Strike Finder is the first weather avoidance system to utilize Digital Signal Processing technology. It models convective activity based upon the electromagnetic signature of lightning. Digital technology enables Strike Finder to locate thunderstorms with greater accuracy and reliability than previously possible. A unique graphic display plots an accurate, reliable and easily-interpreted picture of electrical activity, that you can use to circumnavigate the hazards associated with thunderstorms . As the number of lightning strikes increase, so does the number of plotted strike dots.
Cells start to form indicating increased lightning activity.
Pure Digital Technology provides superior signal fidelity for a truer picture of weather activity. Unlike other systems, Strike Finder is free of false indications and gross errors in bearing and range caused by poor signal processing. Even radar is no substitute for Digital Weather Avoidance since radar relies on the presence of rain for detection of thunderstorms. Strike Finder routinely identifies hazardous convective activity long before any rain has fallen and before radar shows any returns. Zoom gives the pilot an accurate overview of weather activity within a 200 mile radius.