Lightning/2000 v5.3.1 NOWcast (Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 19:15:04 EDT) Assessment: Some regional thundershowers No red alerts 3 yellow alerts CG strokes per minute -CG strokes per minute Storm proximity 6 storms detected regional (17-23 mi.) thundershower to the Southeast (0.45 strokes/min/degree, energy = 200%, severity = 5, CG% = 56%) distant (73-116 mi.) thundershower to the Southeast (0.36 strokes/min/degree, energy = 151%, severity = 8, CG% = 55%) distant (26-39 mi.) thundershower to the East-Southeast (0.40 strokes/min/degree, energy = 139%, severity = 6, CG% = 78%) regional (19-24 mi.) thundershower to the South (0.58 strokes/min/degree, energy = 141%, severity = 7, CG% = 74%) distant (46-65 mi.) thundershower to the East-Southeast (0.28 strokes/min/degree, energy = 135%, severity = 5, CG% = 68%) regional (17-22 mi.) thundershower to the South-Southeast (0.40 strokes/min/degree, energy = 151%, severity = 5, CG% = 70%) 32 strokes per minute 133 strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 26.6/min.) 213 strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 21.3/min.) 409 strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 20.5/min.) 628 strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 20.9/min.) 1056 strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 17.6/min.) 10 IC strokes per minute: 31.3% of total strokes 50 IC strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 10.0/min.): 37.6% of total strokes 90 IC strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 9.0/min.): 42.3% of total strokes 190 IC strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 9.5/min.): 46.5% of total strokes 304 IC strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 10.1/min.): 48.4% of total strokes 433 IC strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 7.2/min.): 41.0% of total strokes 5 +IC strokes per minute: 50.0% of IC strokes 34 +IC strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 6.8/min.): 68.0% of IC strokes 63 +IC strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 6.3/min.): 70.0% of IC strokes 129 +IC strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 6.5/min.): 67.9% of IC strokes 202 +IC strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 6.7/min.): 66.4% of IC strokes 294 +IC strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 4.9/min.): 67.9% of IC strokes 5 -IC strokes per minute: 50.0% of IC strokes 16 -IC strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 3.2/min.): 32.0% of IC strokes 27 -IC strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 2.7/min.): 30.0% of IC strokes 61 -IC strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 3.1/min.): 32.1% of IC strokes 102 -IC strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 3.4/min.): 33.6% of IC strokes 139 -IC strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 2.3/min.): 32.1% of IC strokes 22 CG strokes per minute: 68.8% of total strokes 83 CG strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 16.6/min.): 62.4% of total strokes 122 CG strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 12.2/min.): 57.3% of total strokes 218 CG strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 10.9/min.): 53.3% of total strokes 323 CG strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 10.8/min.): 51.4% of total strokes 622 CG strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 10.4/min.): 58.9% of total strokes 2 +CG strokes per minute: 9.1% of CG strokes 5 +CG strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 1.0/min.): 6.0% of CG strokes 8 +CG strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.8/min.): 6.6% of CG strokes 18 +CG strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.9/min.): 8.3% of CG strokes 23 +CG strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.8/min.): 7.1% of CG strokes 35 +CG strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.6/min.): 5.6% of CG strokes 20 -CG strokes per minute: 90.9% of CG strokes 78 -CG strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 15.6/min.): 94.0% of CG strokes 114 -CG strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 11.4/min.): 93.4% of CG strokes 200 -CG strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 10.0/min.): 91.7% of CG strokes 300 -CG strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 10.0/min.): 92.9% of CG strokes 587 -CG strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 9.8/min.): 94.4% of CG strokes 0 CID strokes per minute 0 CID strokes in past 5 mins. 1 CID stroke in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.1/min.): 0.5% of total strokes 1 CID stroke in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.05/min.): 0.2% of total strokes 1 CID stroke