Owner's manual

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The Storm Statistics window appears whenever you click on a
storm in the Analysis window, or (optionally) the Real-time
Lightning window. It is also displayed when you click on a
group of stroke or flashes in the Raw Lightning Data window.
The information presented here is meant to offer a detailed
look at the character of a storm. The Stats page of the
window contains text information that may be copied to the
clipboard. The Graphs page contains a concise look at storm
characteristics presented graphically.
The information contained on the Stats page includes:
• The date and time the information is valid for
• The general classification of the storm
o A “distant” storm is one that lies beyond the
yellow alert range ring
o A “regional” storm is one that lies between
the yellow and red alert range rings
o A “nearby” storm is one the lies inside the
red alert range ring
o (The distances of the alert range rings may be
set in the Analysis window or the Real-time
Lightning window.)
• The bearing of the storm (North=0, East=90,
South=180, West=270)
• The ranging chain -- a record of how Lightning/2000
determined the range of the storm.
• The estimated range boundaries of the storm
• The number of strokes examined in the storm
• How many of those strokes were unique (usable).
• How many strokes were recorded in the last minute