Lightning guidelines

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by Manny A

FWIW, the 30-minute guideline is the authoritative recommendation of the National Weather Service. The presumption is that there are no other capabilities available to determine when it is safe, which is probably the case for 90+% of our games. I know I don't have access to lightning detectors, NOAA radios, etc., in games I do, nor are any of my friends professional air traffic controllers.

Why wait the full 30 minutes if you do have access to vetted evidence that the storm is long gone? Heck, around here, another storm will be approaching before those 30 minutes pass. Use the tools that you have available. If you don't have them, then go with the 30-minute guidelines.

No friends that are Air Traffic Controllers? - Maybe you should have spent your time in the Air Force.

Oh and by the way, here's an interesting little article that might not want to read before your trip down to FL.

http://goflorida.about.com/od/florid.../weather_5.htm


I've been looking for an Android App that could show a map with my location and lightning strikes for a couple of years...
Just the other day (at a tornament) the UIC's wife turned me on to "Spark" which comes with the app "Weatherbug"
It updates every minute and tells you where the nearest lightning is and also has a little map feature.
I can't vouch for it's accuracy, but am trying to read up on it.

Weatherbug itself does a pretty nice job of showing stom movement.