Thunderstorms are great! But for some people thunder and lightning are very, very frightening indeed (Even more than seeing us do the Fandango!)



Metcheck uses the latest ZEUS Long Range Detection Network lightning data to find out exactly where lightning has hit the ground down to the nearest 1km. We then display the latest strikes over the past 15 minutes on the map below and all the data and strike locations and intensity below.





The map above shows the locations of lightning strikes across the country over the past 15 minutes.



The strikes are coloured based on when they were recorded :-

- Strike Recorded Over 5 Mins Ago

- Strike Recorded Within Last 5 Mins



This data is updated every 30 seconds. You can click on a strike on the map to see the location and time recorded. Some strikes might be delayed if the triangulation can't pin point the strike location. We then post process all the strikes in the last 30 minutes to ensure that all strikes will appear on the map.