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Radar and Lightning tracking
#1
What do you use at home or on your smart phone to "see" the weather and chase the storm?

#2
I like to be able to see the lightning reports as well as the storm progression, but it's hard to combine the two.

I like the traditional style radar due to it's aesthetics and ease of visual layers.

But the NEXRAD map allows you to turn lightning strikes on and shows storm progression as well as each storm's height, speed, hail chance, etc.
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=IWA&lat=33.45069885&lon=-112.06839752&label=Phoenix%2C+AZ&type=N0R&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&prevzoom=zoom&num=10&delay=15&scale=1&showlabels=1&smooth=1&noclutter=0&showstorms=99&rainsnow=1&lightning=1


*squares denote lightning strikes
#3
I just found http://tiggrweather.net

The StormVue NGX (beta) allows you to set an alert for your chosen area and radius for lightning strikes.
You control time frame, zoom, there's a nifty graph and each strike is organized into Cloud to Ground (+,-), Inner Cloud, and Cell

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The StormVue WASP2 categorizes and shows the data for each lightning thunderstorm but doesn't have the alert function.
#4
I use the HG4x4 "skatchkins and sc00by" app. Works GREAT!