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Topic: Lightning

The NOAA GOES East satellite (GOES-16) witnessed a frightening display of stratiform, or ‘spider’ lightning as it’s known, in October 2017 over the central plains in the U.S.

GOES East captures spider lightning from space

April 16, 2018

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

The NOAA GOES East satellite (GOES-16) witnessed a frightening display of stratiform, or ‘spider’ lightning as it’s known, in October 2017 over the central plains in the U.S.

A lightning storm at dusk over Crater Lake in Oregon

GOES-S satellite to map lightning in real time for U.S. West

February 27, 2018

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A lightning storm at dusk over Crater Lake in Oregon

This animation from the new Geostationary Lighting Mapper (GLM) onboard the GOES-16 satellite shows lightning in clouds associated with weather system that produced severe thunderstorms and a few tornadoes in East Texas on February 14, 2017. The mapper monitors an area at 500 frames per second and can distinguish individual lightning strikes within each flash.

Flashy first images arrive from NOAA’s GOES-16 lightning mapper

March 6, 2017

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

This animation from the new Geostationary Lighting Mapper (GLM) onboard the GOES-16 satellite shows lightning in clouds associated with weather system that produced severe thunderstorms and a few tornadoes in East Texas on February 14, 2017. The mapper monitors an area at 500 frames per second and can distinguish individual lightning strikes within each flash.

Lightning strikes Citibank Ballpark in Midland, Texas.

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June 22, 2016

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Lightning strikes Citibank Ballpark in Midland, Texas.

A large, branched bolt of lightning.

NOAA scientists tackle mystery of nighttime thunderstorms

May 20, 2015

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A large, branched bolt of lightning.

A large, branched bolt of lightning.

NOAA study finds fishing tops U.S. lightning death activities

June 24, 2013

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A large, branched bolt of lightning.

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