There were a couple news stories this week that caught my interest regarding the weather that are directly applicable to what we are trying to do here within the HWT with the Psuedo-GLM data. On Wednesday afternoon, 77 Air Force ROTC students were struck by lightning on a military base near Hattiesburg, MS...
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/08/mississippi.lightning/index.html?npt=NP1
Below is another story about a man who was thrown 8 feet by a lightning strike on Tuesday night in Morganton, NC. There is an interesting quote from the story that points out the particular dangers in trying to anticipate lightning threats... "According to Davis, the sun was still out and the storm appeared to still be about ten to 15 miles away."
http://morganton.wbtv.com/news/people/man-struck-lightning-thrown-eight-feet/63485?hpt=us_bn5
I am very grateful that no one was killed in these events, and I would like to repost a blog entry written by NASA SPoRT scientist Geoffrey Stano from a couple weeks ago regarding the use of the GLM and lightning safety... READ HERE.
Also, Geoffrey Stano posted about how total lightning measurements of in-cloud flashes preceded the first occurrence of a cloud-to-ground strike... READ HERE.
It will be interesting to see how the GLM data are used within NWS operations for possible lightning safety forecasts in the future.
Nice axamples/discussion on how GLM will have an impact on lightning safety!
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