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 ...

It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

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 ...

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

BRICK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Beach staff and visitors at a Jersey Shore town will soon be getting more protection from lightning. Officials from the town of Brick say they plan to install lightning ...

After lightning struck and killed one man and injured 14 others at an archery range in New Jersey, many are thankful to be alive, but the victims say there was no warning. Many are wondering if they ...

ALEXANDRIA, Ky. (WXIX) - A new lightning detection system at AJ Jolly Park and AJ Jolly Golf Course will now alert everyone to the threat of lightning in the area, Campbell County officials announced ...

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.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

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.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Two new world record-setting lightning ‘megaflashes’ were confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Monday, Jan. 31 including one that traversed the skies ...