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Do you just need to see lightning activity in your region, or do you need to be able to see individual strikes that are adjacent to your people and facilities?

Golf Course operators, outdoor festivals and many others need to know exactly when lightning is nearby, and see precisely when it will affect them. And just as valuable as public safety readiness is understanding when it is safe to resume normal operations again safely. With XkyFire RealTime Lightning you get the precise information you need to make good judgements about operations.

Money Saving

What does it cost to suspend operations for an hour?

What is the seasonal cost of suspending operations for an hour every day? With XkyFire RealTime Lightning Services you will be able to ignore lightning that will not directly impact your operations, even when storms might seem nearby. Fully objective determination about proximity of strikes will allow you to keep business rolling more often, reduce storm related closures, and still preserve, or even increase safety during operations.

Replay Storms

All lightning data is archived for later retrieval. You will be able to reanimate storms as they actually occurred and identify to the 1/1000th of a second strikes that might have affected you. Replay an entire day, week or month, or just reanimate one particular storm. Amazing data to access, you will gain greater situational awareness surrounding storm activity than ever before and see how it is becomes possible to deduce exactly where storms are headed next.

XkyFire Maps

Zoomable and pannable, you will be able to see recent lightning activity throughout your region and right down to a specific address or coordinates. Most warning services only allow you to zoom to a very general region, but with XkyFire RealTime Lightning you will be able to see with a very high degree of accuracy where lightning has recently occurred, and from this, infer the direction storms are tracking in.

Genesis of the XkyFire Name

The XkyFire Lightning Detection and Alerting Service takes its name from a unique blend of symbolism, creativity, and phonetics, reflecting its innovative approach to lightning tracking and safety alert systems. This article delves into the origins and significance of the name “XkyFire,” as well as the core purpose of the service it represents. The inspiration …

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Lightning and Sightseeing Gondolas

Lightning is one of nature’s most awe-inspiring phenomena, a powerful discharge of electricity that illuminates the sky. Despite its dramatic appearance, many misconceptions surround lightning and its interactions with the ground and structures. This article explores three important points: most lightning remains purely atmospheric, wire ropeways are designed to handle lightning strikes safely, and passengers …

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Personal Lightning Protection

XkyFire is now (as of January 2023) offering personal Lightning Detection and Alerting services for individual’s through-out North America. With two different account types available, economical safety information direct to your smart device or computer with either a Trekker subscription (annual) or a StormTracker subscription (10 day storm events). With the ability to update the …

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XkyFire Trekker Subscriptions

XkyFire Lightning Detection and Alerting services are (soon) available for everyone. Well, almost everyone. Since launching in 2013 XkyFire has provided Lightning services for commercial operators. Gondola Ropeways, airports, rail companies, outdoor adventure companies …. and so on. At the same time, the sensing coverage expanded across all of North America, throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, …

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