Boltek Lightning/2000 - Manual (Page 39)

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window’s right-click menu. Click on one of the storms to
display detailed information about the storm in the Storm
Statistics window.
The border of the window will change color to indicate when
a yellow or red storm range alert is in effect. The Analysis
window is the central authority for determining when a storm
range alert is in effect.
With the advent of Lightning/2000 v4.6, the ability to
determine – in many cases – when an individual
lightning flash is relatively nearby became possible
.
When such flashes are detected, a special “storm” is depicted.
Rather than being a wedge shape, these special nearby storms
are circular or elliptical. When one of these storms is shown,
there is an excellent chance that lightning is imminent or is
occurring in the immediate area.
The popup menu also contains options for toggling the
display of the range rings and azimuth radials. The click
sound produced by new strokes may be changed by right-
clicking in the window and choosing Real-time Lightning
Properties | Sound… from the window’s popup menu.
You can configure any element within the window (including
map features) by right-clicking on the element or map feature.
Because of the constantly changing nature of the strokes from
a particular storm, the Analysis window may indicate that a
storm is moving back and forth from one minute to the next.
The Real-time Lightning window attempts to smooth out
such momentary changes so that storms do not wander
around as much when the individual strokes are plotted there.
When first starting Lightning/2000, it takes as long as 30
seconds for strokes to be plotted in the Real-time Lightning
window. This is because a sufficient number of strokes must
be accumulated to perform a reliable analysis of the storms
that may be present. It is not possible to tell from a single