Lightning map

The lightning map tells people in the UK where the nearest strike to them has taken place.

so what tends to happen in these circumstances is the water runs off and we can potentially get some surface run-off issues, so some flash floods.’ Circles shows strikes within the last 60 minutes, which start yellow and get darker the older they are, with dark brown equal to almost an hour. The lightning map, which describes itself as a community project for ‘entertainment purposes only’, shows strikes in the last hour.