Nearby flashes
Lightning flashes within radius of a point during the last 30 minutes, sorted nearest first. Each flash comes with its distance and compass bearing from the point, so an alert can say how close the lightning is and from which direction.
For a lightning-safety all-clear check, request limit=1: an empty strikes list is your all-clear for that radius over the last 30 minutes.
Values above a maximum are treated as the maximum.
Request
- Base URL: https://weatherapi.foreca.net
- URL: https://weatherapi.foreca.net/api/v1/lightning/{location}
- Auth: HTTP bearer
Path parameters
"Longitude,latitude" of the point, for example -98.0,42.0
Query parameters
Search radius in kilometres (default 40, maximum 100). A radius of 10 km or more matches the 8–15 km position accuracy.
Maximum number of flashes returned, nearest first (default 1000, maximum 1000)
Response
Success
Example response
{
"strikes": [
{
"lat": 42.0126,
"lon": -98.0056,
"time": "2026-08-25T12:22:18Z",
"distance": 1.5,
"bearing": "N",
"source": "GOES19"
}
]
}Changes
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