BlitzortungLive3.0.0

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.

Version History BlitzortungLive 3.0 – completely rebuilt.

NEW
• Precipitation radar with an animated 2-hour history and 2-hour forecast (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
• Thunderstorm areas and thunderstorm forecasts for Europe
• Thunderstorm tracks with direction, speed and warning level (Germany)
• Lightning density and instability (Lifted Index) layers
• Satellite clouds and animated wind
• Look back: radar images of the last two hours together with the lightning of that time
• New layer menu to switch every layer on or off

IMPROVED
• Modern design with Dark Mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support
• Fast GPU-rendered map: zoom and pan without waiting for the overlays
• Clear connection status (Live / Connecting / Reconnecting)
• More reliable connection and push alerts
• Now also in Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Portuguese
• Many bug fixes and stability improvements

The app stays free – without ads and without tracking. 3.0.0 (build 3.0.0.1) 1d ago Bugfixes. 2.8.0.1 10/09/2024 Bugfixes 2.7.0.1 02/02/2023 Bugfixes. 2.6.9.1 04/20/2022 Improvements and bugfixes. 2.6.4 04/12/2021 Bugfixes 2.6.3 12/09/2020 - Bugfixes
- Performance tweaking
- changed some internal SDKs 2.6.2 08/30/2020 Small Bugfixes 2.6.1 03/10/2020 Support for Dark Mode.
Set the alarm region by user location. 2.5.1 10/04/2019 iOS 13.1 Crash fixed.
Some improvements. 2.2.0 09/30/2019 Minor bugfixes 2.1.1 03/13/2019 Performance Updates
New menu structures
Bugfixes 2.1.0.3 03/10/2019 Performance optimized.
PushAlarm more accurate.
Bugfixes. 2.0.5.2 06/20/2016 Hotfix for iOS 7 Devices. 2.0.4 09/09/2015 - Crash-Bug fixed. 2.0.3 08/27/2015 Completely rewritten and redesigned.
- configuration Options removed from Map
- live Strike Counter on top left corner of the Map (tap to reset)
- Metrics are now in Kilometers or Miles
- Customizable alert Radius from 1km to 300km (0.6mi to 186mi)
- Live Strikes can be turned on/off
- Language support for English, German, French, Spain and Russian 2.0 08/06/2015 Bugfixes and performance improvements. 1.4 07/08/2015 Bugfixes. 1.2 11/25/2014 1.0 11/13/2014