UK Lightning Map and Thunderstorm Detector | Live Tracker

UK Lightning Map and Thunderstorm Detector | Live Tracker

We have our very own lightning detector and this captures a picture of lightning around the southwest.

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More about lightning

  • At any point of time there are about 1800 thunderstorms.
  • Every year, the Earth experiences an average of 25 million lightning strikes during some 100,000 thunderstorms. That’s more than a hundred lightning bolts per second.
  • An average instance of lightning lasts about a quarter of a second and consists of 3-4 strikes.
  • You can hear thunder from about 12 miles from the starting point.
  • Lightning bolts travel at speeds of up to 60,000 miles per second.
  • The average length of a single lightning bolt is 2-3 miles.
  • A single lightning bolt travels through twisted paths in the air that can be as wide as one of your fingers or between six and ten miles.
  • The temperature of a typical lightning bolt can reach 50,000 F degrees – that is 5 times greater than the temperature of the surface of the Sun.
  • The energy contained in a single lightning strike can power a 100 Watt light bulb for 90 days.
  • “Lightning never strikes twice” unfortunately is a myth. Lightning can strike the same location many times.
  • Trees sometimes can take direct hits from lightning and not get burnt – the electricity passes over their wet surface and goes straight into the ground.
  • Glass forms when lightning strikes into sandy soil. After a storm you can find strips of glass in the sand.
  • If you have wet clothes on, lightning will do you less harm.
  • The irrational fear of lightning is known as keraunophobia. The fear of thunder is termed brontophobia.
  • There are from 100 to 1000 instances of ball lightning at the same time on Earth, but the chance you’ll see at least one in your lifetime is just 0.01%.
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    Today
 Moon & Sun Forecast
Sunrise
5:48 am
Sunset
6:37 pm
Day Length
12:49 hrs
Waning Gibbous, Moon at 18 days in cycle
Moonrise
11:53 pm
Moonset
6:53 am
Visibility
84%
There will be 4 mins 00sec more daylight tomorrow
Moon Phase:Waning Gibbous

 On this day in Gloucestershire
Record Temperatures On This Date
Record High
19.8°C - 2012
Record Low
-3.0°C - 2013

Friday's Extremes

    Today
      High Temp: 12.5°C   at  11:06 AM
      Low Temp: 2.8°C  at 1:32 AM
      Rain Rate: 0.00 mm/hr @ 11:42 AM
      UV High: 10.0  at  11:58 AM
      Max Gust: 25.3 mph at 11:39 AM
      Min Windchill: 0.8°C  at  1:37 AM
    2020
      High Temp: 35.5°C   on  18/7/2022
      Low Temp: -10.8°C on 20/12/2010
      Wettest: 80.2 mm  on  20/7/2007
      UV High: 18.0  at  13/6/2022
      Max Gust: 62.1 mph at 23/2/2017
      Min Windchill: -17.8°C  at  30/6/2010
    All Time
      High Temp: 35.5°C   on  18/7/2022
      Low Temp: -10.8°C on 20/12/2010
      Wettest: 80.2 mm  on  20/7/2007
      UV High: 18.0  at  13/6/2022
      Max Gust: 62.1 mph at 23/2/2017
      Min Windchill: -17.8°C  at  30/6/2010

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