Cloud to cloud lightning was observed in a very weak storm in Osceola County. pGLM flash rates are observed in the upper right and lower left images depicting the cloud to cloud lightning. Cloud to ground lightning was not observed with this storm as depicted by the absence of strikes in the lower right panel. This data proves that this weak storm had an updraft strong enough to produce cloud to cloud lightning but not cloud to ground lightning.
I feel that adding cloud to cloud lightning data will really help storm warnings, fire weather applications, aviation forecasts, etc. if added as a baseline product for WFOs because we’re obviously missing a lot of lightning data not only in weak convection as this example shows but in strong/severe storms as well.
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