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Thanks to @suziesheehy for being one of the few particle/accelerator physicists to appreciate my meteorological work, and highlighting it on Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 this morning. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Red Sprite on Easter Sunday just north of Puerto Rico on the night of April 5 2026 approx 9pm local time facing north from Cabo Rojo. @DeborahTiempo @adamonzon @weatherchannel @spritacular @AMSAtmoElect @atmos_elect @NASA @SPACEdotcom @vaisalaxweather @ASIM_Payload

The lightning activity index (or LAI) is a new addition to the thunderstorm outlooks, and the LAI in forecasts will be derived from the LAI.v1 model composing of ECMWF, GFS, ICON and UKV outputs. The model produces a dynamic run-by-run 48 hour forecast in 3-hour intervals, plus a 24-hour forecast composing all four, 0, 6, 12, 18z forecasts. Additionally on the homepage you can view the LAI forecast for today and tomorrow. The LAI forecast will be kept to T+48 hours due to the data loads. I'm hoping to see how it verifies in future thunderstorm risks and potentially alter the calculation of the LAI a tad for better verification in the future, but thus far it looks quite OK even when only very isolated strikes are possible (LAI 0.5-1).

Using the mathematical models, team discovered that lightning-like discharges can be recreated in lab. bit.ly/47vvk27

Is there lightning on Mars? New evidence suggests it’s there, just hard to see | Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/is-the…

Over Lake Maracaibo where the Catatumbo River pours in, the sky turns into a constant electric show — lightning flashes up to 140–160 nights per year and can strike 16–40 times per minute, making this place the highest‑density lightning hotspot on Earth. Scientists think the region’s bowl‑like geography and collision of warm, moist Caribbean air with cool mountain winds keeps the storms firing night after night, almost like a natural strobe light over the water. #CatatumboLightning #LightningLake #LakeMaracaibo #Venezuela #ViralScience

There have been a few lightning strikes around this afternoon, including what appeared to be a fairly active storm for the time of year that recently passed south of Belfast. Lightning risk will continue through the day over Ireland, W Scotland and NW England ⚡️

An area of thunderstorm is moving into Tewkesbury now

Thunderstorm with multiple lightning strikes passing near Hereford right now. Lightning map: lightningmaps.org Radar: netweather.tv/live-weather/r…

AMT - The Lightning Differential Space framework: multiscale analysis of stroke and flash behavior amt.copernicus.org/articles/19/61…

US lightning activity reaches eight-year high in 2025, Vaisala report finds …orologicaltechnologyinternational.com/news/lightning…

The rising threat of lightning in india: mortality and diurnal patterns (2002–2022) | Natural Hazards | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.100…

THUNDERSNOW occurring over SW Wales right now!

Another Gigantic Jet lightning event captured by astronaut Nichole Ayers back on June 13 2025. The faint red beads I spotted above confirms this as being a GJ event. @Astro_Ayers @NASA @spritacular @AMSAtmoElect @atmos_elect @SPACEdotcom @AstronautiCAST @SPACEdotcom @NOAA

Heard of fulgurites? These "fossilized thunderbolts" are geological clocks that record the passage of time—and can give clues to ancient climate patterns. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/4f4fexA

Extremely powerful lightning in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Ireland this evening. 1,142kA is around four times the power of what is considered a superbolt! meteologix.com/uk/lightning/1…

nature.com/articles/s4158… Has lightning been discovered on Mars?

Incredible still image from AfarTV's YT livestream of Semeru's eruption earlier today!

Next recent publication is this summary - past, present and future - of a needle type instrument to measure the electrical properties of the atmosphere, or other planetary atmospheres. Hopefully a relatively friendly read. hgss.copernicus.org/articles/16/51…

Gigantic Jet Lightning event from last night. My Nasa VLF-3 receiver was able to pick up the sferics (Electromagnetic Sound) emitted by the event. @adamonzon @DeborahTiempo @weatherchannel @spritacular @AMSAtmoElect @atmos_elect @NASA @ASIM_Payload @NOAA @theAGU @NWS @SPACEdotcom