Australian Lightning Incident Archive Reports
Real-Time Lightning Information from the AccuWeather Lightning Network
The AccuWeather Lightning Network 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 this real time lightning information and alerts for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.
Australian Lightning Incident Archive Search (LIAS) Reports provide historical lightning data including precise lighting stroke locations and details for any area in Australia up to a 7-day 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 7 days from a given search date/time
Search radius of up to 50km from a given set of coordinates
A list of strokes and their distance from the desired location
PDF Format
Additional options via a custom request include (use the Contact us link to discuss these options):
Reports beyond a 7 day period (quotation available)
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
Option to obtain alternative or additional available data formats including CSV and XML.
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Lightning & Safety
MetraWeather partners with AccuWeather to provide real-time Lightning Network information and alerting solutions to customers across Australia, New Zealand, Oceania and Asia. AccuWeather’s lightning network efficiently detects, and accurately triangulates, the position of lightning events, allowing for real-time alerting of threats to life and infrastructure.
Frequently asked questions
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Custom reports for longer time periods can be discussed with MetraWeather’s Australian sale team via the Contact Us link
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The Accuweather Lightning Network detects more than 98% of cloud to ground lightning strikes. The positional accuracy is 300 metres (using a root mean square error measurement).
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A standard 24-hour report is AU$199.00 (excluding GST).