Australian Lightning Incident Archive Reports

Real-Time Lightning Information from the Tempest Lightning Network

The Tempest Lightning Network (TLN) provides real-time lightning information and alerts that have applications for multiple industries.

Whether it be keeping outdoor workers safe, identifying damage to energy networks or wind farms, or post-event insurance or fire investigations. MetraWeather is the exclusive reseller of real time TLN information and alerts for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

Australian Lightning Incident Archive Search (LIAS) Reports provide historical lightning data including precise lighting strike locations and details for any area in Australia over a 24 hour period.

LIAS reports are accurate and often used for insurance claims, health and safety reporting, property damage investigations and are typically generated within 2 business days.

MetraWeather LIAS Reports include:

  • Search durations of up to 24 hours from a given search date/time

  • Search radius of up to 50km from a given set of coordinates

  • A list of strikes and their distance from the desired location

  • PDF Format

Additional options via a custom request include:

  • Option to include/exclude cloud-to-cloud strikes

  • Option to include/exclude lightning strike timeline

  • Option to order results by date/time or by proximity to search coordinates

  • Use the Contact Us link to discuss these options

Large date/time ranges of lightning strike historical data can also be purchased and can be provided in the following formats:

  • Raw CSV

  • Formatted CSV

  • XML

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Lightning & Safety

MetraWeather partners with TOA Systems to provide real-time Tempest Lightning Network information and alerting solutions to customers across Australia, New Zealand, Oceania and Asia. The TLN efficiently detects, and accurately triangulates, the position of lightning events, allowing for real-time alerting of threats to life and infrastructure.

Frequently asked questions

  • Custom reports for longer time periods can be discussed with MetraWeather’s Australian sale team via the Contact form

  • The Tempest Lightning Network detects more than 98% of cloud to ground lightning strikes. The positional accuracy is 350 metres (using a root mean square error measurement).

  • A standard 24-hour report is $174.95 including GST.

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