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Thor guard began manufacturing lightning prediction systems in 1973.

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Over the years we have studied thousands of hours of lightning strike data over the millions of hours of our systems operations all for the purpose of continually improving our unique prediction and detection technology incorporating state of the art hardware. Severe weather 101 lightning detection lightning detection networks. Weak lightning signals that occur during the day are hard to detect because of background illumination. It monitors both cloud to cloud and cloud to ground lightning to detect threats up to 20 miles away and issues an alarm based on proximity.

This system will remove the background signal enabling the detection of 90 percent of all lightning strikes. One part of this safety program should include an early detection and warning alarm package. The optics lens system allows lightning detection even in the presence of bright sunlit clouds. Currently cloud to ground cg and intra cloud ic lightning flashes are detected and mapped in real time by two different networks in the united states the national lightning detection network nldn a system owned and operated by vaisala inc and the earth networks total lightning network.

See lightning strikes in real time across the planet. Just like a ground based system this lightning detection system also detects lightning by using a radio direction finding process to measure the severity and direction of the lightning from a particular location. The first such device was invented in 1894 by alexander stepanovich popov. A lightning detector is a device that detects lightning produced by thunderstorms there are three primary types of detectors.

With 1 800 sensors covering over 100 countries around the world our network is the most extensive and technologically advanced global lightning network. Ground based systems using multiple antennas mobile systems using a direction and a sense antenna in the same location often aboard an aircraft and space based systems. Detecting in cloud lightning enables us to generate. Lightning hazards can be mitigated by advanced planning.

Our strike guard lightning warning system is a scientifically proven patented fully automated early warning detection system. Free access to maps of former thunderstorms. This year our national lightning detection network nldn detected an astonishing 32 decrease from the average 76 million lightning events for those months. Our ability to monitor in cloud lightning sets us apart from other lightning networks by enabling the most complete lightning alert system.

Get serious about lightning detection. Note there is no defense from a first strike situation.