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Lightning activity — GOES GLM

Cached source readings · partial

Total lightning, including in-cloud activity. Not ground-strike locations, official warnings, or a safe-to-go-outside signal. A zero count is only zero accepted observations in the acquired source files.

Collector checked 2026-10-18T03:28:07.084Z; latest aggregation end 2026-10-18T03:27:00.000Z. Reload for the latest cached readings.

Western lower 48 · GOES-18

Configured public source box -125, 24, -105, 50 (west, south, east, north). These counts apply to this whole box and are not attributed to a single storm. This region uses one authoritative platform; East/West observations are not summed.

Interval (UTC)Accepted flashesAcquisition coverage
1 min · 2026-10-18T03:26:00.000Z to 2026-10-18T03:27:00.000Z0 (partial)partial · 4/4 slots (includes following boundary file); 5 quality exclusions
5 min · 2026-10-18T03:22:00.000Z to 2026-10-18T03:27:00.000Z6 (partial)partial · 16/16 slots (includes following boundary file); 12 quality exclusions
Missing source slots and retained provenance

1-minute interval

No missing acquisition slots. Detection efficiency and all-sky coverage are not verified.

  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910326000_e20262910326200_c20262910326213.nc · SHA-256 f2cecf44001eaa70d5f6f3ff7a7cdd26f623299e8dd8690c40e91959251c00eb
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910326200_e20262910326400_c20262910326417.nc · SHA-256 45a97da7608aefdc75899b7d7042ab380cab9def088e2c74c722fe7215bcfe81
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910326400_e20262910327000_c20262910327024.nc · SHA-256 c78d599f5f59f077a86e84535acff0d9fc3235ce04e7a1459ae19bfc93fab558
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910327000_e20262910327200_c20262910327210.nc · SHA-256 f7a2931eab5ed4b0459cb85bdc8d9b33b290e02f02401fa68b34fc868b1f9096

5-minute interval

No missing acquisition slots. Detection efficiency and all-sky coverage are not verified.

  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910322000_e20262910322200_c20262910322220.nc · SHA-256 808ca58ccc2f6b68aa7d8ee08338bf76aa5d683e94c86335c1b4fa5145952ebf
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910322200_e20262910322400_c20262910322420.nc · SHA-256 c973c58c7480185a57b0c1e1d4124d0a9a0ee5c6f24da685b99ba949e0185ac6
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910322400_e20262910323000_c20262910323019.nc · SHA-256 014f3d244c2c206a4c494c168c3f96409d78f7ccaa51cda6183a518aabe27412
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910323000_e20262910323200_c20262910323215.nc · SHA-256 7a65a8365efe147939f7b2e51d8e0d0bd15c140fcf2d62398a7ed18c1fae5b5a
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910323200_e20262910323400_c20262910323411.nc · SHA-256 7203f35e26379e8ed57a52319870fa743c3e549148824fa1bad4bf4fd686bff5
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910323400_e20262910324000_c20262910324009.nc · SHA-256 1597d6b97ccbab8b71a4e69a79b2b3a8698f3893d8d9223fc6b6d5f996310e7f
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910324000_e20262910324200_c20262910324215.nc · SHA-256 57171940199205b6bdc542cbf29cd533dc4014907516cc115e1e17f23074c228
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910324200_e20262910324400_c20262910324422.nc · SHA-256 1abce705d12718e3f1a9a9a9079c89669bb8360253bede78df1986333b8c5d09
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910324400_e20262910325000_c20262910325016.nc · SHA-256 040020809cda7a6e8ffbb61937496e0125c87ce3587a6e6cec50632903fb2553
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910325000_e20262910325200_c20262910325215.nc · SHA-256 2086bf4e0862e0a6fa8ec3879502c7277aa4183327d548ec5bcaa0ae1241a708
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910325200_e20262910325400_c20262910325422.nc · SHA-256 0cb771e9e429f9604d49f06ec9a619bc6a3d72c07e2ab7ff86009b81b23a3220
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910325400_e20262910326000_c20262910326019.nc · SHA-256 1cfa9bdcca4b9c48655399b66d5ae1be051f0fd28d1ea5f1730c8b139fd93653
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910326000_e20262910326200_c20262910326213.nc · SHA-256 f2cecf44001eaa70d5f6f3ff7a7cdd26f623299e8dd8690c40e91959251c00eb
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910326200_e20262910326400_c20262910326417.nc · SHA-256 45a97da7608aefdc75899b7d7042ab380cab9def088e2c74c722fe7215bcfe81
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910326400_e20262910327000_c20262910327024.nc · SHA-256 c78d599f5f59f077a86e84535acff0d9fc3235ce04e7a1459ae19bfc93fab558
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G18_s20262910327000_e20262910327200_c20262910327210.nc · SHA-256 f7a2931eab5ed4b0459cb85bdc8d9b33b290e02f02401fa68b34fc868b1f9096

Eastern lower 48 · GOES-19

Configured public source box -105, 24, -66, 50 (west, south, east, north). These counts apply to this whole box and are not attributed to a single storm. This region uses one authoritative platform; East/West observations are not summed.

