Explanation and Help for ALDISaktuell / BLIDSaktuell

Legend

Number of lightning strokes per minute

  • Black line: Cloud-to-Ground strokes and Cloud Pulses
  • Blue line: Cloud-to-Ground strokes only

Start and end of the display period
The colored marking indicates the age of the lightning events.

Period | Total number | Negative | Positive | Cloud-to-Cloud

Classification of Lightning Events

Classification

On the map, lightning events are displayed with different symbols to make it easy to distinguish between categories:

  • Square: Negative Cloud-to-Ground strokes

  • Circle: Positive Cloud-to-Ground strokes

  • Triangle: Cloud Pulses

Zooming on the map

There are three simple ways to zoom in on the map:

  • Double-click
    Double-click the desired location on the map with the left mouse button to zoom in.

  • Mouse wheel
    Scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in, or backward to zoom out.

  • Shift + Drag rectangle
    Hold down the Shift key and drag a rectangle with the left mouse button over the area you want to enlarge.

You can find the release notes here.