AVIATION · LIGHTNING PREDICTION DATA FOR AVIATION

Clear the ramp before the first strike, plan around the convection

Government models update every one to six hours, and a thunderstorm lives about thirty minutes. Flash refreshes every 2 minutes at 1×1 km, which is the data flight planners and airline meteorologists ask for.

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When do we pull the ground crew off the Gate C ramp this afternoon, and when can they go back?

· Gate C ramp · this afternoon

Clear the ramp 14:40

Clear it by 14:40. Lightning probability over the ramp’s cell passes your 30% stop limit at 14:40, about 25 minutes before the first strike Flash predicts there at 15:05. It falls back under the limit at 16:20, the predicted all-clear, so hold fuelling and baggage until then. The cargo apron, in the next cell east, stays under your limit until 15:30.

SiteGate C ramp
Your limit30% lightning probability, ramp policy
SourceFlash forecast · 1×1 km cell

Post the ramp hold in TeamsText the fuel and baggage leadsYou confirm before anything changes.

What about the cargo apron?
When is the predicted all-clear?
Log this hold for the station file

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Are wind gusts low enough to safely operate cranes and work at elevated heights?

· Midtown Parking Deck · today

No-go until 11:20

Not yet. Gusts at the Midtown Parking Deck reach 31 mph between 08:00 and 11:00, above your 25 mph crane limit. The window opens at 11:20 and holds through 17:00. Peachtree Yard is clear all day, so the elevated work can start there this morning.

SiteMidtown Parking Deck
Your limit25 mph gusts, crane policy
SourceFlash forecast · 1×1 km cell

Reschedule lift in ProcoreNotify foreman on SlackYou confirm before anything changes.

What about Peachtree Yard?
When does the window close?
Log this decision for the safety file

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What days this week offer viable 5-hour windows to tear off a residential roof and get back to watertight?

· Roswell re-roof · this week

Go · Tue and Thu

Two days. Tuesday 07:00–13:30 and Thursday 08:00–14:00 are dry at the Roswell re-roof with gusts under 20 mph, long enough to tear off and get back to watertight. Wednesday afternoon carries storm risk; a hail alert would reach you up to 55 minutes ahead, so keep that deck closed and leave the Milton repair for Friday.

SiteRoswell re-roof
Your limit5 h dry, gusts under 20 mph
SourceFlash forecast · 1×1 km cell

Book the tear-off in JobNimbusText the crew leadYou confirm before anything changes.

Push both days to Google Calendar
What about the Milton repair?
Log this decision for the job file

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When will we get the first frost?

· North fields · this week

Frost Thursday 05:40

Thursday, 05:40. The north fields drop below 32 °F at about 04:10 Thursday, bottom out near 30 °F at 05:40 and climb back above freezing after sunrise. Tuesday night holds at 39 °F and Thursday night at 36 °F, so Wednesday night is the one that matters. Cover the seedlings Wednesday evening and hold irrigation that night so the beds are dry when it hits.

SiteNorth fields · Block 4
Your limit32 °F on seedlings, frost policy
SourceFlash forecast · 1×1 km cell

Add 'cover seedlings' to the crew calendarText the irrigation leadYou confirm before anything changes.

Which blocks are exposed?
How long does the frost last?
Remind me Wednesday at 16:00

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How much water should I put on the golf course today/tonight?

· Riverbend North · tonight

Go · Irrigate tonight

Run 0.18 in on greens and approaches tonight. ET hit 0.22 in today and the 20% shower chance banks almost nothing. Start at 11 PM, done by 12:04 AM.

SiteRiverbend North
Your limit90% FC refill, 6h max night run
SourceFlash forecast · 1×1 km cell

Send run times to ERPNotify crew on SlackYou confirm before anything changes.

By zone
Skip tonight?
ET schedule

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Will our baseball fields be too saturated to play a game this Friday?

· Riverside Baseball Complex · Thursday

No-go Friday

Yes. 1.4 in of rain lands on the Riverside fields Thursday night, and the outfield stays above your playable saturation limit until Saturday noon. Friday's 16:00 game is a no-go; Saturday 15:00 is dry, drained and playable, so move it there. The turf crew can tarp the infield Thursday afternoon.

SiteRiverside Baseball Complex
Your limit60% outfield saturation, athletics policy
SourceFlash forecast · 1×1 km cell

Move the game to Saturday in Google CalendarNotify parents via the athletics appYou confirm before anything changes.

What about the softball field?
When does the outfield drain?
Log this decision for the athletic director

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What the storm costs in aviation

Ground crews on the ramp when the first strike lands
Flash predicts cloud-to-ground lightning for the 1×1 km cell the ramp sits in up to an hour ahead, with a predicted all-clear, so ground handlers come off the ramp before the first strike and go back on evidence rather than a countdown.
Delays, diversions and fuel burned around convection
Airlines use a private weather provider when a better forecast turns into savings: fewer delays, less fuel burned avoiding turbulence, fewer diversions. Flash delivers higher-resolution products that update faster than the government models.
A forecast that updates slower than the storm
A model that updates once an hour misses whole storms. Flash re-runs every 2 minutes and downscales to 1×1 km, which is why it rarely misses an event and why its false-alarm rate is low.

Who brings Flash into aviation, and why

The titles that make the call, the problem they describe on the first conversation, and where they gather.

Who buys

CEO or CTO at a flight planning or flight tracking company
Developer tasked with choosing the weather provider
Airline meteorology team

When they buy No particular season.

The problem on the first call

Flight planning and tracking providers are filling a need for their own customers, who plan flights on the data.
Airlines want higher-resolution models that update faster than government models, especially for fast-changing weather like convection and wind shear.
A better forecast has to turn into savings: fewer delays, less fuel burned avoiding turbulence, fewer diversions.

Where these buyers gather

NBAA
EBACE
Airline & Aerospace MRO & Flight Operations IT Conference
Global Aviation Conference

Questions about Flash for aviation

Yes. The Flash API delivers lightning prediction for every 1×1 km cell across the continental U.S., refreshed every 2 minutes, with over 100 atmospheric parameters beside it. JETNET and SmartSky have integrated Flash lightning data for business aviation.

Traditional models update every one to six hours. The Flash lightning model refreshes every 2 minutes, with hail every 5 minutes, so a storm with a thirty-minute life cycle is seen while it is forming.

Up to 99.6% on the one-hour window, verified over five years across the contiguous U.S. against independent cloud-to-ground strike records. The method is published on the accuracy method page.

Yes. The all-clear is predicted on the same model as the first strike, so ground operations resume on evidence rather than a fixed wait after the last strike.

Clear the ramp before the first strike, plan around the convection

Ask the question your crew actually asks.

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You and your crew

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What the storm costs in aviation

Ground crews on the ramp when the first strike lands

Delays, diversions and fuel burned around convection

A forecast that updates slower than the storm

Who brings Flash into aviation, and why

Who buys

The problem on the first call

Where these buyers gather

Questions about Flash for aviation

Can flight planning software get Flash lightning prediction by API?

How much faster does Flash update than a government model?

How accurate is the lightning prediction?

Does Flash give an all-clear for the ramp?

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