BlitzortungLive

See thunderstorms the moment they happen. BlitzortungLive shows lightning strikes from the worldwide Blitzortung.org community network on the map in near real time – now together with precipitation radar, thunderstorm forecasts and wind, so you can see at a glance where a storm is, how strong it is and where it is heading.

LIVE LIGHTNING
• New strikes appear within seconds and fade from yellow to red as they age
• Lightning map with the strikes of the last hours (lightningmaps.org)
• Strike counter for the visible area
• Optional sound for new strikes

WEATHER RADAR & FORECAST
• Precipitation radar for Germany and neighbouring regions, updated every 5 minutes
• Animated timeline: the last two hours plus a 2-hour nowcast
• Forecast images are clearly marked – you always know whether you see measured or predicted data
• Satellite cloud images and animated wind

THUNDERSTORMS
• Current and forecast thunderstorm areas across Europe
• Thunderstorm tracks in Germany with direction, speed and warning level
• Lightning density map
• Instability (Lifted Index) shows where thunderstorms can develop

LOOK BACK
• Scroll back through the last two hours of radar – each image shows the lightning the app received at that time while it was open

THUNDERSTORM ALERT
• Push notification when lightning is detected near you
• Choose the alert area on the map or use your location, radius from 1 to 300 km (0.6 to 186 mi)

MADE FOR TODAY'S IPHONE AND IPAD
• Completely redesigned for iOS 17 and later
• Smooth map with GPU rendering – zoom and pan without waiting
• Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support
• 12 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil) and Russian

FREE – NO ADS, NO TRACKING
BlitzortungLive is free and contains no advertising and no tracking.

ABOUT BLITZORTUNG.ORG
BlitzortungLive is an additional service of the Blitzortung.org project, a community network of volunteers operating lightning detection stations all over the world. Coverage and accuracy depend on the stations in each region. For general questions about Blitzortung.org or to join the network with your own station, please visit www.blitzortung.org and read the documentation and FAQ first.

DATA SOURCES
Weather data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0), satellite data EUMETSAT. Instability: NOAA GFS (model data). Lightning: Blitzortung.org.

BlitzortungLive is not an official warning service. In case of danger, follow the warnings of your national weather service.