Observed arrival · 2026-10-05
Lightning, reduced to distance, direction, and a clock
Delightful Data Studio presents a lightning app that turns storm data into a nearby distance, direction, and configurable alerts.
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✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
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- For
- People checking nearby lightning and outdoor safety
- Worth noticing
- Its 30-minute Hold clock restarts after each nearby strike; a missing data feed is explicitly not treated as all clear.
Field notes
The page lays out a six-rule approach: show one number first, report observed measurements rather than forecast arrival times, and identify each number’s source and age. It says alerts interrupt only on state changes, not for every strike, and that animation adds atmosphere rather than meaning. The listed sources include the public GOES-19 lightning mapper, NOAA and NHC material, and licensed ground networks.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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