Question: Does an automated surface observation system (ASOS) have a built-in lightning detection system? Without an observer, how does it know to add a thunderstorm (TS), thunderstorms in the ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — After several lightning strikes Monday night, the Oregon Department of Forestry succeeded in stopping progression on a fire between Sharps Creek and Mosby due to a detection ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — "The story of lightning detection really starts in Arizona, starting the 1970s," said Ryan Said, the Senior Scientist at Vaisala in Louisville, Colo. Vaisala is a global leader ...

NANCY: TODAY’S WEATHER, NEARLY PERFECT. MILD TEMPERATURES AND NO STORMS. STEWART: BUT WE KNOW ALL TOO WELL WHAT DANGERS WE FACE WHEN STORMS ARE ROLLING THROUGH DURING THOSE HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOONS.

Imagine being struck in Phoenix by a lightning bolt that originated in a storm near Kingman. Or picture looking up at the sky during a storm and witnessing a lightning flash that lasts almost as long ...

At first we thought this was a lighting detector (for photographers), but upon closer inspection we realized it was a lightNing detector. You know, the type that tells you if there’s lightning. The ...

Vaisala provides a lightning detection system to an electricity transmission network in southern Russia to help minimize power outages caused by lightning strikes. The project is part of a large ...

William R. Turner, the director of the Campbell County Office of Emergency Management, announced today that a Lightning Detection System at AJ Jolly Park and AJ Jolly Golf Course will now alert ...

FAIRBANKS — The number of lightning strikes in Alaska just went up. The Alaska Fire Service recently switched to a new lightning detection system that officials say will record more lightning strikes ...

THE DESK. ALL RIGHT, MARQUISE, WE’LL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU. NOW, OVER TO EUSTIS, WHERE THE CITY HAS INTEGRATED ITS LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM AT ALL THE PARKS TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.

A while ago, we had a ton of lightning. As a bonus, it always happened in the middle of the night. I love sleeping where it sounds like I am on the front line in WWI - no, I don't. But, while lying ...