June 2 — Flash Rates vs. CG Ltng outside LMA Range of Efficiency (CYS)

Posted in General on by Bill Line.

I had been noticing that the LMA Flash Density has been occasionally reporting outside the maximum range of efficiency well north of the sensor array in north central Colorado, over 200 km away.  Even though the flash rate is low (only around 1 flash/minute), it did pick up on one CG lightning stroke in the Douglas area this afternoon, which occurred coincident to the flash report.  See Figure 1 below.

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Fig.1  One CG lightning strike near Douglas (KDGW) (L) and the Flash Density (R)

Appears this may be due to increasing cloud heights and possible glaciation rate aloft.

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