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Lightning Finder

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Weather Free Black Box Development, LLC iPhone, iPad, iPod

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Lightning Finder displays current lightning strikes in near real time for the contiguous 48 States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, portions of Central America and the Caribbean Islands for one year from your purchase date, renewable annually.

Version 1.7 adds the ability to view lightning history for up to one hour. This is the only lightning app in the app store to offer this feature.

Unlike other lightning applications, we offer a complete national lightning strike map designed for full resolution on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Use standard gestures to move around the national map, pinch to zoom in and out. Investigate storm cells and lightning strikes nationwide with radar and cloud cover overlays as well as radar looping. The map can be viewed in Standard, Satellite or Hybrid mode. All strikes are colored coded so you can visually determine its age. Red is 0-5 minutes, orange 5-15 minutes and yellow is older than 15 minutes.

Use your current location or enter a zip code of interest to display detailed lightning information with a displayable safety perimeter showing the 3, 6 and 10 mile safety boundaries. All strikes within a 25 mile radius of your current location or configured zip code are displayed with full accuracy. Outside of your area, regional strikes are displayed with 10 mile resolution. You may change your zip code as often as you like to view areas of interest.

Use the included alarm service to configure Text Messaging alerts based on your location or configured zip code. This service will send an SMS message to your phone when lightning is detected within your safety perimeter. All major carriers are supported for Text Messaging.

Also included is a current weather display and 7 day forecast for your area.

Lightning data is provided in 'near real time' by the North American Precision Lightning Network. Lightning data is not guaranteed nor is the timeliness of delivery. Do not use this application for personal safety. This application only maps lightning strikes that have already occurred and does not predict future strikes or locations.

Features:

-Near real time lightning map of the contiguous 48 States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, portions of Central America and the Caribbean Islands
-Full map features and standard gestures
-Radar and Cloud Cover (Infrared) overlays
-Radar looping
-Color coded strikes.
-Text message alerts
-iPad and iPhone4 compatible in full resolution
-Current weather and 7 day forecast

Lightning Finder is now a subscription based service so you get one full year of service from your purchase date or renew date. Each year of service is $5.99 and is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.

Reviews

Good, but not 100% accurate
High-TEK

I find this app useful, but it is not entirely accurate or always timely. I live on the top of a mountain and am frequently impacted by lightning. Whole this app gives me some advance notice of oncoming lighting, it does not report every strike, nor does it do so in a timely fashion for those it does report.


Love this App
Kennedy's Ya Ya

I recently downloaded this App. It was recommended by my daughter. I really like it. I have a pool and it has been very handy in alerting me to nearby lightning strikes. A gr8 App to keep my granddaughter safe on those cloudy/rainy GA days.


Was Ok BUT in App Purchase did me wrong!
2onthehill

Paid for two years and then after on year it said I now owe for another year. mailed and was told that my account was reset and that it now should work. Nope my account must have been struck by lightning. No more replies to my email and no offer for refund…. Not Happy


Powerlines
Lineman1644

Excellent app for working on powerlines!


Very Cool!
Samours

I am very pleased with Lightening Finder! Awesome App!


Excellent lightning app.
Pure7heart

Very easy to use and very accurate.


Works as advertised
jack duffey

Wish it updated a little more often. However it works great


Great
Ozone3

More vivid color scheme is needed animation is needed


Safety perimeter
College ATC

Great app, very helpful. One critique, instead of a 3/6/10 mile DIAMETER safety perimeter, how about s 3/6/10 mile RADIUS safety perimeter. It is a little misleading. I need to know when it is within 10 miles of my location.


Ok app
aka_zavijah_99

Works relatively well--great for a coach...


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