Pulling Historical Lightning Data for Verification of Damage

Raegan Ramsden
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3 minutes

Weatherstem

Navigate to your site page. Ex: <https://santarosa.weatherstem.com/fswneoc>

Click "Practical Lightning Assistant" *Note: You will need to be logged in as an administrator to access this feature*

Click "New Location"

Type the name of your location ex: "Santa Rosa EOC"

Select "Point" as your Type

Click "Create Location"

Click "Go to Address"

Paste Site Address and cick "OK"

**OPTIONAL :** Zoom in to confirm Icon is in correct location. If it is not you can move the Weatherstem Icon manually or go back a step to type in a new address.

**OPTIONAL :** Click "Satellite" if needed to view location better and move icon to desired point of interest.

Right-click on the image to add a ring

Click blue radius value to change radius.

Set to 1 and click blue checkmark to save.

Click the "clock with circle arrow" icon.

Type the number of hours you want to go back (max 240) and click ok

Wait for table to pop up with data. Could take up to 1 minute to appear. *Note : This guide pulls lightning points within 1 mile of the location selected. You can change this radius closer or further for evaluation if you have too many or not enough data points for verification.*