The Florida Times-Union

CustomWeather Introduces High-Resolution Lightning Density and Short-Term Forecast Data for the Continental U.S.

MILL VALLEY, CA, UNITED STATES, April 28, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — CustomWeather, Inc. today announced the launch of high-resolution lightning density data across ...
Phys.org

Weather-tracking advances are revealing astonishing extremes of lightning

It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to Kansas City, setting a new world record. "We call it megaflash lightning ...
Space.com on MSN

New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.
News on 6

WMO confirms record 515-mile lightning bolt over central U.S.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released new information about a remarkable discovery involving a record-breaking lightning strike that occurred in 2017. After a reanalysis of ...
Phys.org

High-energy space particles may play a role in initiating lightning flashes

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in triggering lightning flashes. The research is published in the journal JGR ...
EurekAlert!

A dual-source data-driven gated spatiotemporal fusion network significantly enhances the accuracy of fine-scale lightning forecasting based on weather foundation models

This study is led by Li Yiran, Dr. Li Qingyong, Dr. Geng Yangli-ao and Guo zhiqing from Beijing Jiaotong University, and Dr. Zheng Dong, Dr. Xu Liangtao, Yao wen and Dr. Lyu Weitao from Chinese ...