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Lightning Jump

The lightning jump is a rapid increase in lightning activity (number of flashes per unit time) that precedes severe weather including hail, heavy rain, and tornadoes. This phenomenon, observed using satellite or ground-based lightning detection networks, is an operational diagnostic tool for real-time severe weather warning.

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Lightning Jump Severe Weather Indicator
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / meteorology
  • Schultz, E., Petersen, W. A., & Rudlosky, S. D. (2009). Preliminary Development and Validation of the Specific Convective Activity Signature (SCAS) Product using Optical Transient Detector and Geostationary Satellite Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 48(4), 642-655. · URL
  • Mosier, R. M., Czarnecki, C., & Carey, L. D. (2011). Radar and Lightning Observations of the 1 August 2008 Kinston, North Carolina Supercell. Weather and Forecasting, 26(4), 459-474. · URL
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Same method familyDual-Polarization Radarmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyWRF Modelmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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