6.3.4.2. Lightning, Lifted Index & CAPE

 

This preconfigured set focuses on storm development and location by either evaluating atmospheric instability (CAPE and Lifted Index) or showing in near-real time Lightning strikes which commonly occur at frontal edges.

 

CAPE and Lifted Index data are available at 0.025 degrees of spatial resolution and are updated 4x per day at 5, 11, 17 and 2300 UTC.

 

Lightning data is presented as lightning strike points. New data is pulled ever 15 minutes to OCENS' Everon servers and the 4 most recent retrievals are compiled into the download you receive when you retrieve this preconfigured product set. Consequently, lightning data is some of the most timely met data available in SAGA. Combining its measure of near-real-time strike information to assess the current location of frontal edges with the likelihood of storm development provided by CAPE and Lifted Index information provides an exceptional and powerful means of remote storm monitoring.