Ontario Blitzortung Lightning

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Blitzortung Station #706 Running (Rogers City-RED, United States / Michigan) - click for details. Station #946 Running (Sherman, United States / Connecticut) - click for details. Station #953 Communication error (Appleton, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #982 Running (Lake Katrine, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #1079 Running (Taylor, United States / Michigan) - click for details. Station #1110 Running (Southfield, United States / Michigan) - click for details. Station #1128 Running (Naples-1, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #1162 Running (Port Huron, United States / Michigan) - click for details. Station #1168 Running (Colchester, United States / Vermont) - click for details. Station #1175 Running (Independence, United States / Iowa) - click for details. Station #1177 Running (Athelstane, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #1180 Running (Mundelein, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #1188 Running (Toronto, Canada) - click for details. Station #1234 Running (Worcester, United States / Vermont) - click for details. Station #1320 Running (Saint-Jean sur le richelieu, Canada) - click for details. Station #1321 Running (Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada) - click for details. Station #1346 Running (Bobcaygeon, Canada) - click for details. Station #1457 Idle (Carp, Canada) - click for details. Station #1505 Running (Eau Claire, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #1539 Running (Macomb, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #1588 Running (Ottawa, Canada) - click for details. Station #1591 Running (Watertown, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #1682 Running (Rogers City-BLUE, United States / Michigan) - click for details. Station #1693 Running (Albany, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #1700 Running (Peoria, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #1702 Idle (Ontario, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #1731 Idle (Pittsburgh, United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #1735 Running (Joliet, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #1737 Running (Rockford (1737B), United States / Michigan) - click for details. Station #1750 Running (Town of Russell, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #1933 Running (Milford, United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #1944 Bad GPS (Westfield, United States / New Jersey) - click for details. Station #1951 Running (Callander, ON, Canada) - click for details. Station #1960 Running (Roberval QC, Canada) - click for details. Station #1969 Interference (Matagami QC, Canada) - click for details. Station #1975 Idle (Chicago, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #2005 Running (Colchester, United States / Connecticut) - click for details. Station #2046 Running (Sanitaria Springs, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #2110 Running (Manlius, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #2291 Running (Bluffton, United States / Ohio) - click for details. Station #2307 Running (Cambridge, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #2334 Running (Eagle River, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #2345 Idle (Oreland, United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #2382 Running (Eagle River, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #2404 Running (Claremont, United States / New Hampshire) - click for details. Station #2433 Running (Owatonna, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #2463 Running (Utica, NY, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #2521 Running (Whitby, Ontario, Canada) - click for details. Station #2543 Running (Waterville, United States / Ohio) - click for details. Station #2545 Running (Milton, United States / Vermont) - click for details. Station #2548 Running (, United States / Massachusetts) - click for details. Station #2559 Running (Nepean, Canada) - click for details. Station #2560 Running (Nemaska QC, Canada) - click for details. Station #2580 Running (Ankeny, United States / Iowa) - click for details. Station #2603 Running (Montgomery, NY, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #2605 Running (, United States / New Jersey) - click for details. Station #2618 Running (Wilmington, NY, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #2628 Bad GPS (Le Domaine QC, Canada) - click for details. Station #2689 Running (Thunder Bay, Canada) - click for details. Station #2709 Running (Valparaiso, United States / Indiana) - click for details. Station #2764 Running (Saint-Hubert, Canada) - click for details. Station #2772 Running (Lutsen, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #2872 Running (Trumansburg, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #2913 Running (Wemindji QC, Canada) - click for details. Station #2940 Running (Kirksville, United States / Missouri) - click for details. Station #635 Offline (Peoria, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #671 Offline (Rochester, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #728 Offline (indianapolis, United States / Indiana) - click for details. Station #798 Offline (Lincoln, United States / Nebraska) - click for details. Station #888 Offline (Gladwyne, United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #934 Offline (Mauston, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #976 Offline (Eau Claire, WI USA, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #1076 Offline (Komoka, Ontario, Canada) - click for details. Station #1114 Offline (Sparta, United States / New Jersey) - click for details. Station #1190 Offline (Garner, United States / Iowa) - click for details. Station #1199 Offline (Waterville, United States / Ohio) - click for details. Station #1228 Offline (Ramsey, United States / New Jersey) - click for details. Station #1237 Offline (Hinesburg, United States / Vermont) - click for details. Station #1240 Offline (Watervliet-001, United States / New York) - click for details. Station #1244 Offline (Weybridge, United States / Vermont) - click for details. Station #1324 Offline (Beamsville, Ontario, Canada) - click for details. Station #1337 Offline (Laval, Quebec :-), Canada) - click for details. Station #1382 Offline (Winnipeg, Canada) - click for details. Station #1402 Offline (Malartic, Quebec ;-) (RED), Canada) - click for details. Station #1546 Offline (Pittsburgh (Blue), United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #1590 Offline (Bainbridge Island, United States / Washington) - click for details. Station #1699 Offline (Rochester, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #1723 Offline (Rochester, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #1781 Offline (New Hanover, United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #1823 Offline (Urbana, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #1855 Offline (York Region, Canada) - click for details. Station #2001 Offline (Mount Prospect, United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #2203 Offline (Hilton Beach ON, Canada) - click for details. Station #2250 Offline (Vanier, Canada) - click for details. Station #2254 Offline (Sainte-Julienne, Canada) - click for details. Station #2333 Offline (Madison, United States / Wisconsin) - click for details. Station #2343 Offline (Milroy, United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #2444 Offline (, ) - click for details. Station #2499 Offline (Laval, Canada) - click for details. Station #2562 Offline (Waterville, United States / Ohio) - click for details. Station #2590 Offline (Urbana (backup), United States / Illinois) - click for details. Station #2597 Offline (ByWard Market, Ottawa, ON, Canada) - click for details. Station #2619 Offline (Albertville, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #2620 Offline (Rosemount, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #2621 Offline (Ottawa, Canada, Canada) - click for details. Station #2749 Offline (Butler, United States / Pennsylvania) - click for details. Station #2912 Offline (Chibougamau QC, Canada) - click for details. Station #2931 Offline (Moorhead, United States / Minnesota) - click for details. Station #2939 Offline (, United States / Connecticut) - click for details. Station #2949 Offline (Point Alexander, Canada) - click for details.

Lightning Map Courtesy of Blitzortung.org hobbyist lightning detection network.
Data supplied by Blitzortung network members using their home-built Blitzortung hardware.

The Blitzortung networks members build (from kit parts) the detector which monitors H-field (and now can do E-field) emissions from lightning strikes, and has a set of servers in Europe to correlate the Time-Of-Arrival at detectors v.s. GPS-time and uses that to locate strikes. There is a great (and somewhat hypnotic) realtime map for North America where you can see real-time strike info, and which stations participated in the location of that strike. There is a companion site that offers the same data and uses a zoomable Google Map for display.

For those interested in more information about Blitzortung, there is a Blitzortung forum in the US at WXForum.net and a public forum .. to access the internal forum, there, you'll need to have a Blitzortung member id.