframe selected under "History", the "Run" button will not work.
| TERMS USED IN THE ABOVE DISPLAY | |
| "Strikes Total" is the number of Strikes in the selected History Period. | |
| + CG Positive cloud to ground strike | - CG Negative cloud to ground strike |
| + IC Positive in cloud or intra-cloud strike | - IC Negative in cloud or intra-cloud strike |