in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.03/min.): 0.2% of total strokes 1 CID stroke in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.02/min.): 0.1% of total strokes 21 Total flashes per minute 96 Total flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 19.2/min.) 159 Total flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 15.9/min.) 301 Total flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 15.1/min.) 469 Total flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 15.6/min.) 813 Total flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 13.6/min.) 16 CG flashes per minute: 76.2% of total flashes 65 CG flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 13.0/min.): 67.7% of total flashes 101 CG flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 10.1/min.): 63.5% of total flashes 177 CG flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 8.9/min.): 58.8% of total flashes 260 CG flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 8.7/min.): 55.4% of total flashes 487 CG flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 8.1/min.): 59.9% of total flashes 1 +CG flash per minute: 6.3% of CG flashes 3 +CG flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 0.6/min.): 4.6% of CG flashes 6 +CG flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.6/min.): 5.9% of CG flashes 16 +CG flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.8/min.): 9.0% of CG flashes 19 +CG flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.6/min.): 7.3% of CG flashes 31 +CG flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.5/min.): 6.4% of CG flashes 15 -CG flashes per minute: 93.8% of CG flashes 62 -CG flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 12.4/min.): 95.4% of CG flashes 95 -CG flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 9.5/min.): 94.1% of CG flashes 161 -CG flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 8.1/min.): 91.0% of CG flashes 241 -CG flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 8.0/min.): 92.7% of CG flashes 456 -CG flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 7.6/min.): 93.6% of CG flashes 5 IC flashes per minute: 23.8% of total flashes 31 IC flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 6.2/min.): 32.3% of total flashes 57 IC flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 5.7/min.): 35.8% of total flashes 123 IC flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 6.2/min.): 40.9% of total flashes 208 IC flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 6.9/min.): 44.3% of total flashes 325 IC flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 5.4/min.): 40.0% of total flashes 2 +IC flashes per minute: 40.0% of IC flashes 21 +IC flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 4.2/min.): 67.7% of IC flashes 40 +IC flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 4.0/min.): 70.2% of IC flashes 80 +IC flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 4.0/min.): 65.0% of IC flashes 130 +IC flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 4.3/min.): 62.5% of IC flashes 213 +IC flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 3.6/min.): 65.5% of IC flashes 3 -IC flashes per minute: 60.0% of IC flashes 10 -IC flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 2.0/min.): 32.3% of IC flashes 17 -IC flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 1.7/min.): 29.8% of IC flashes 43 -IC flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 2.2/min.): 35.0% of IC flashes 78 -IC flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 2.6/min.): 37.5% of IC flashes 112 -IC flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 1.9/min.): 34.5% of IC flashes 0 Nearby flashes per minute 1 Nearby flash in past 5 mins. (avg. 0.2/min.) 1 Nearby flash in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.1/min.) 1 Nearby flash in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.05/min.) 4 Nearby flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.1/min.) 4 Nearby flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.07/min.) Energy of 62.5 in the last minute (ratio 195%, squelch = 11) Energy of 221.4 in past 5 mins. (ratio 166%, avg. 44.3/min.) Energy of 349.5 in past 10 mins. (ratio 164%, avg. 34.9/min.) Energy of 633.8 in past 20 mins. (ratio 155%, avg. 31.7/min.) Energy of 990.6 in past 30 mins. (ratio 158%, avg. 33.0/min.) Energy of 1570.1 in past 60 mins. (ratio 149%, avg. 26.2/min.) 5 noises per minute (13.5%) 22 noises in past 5 mins. (avg. 4.4/min., 14.2%) 42 noises in past 10 mins. (avg. 4.2/min., 16.5%) 76 noises in past 20 mins. (avg. 3.8/min., 15.7%) 107 noises in past 30 mins. (avg. 3.6/min., 14.6%) 167 noises in past 60 mins. (avg. 2.8/min., 13.7%) GLEN ALLEN, VA Lightning/2000 copyright ©2011, Aninoquisi (www.aninoquisi.com)