Live Lightning Detection Radar for Placerville California, Sierra Nevada, & the Sacramento Valley

Placerville Ca. LIVE Lightning Detection Radar

To view latest images you may need to refresh/reload.

Placerville California Lightning Detection Station

When there is a 0% chance of rain or convective activity we update every 2 hours. When lightning is possible within our range, updates are once a minute.
-CG = Negative Cloud to Ground -IC = Negative Inter-cloud +CG = Positive Cloud to Ground +IC = Positive Inter-Cloud

Legend of Local Regional & U.S. Lightning Detection Maps

Northern CA. - Realtime Lightning Radar

Northern CA. - Realtime Lightning Radar w/replay

Northern CA. - Lightning & Rain Radar

United States - Lightning Radar

Northwest U.S. - Lightning Radar

Southwest U.S. - Lightning & Rainfall Radar (Loop)

Southwest U.S. - Lightning & Rainfall Radar

Northcentral U.S. - Lightning Radar

Southcentral U.S. - Lightning Radar

Northeast U.S. - Lightning Radar

Southeast U.S. - Lightning Radar

U.S. Severe Weather - Severe Wx Forecast Maps

Canadian - Lightning Radar

Europe Lightning Radar Lightning Radar

El Dorado Weather uses a Boltek StormTraker Live Lightning Detection Radar Station. The station is based at El Dorado Weather at our Placerville, California USA location, and covers Northern & Central Sierra Nevada Mountains and Central and Northern California. We also keep Live and Archived Weather Data for Placerville, California.

Boltek StormTracker is the weather industry standard in lightning detection equipment. Boltek StormTracker detects lightning strikes up to 300 miles away in each direction, which covers a circle around the station with a 600 mile diameter. It plots and tracks lightning strikes directly to the Internet and then to you within one minute of a lightning strike.

What does it do?

Boltek StormTracker Detectors use state-of-the-art technology to make real-time lightning detection that allows you to not only tell if lightning is near but see exactly where it is at. It tracks the speed and direction of thunder storms, allowing you to plot the exact path of the storm and how fast it is traveling. Thus showing you where the tstorm will hit and when the storm will get there. The Boltek StormTracker hardware is being used in conjuction with Astrogenic Systems, NexStorm software.

How Does It Work?

StormTracker detects the low frequency radio signals produced by lightning's electrical discharge. This signal is the crackling you hear on an AM radio when thunderstorms are nearby. These signals travel for hundreds of miles and are detected by StormTracker's antenna.

StormTracker uses a direction-finding antenna to determine the direction the lightning signal came from. StormTracker's receiver looks at the signal strength to calculate an approximate distance for the lightning strike. There is additional processing done in software to reduce the effect of strike to strike magnitude variations. Once StormTracker knows the direction and distance of the strike it plots it on the map

Who Uses a Boltek StormTracker?

Some of the users that use Boltek are the US Air Force, Government Weather Forcasters, Government Computer Centers, US Air Navy, Emergency Management Agencies, Skywarn Spotters, Storm Chasers, and both Public & Private Weather Forcasters alike.

| Mobile

Private Policy | Terms & Conds | | Cookie Policy

Never base any life decisions on weather information from this site or anywhere over the Internet.
Site is dedicated to our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ | Random Quotes of Jesus
Copyright © 2024 El Dorado Weather, Inc. | Site Designed By: Webmaster Danny