Interval (UTC)Accepted flashesAcquisition coverage
1 min · 2026-10-18T03:26:00.000Z to 2026-10-18T03:27:00.000Z18 (partial)partial · 4/4 slots (includes following boundary file); 71 quality exclusions
5 min · 2026-10-18T03:22:00.000Z to 2026-10-18T03:27:00.000Z99 (partial)partial · 16/16 slots (includes following boundary file); 276 quality exclusions
Missing source slots and retained provenance

1-minute interval

No missing acquisition slots. Detection efficiency and all-sky coverage are not verified.

  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910326000_e20262910326200_c20262910326219.nc · SHA-256 5b817e19f2b87195263d829724434894843f04a7023c60eccf7d1146276953fd
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910326200_e20262910326400_c20262910326419.nc · SHA-256 40841c224c516c29601ba631b79e8c3761b95a0191f837d1af52c3abd203657d
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910326400_e20262910327000_c20262910327021.nc · SHA-256 bafb8e74d487469ee976bdcb317d038440805f00a114310378b12e47862dcef6
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910327000_e20262910327200_c20262910327222.nc · SHA-256 aef8e52cfd04972c2975b987882a23d36eaf53659ef23e0d21c01e4f2763d7ee

5-minute interval

No missing acquisition slots. Detection efficiency and all-sky coverage are not verified.

  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910322000_e20262910322200_c20262910322220.nc · SHA-256 6ff35235361d9b67e63656278d41a3aa3f463467ee1d1692e56491a3050ea00e
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910322200_e20262910322400_c20262910322425.nc · SHA-256 90709a9fcf943dee85e49b579100dc9f2b7e55a4360fe451f867635beb373d68
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910322400_e20262910323000_c20262910323020.nc · SHA-256 476792dd5d1c9f600ac6c83dd8bfcbfbbaeda6fc71e3887624b5dae800c06675
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910323000_e20262910323200_c20262910323214.nc · SHA-256 dee06882940106361aa814e4b3b6978fe6e4d0ddae4b97e1bf303007a08135e6
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910323200_e20262910323400_c20262910323420.nc · SHA-256 78b66cf7693eacf37ab3e929458198a33e999750426073429dbeeecfebac0731
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910323400_e20262910324000_c20262910324021.nc · SHA-256 2f4fdf70306e5c83d564baca9b485a611c2d944f2529fae8c050fc073d421318
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910324000_e20262910324200_c20262910324219.nc · SHA-256 b1c8b3e1840346cfbbb22f95e1274ba96a773b2f400ad446ad97f6b9ff9b3372
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910324200_e20262910324400_c20262910324422.nc · SHA-256 42387e12b2ae2d15b255c958f3aec81f2615474cd90e68f01d3bce245e2da16c
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910324400_e20262910325000_c20262910325020.nc · SHA-256 0235b836c43130bf34726a77c7ecf3513a55cb4d4844ac82d4df47204fe59897
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910325000_e20262910325200_c20262910325219.nc · SHA-256 6dec2d08782f400dfc6947ce303e3bbfb15eb6b49ea96229f9bd6e327ba60b73
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910325200_e20262910325400_c20262910325420.nc · SHA-256 967a5be18a7c5b94336072a9ef21fbeb0dc8f06b3b6d2e7a4b3affe9dc1ca65f
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910325400_e20262910326000_c20262910326019.nc · SHA-256 55573847786d238bf054ccfbab17c14847cfdacff5851a09d06d96cda5abe7bf
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910326000_e20262910326200_c20262910326219.nc · SHA-256 5b817e19f2b87195263d829724434894843f04a7023c60eccf7d1146276953fd
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910326200_e20262910326400_c20262910326419.nc · SHA-256 40841c224c516c29601ba631b79e8c3761b95a0191f837d1af52c3abd203657d
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910326400_e20262910327000_c20262910327021.nc · SHA-256 bafb8e74d487469ee976bdcb317d038440805f00a114310378b12e47862dcef6
  • GLM-L2-LCFA/2026/291/03/OR_GLM-L2-LCFA_G19_s20262910327000_e20262910327200_c20262910327222.nc · SHA-256 aef8e52cfd04972c2975b987882a23d36eaf53659ef23e0d21c01e4f2763d7ee

Configured public event boxes. Complete files do not establish all-sky detection coverage or detection efficiency; limb effects and obscuration remain limitations.

Density uses flashes per 100 km² during the named interval on a 0.25° grid. The grid is not positional accuracy. Source: NOAA GOES-R GLM L2 LCFA; good-quality flashes only. Satellite limb effects and detection limitations apply.

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