Lightning/2000 v4.7.2 NOWcast (Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 12:09:52 AM CDT)

Assessment: A distant strong thunderstorm


No red alerts

1 yellow alert
   +IC strokes per minute

1 storm detected
   distant (268-381 mi.) severe t-storm to the West (1.15 strokes/min/degree, energy = 73%, severity = 125, CG% = 93%)

22 strokes per minute
   92 strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 18.4/min.)
   162 strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 16.2/min.)
   376 strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 18.8/min.)
   588 strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 19.6/min.)
   1138 strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 19.0/min.)

7 IC strokes per minute: 31.8% of total strokes
   14 IC strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 2.8/min.): 15.2% of total strokes
   21 IC strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 2.1/min.): 13.0% of total strokes
   32 IC strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 1.6/min.): 8.5% of total strokes
   51 IC strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 1.7/min.): 8.7% of total strokes
   109 IC strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 1.8/min.): 9.6% of total strokes

6 +IC strokes per minute: 85.7% of IC strokes
   9 +IC strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 1.8/min.): 64.3% of IC strokes
   12 +IC strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 1.2/min.): 57.1% of IC strokes
   20 +IC strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 1.0/min.): 62.5% of IC strokes
   31 +IC strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 1.0/min.): 60.8% of IC strokes
   79 +IC strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 1.3/min.): 72.5% of IC strokes

1 -IC stroke per minute: 14.3% of IC strokes
   5 -IC strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 1.0/min.): 35.7% of IC strokes
   9 -IC strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.9/min.): 42.9% of IC strokes
   12 -IC strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.6/min.): 37.5% of IC strokes
   20 -IC strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.7/min.): 39.2% of IC strokes
   30 -IC strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.5/min.): 27.5% of IC strokes

15 CG strokes per minute: 68.2% of total strokes
   78 CG strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 15.6/min.): 84.8% of total strokes
   141 CG strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 14.1/min.): 87.0% of total strokes
   344 CG strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 17.2/min.): 91.5% of total strokes
   537 CG strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 17.9/min.): 91.3% of total strokes
   1029 CG strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 17.2/min.): 90.4% of total strokes

1 +CG stroke per minute: 6.7% of CG strokes
   1 +CG stroke in past 5 mins. (avg. 0.2/min.): 1.3% of CG strokes
   4 +CG strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.4/min.): 2.8% of CG strokes
   4 +CG strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.2/min.): 1.2% of CG strokes
   10 +CG strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.3/min.): 1.9% of CG strokes
   20 +CG strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.3/min.): 1.9% of CG strokes

14 -CG strokes per minute: 93.3% of CG strokes
   77 -CG strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 15.4/min.): 98.7% of CG strokes
   137 -CG strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 13.7/min.): 97.2% of CG strokes
   340 -CG strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 17.0/min.): 98.8% of CG strokes
   527 -CG strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 17.6/min.): 98.1% of CG strokes
   1009 -CG strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 16.8/min.): 98.1% of CG strokes

0 CID strokes in past 60 mins.

17 Total flashes per minute
   74 Total flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 14.8/min.)
   134 Total flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 13.4/min.)
   305 Total flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 15.3/min.)
   477 Total flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 15.9/min.)
   933 Total flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 15.6/min.)

11 CG flashes per minute: 64.7% of total flashes
   61 CG flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 12.2/min.): 82.4% of total flashes
   114 CG flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 11.4/min.): 85.1% of total flashes
   274 CG flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 13.7/min.): 89.8% of total flashes
   427 CG flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 14.2/min.): 89.5% of total flashes
   827 CG flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 13.8/min.): 88.6% of total flashes

0 +CG flashes per minute
   0 +CG flashes in past 5 mins.
   2 +CG flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.2/min.): 1.8% of CG flashes
   2 +CG flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.1/min.): 0.7% of CG flashes
   8 +CG flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.3/min.): 1.9% of CG flashes
   17 +CG flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.3/min.): 2.1% of CG flashes

11 -CG flashes per minute: 100.0% of CG flashes
   61 -CG flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 12.2/min.): 100.0% of CG flashes
   112 -CG flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 11.2/min.): 98.2% of CG flashes
   272 -CG flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 13.6/min.): 99.3% of CG flashes
   419 -CG flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 14.0/min.): 98.1% of CG flashes
   810 -CG flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 13.5/min.): 97.9% of CG flashes

6 IC flashes per minute: 35.3% of total flashes
   13 IC flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 2.6/min.): 17.6% of total flashes
   20 IC flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 2.0/min.): 14.9% of total flashes
   31 IC flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 1.6/min.): 10.2% of total flashes
   50 IC flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 1.7/min.): 10.5% of total flashes
   106 IC flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 1.8/min.): 11.4% of total flashes

5 +IC flashes per minute: 83.3% of IC flashes
   8 +IC flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 1.6/min.): 61.5% of IC flashes
   11 +IC flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 1.1/min.): 55.0% of IC flashes
   19 +IC flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 1.0/min.): 61.3% of IC flashes
   30 +IC flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 1.0/min.): 60.0% of IC flashes
   76 +IC flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 1.3/min.): 71.7% of IC flashes

1 -IC flash per minute: 16.7% of IC flashes
   5 -IC flashes in past 5 mins. (avg. 1.0/min.): 38.5% of IC flashes
   9 -IC flashes in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.9/min.): 45.0% of IC flashes
   12 -IC flashes in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.6/min.): 38.7% of IC flashes
   20 -IC flashes in past 30 mins. (avg. 0.7/min.): 40.0% of IC flashes
   30 -IC flashes in past 60 mins. (avg. 0.5/min.): 28.3% of IC flashes

0  Nearby flashes in past 60 mins.

Energy of 17.5 in the last minute (ratio 80%, squelch = 0)
   Energy of 66.0 in past 5 mins. (ratio 72%, avg. 13.2/min.)
   Energy of 115.7 in past 10 mins. (ratio 71%, avg. 11.6/min.)
   Energy of 264.4 in past 20 mins. (ratio 70%, avg. 13.2/min.)
   Energy of 408.7 in past 30 mins. (ratio 70%, avg. 13.6/min.)
   Energy of 785.2 in past 60 mins. (ratio 69%, avg. 13.1/min.)

0 noises per minute
   2 noises in past 5 mins. (avg. 0.4/min., 2.1%)
   6 noises in past 10 mins. (avg. 0.6/min., 3.6%)
   14 noises in past 20 mins. (avg. 0.7/min., 3.6%)
   32 noises in past 30 mins. (avg. 1.1/min., 5.2%)
   70 noises in past 60 mins. (avg. 1.2/min., 5.8%)


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