@TZ Thanks for the reply. After we contacted you last month and wanted to discuss several topics with you, this is now the first time we got an suitable answer from you. There are several other issues to consider besides those you've mentioned. We are always open for discussion, new ideas and collaboration.

Please note that Blitzortung.org is just a non-professional project for entertainment purpose only.

@idefix37 There's no official way to get access to the real time data, even not for contributors. Windy is a contributor, but their station is offline since one month. There are several other topics which I don't want to discuss here. We are in contact with Windy, but communication is a bit difficult.

@harksmith: The answers of Windy here don't apply to the lightning data. This data is gathered by volunteers with self-made lightning detectors. On the African continent several additional detectors are needed for a better coverage. You can read more about that on Blitzortung.org: http://www.blitzortung.org/cover_your_area.php

The real time lightning data is currently grabbed without permission from the Blitzortung.org website.

There is no delay. We can see that by inserting fake lightning. Windy has no permission to use our real time lightning data, they just grab it from our web service.