The indexweatherthe week of, at best
Sea-breeze lightning over Tampa Bay
Fires when CAPE > 2000 J/kg AND storms timed near dusk
Photograph Muhammadphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0
June through September, peaking July and August. The notch is October.
- Where
- Ballast Point Pier, Tampa
- Drive
- 45 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- June through September
- Peak
- July and August
- Certainty
- the week of, at best
- Drone
- no
How often we have called it on
We have not once called this on, across 6 Sunday builds. That is our own weekly verdict rather than a measurement of the trigger, and a condition that fires midweek can pass between two builds.
From the field
Lightning capital of the US; cells fire 3-7p on a near-daily schedule. Shoot the anvil from range at blue hour — the forecast picks the day, never the strike.