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    • Matias CarbajalM Offline
      Matias Carbajal Clima España
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      On weather radar when my phone vibrate due to the lighting, the lighting is on real time or is 1-5mins ago?

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        @Matias-Carbajal Hi there, the delay of lightnings is usually about 15-30 seconds at maximum.

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          Matias Carbajal Clima España @Suty
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          @Ondřej-Šutera oh thx, do u know why there are lighting on brown or grey zones without rain?

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            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Matias Carbajal
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            @Matias-Carbajal
            These are old lightning strikes. Easy to understand when looking at radar loop longer than 1 hour (with Premium)

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              last edited by Matias Carbajal

              @idefix37 so when there is a lighting on the old strike zone (brown zone) on real time option, the lighting is on real time?, the lighting can be without rain, storm or without clouds?, or how it works?
              I have seen that the radar can predict future lighting strike zone (brown zone) is that right?
              ( These are all my questions :) )

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                @Matias-Carbajal said in Weather radar:

                @idefix37 so when there is a lighting on the old strike zone (brown zone) on real time option, the lighting is on real time?, the lighting can be without rain, storm or without clouds?, or how it works?

                If there is a new lightning over the old strike zone, it is on real time of course.
                Sorry I’m not ready to explain here in 3 words how and why lighting appears. Just search in Internet what you want to know. There are plenty of articles about it, like this one:
                https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-science-overview#:~:text=In the initial stages of,discharge of electricity that we

                I have seen that the radar can predict future lighting strike zone (brown zone) is that right?

                Radar cannot predict future lightning strikes ! Brown zone
                is old strikes !!

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