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Information Thank
you for inquiring about the SkyScan
Lightning/Severe Storm Warning System.
SkyScan has been developing this unit for
the past 7-1/2 years. We are extremely
excited and proud to finally offer this
unit to the general public.
The
basis of SkyScan's new and patented
technology is that the unit samples and
analyzes selected pairs of frequencies
within the electromagnetic spectrum of a
lightning stroke. It then applies this
information to determine the distance of
that lightning stroke. The strength and
uniqueness of the SkyScan approach are
that it allows a tremendous amount of
information to be extracted and analyzed
by a relatively simple hardware system.
The simplicity of the hardware is made
possible by the proprietary software,
which performs the analysis of the
incoming information. The reliance on
software, rather than on hardware, also
allows the SkyScan system to be extremely
intelligent with regard to eliminating
false triggering while displaying several
different types of important information
to the user.
The
unit is accurate to within 1 to 2 miles
97% of the time. One of the most
important advantages of using this unit
is that the user can detect a
thunderstorm as far away as 40 miles.
This gives the user approximately 1-1/2
hours warning as the average storm in
most parts of the country travels at
approximately 25 miles an hour. SkyScan
has ranges (20-40, 8-20, 3-8, and 0-3)
allowing the user to easily tell if the
storm is moving towards, away, or
parallel to their location. Each time the
SkyScan unit detects a lightning strike
within one of the ranges, the unit will
display a rising column of lights for
three seconds with each stroke. For
example, if it detects a strike in the
3-8 mile range, the 20-40, 8-20 and the
3-8 lights would illuminate for three
seconds. The 3-89 light would then blink
for 60 seconds telling the user where the
closest lightning strike had been within
the past minute. The unit will continue
to monitor the storm so that each time
the unit sees a lightning stroke, the
lights would continue to illuminate for
three seconds. It also incorporates an
audible tone that the user can either
have "On" or "Off",
and if "On", the user can set
the range where the tone will sound.
Most
persons are unaware that once a storm
moves within 10 miles of their location -
because of the overhanging anvil cloud -
the storm can generate lightning that can
kill or injure, even while that person is
still in bright sunshine. When SkyScan
detects lightning at the 3-8 range, it
leaves absolutely no doubt that the user,
along with anyone within their scope of
responsibility, should be under
protective shelter.
Another
very important feature is that SkyScan
starts detecting a thunderstorm up to 70
miles away, even though it does not
visually register until 40 miles. This
feature helps SkyScan determine if the
inclement weather could possibly be a
line of thunderstorms (squall line), or
if the storm is within those 10% of the
most severe thunderstorms that might
create severe winds, torrential rains,
hail or even possibly a tornado. If these
conditions are present, then the unit
will activate the severe storm warning
light, along with a different type of
audible tone, alerting the user to these
conditions. The user can then readily
tell the location of the storm relative
to their position. This allows the user
to either take immediate shelter, or if
time warrants, to turn on their
television to find out what the
professional meteorologist is saying.
SkyScan will continually update this
information each 15 minutes until the
conditions no longer exist.
This
feature makes the unit a valuable tool to
have within the home, especially at night
and on alert, looking for this type of
activity. This can help eliminate the
surprise weather attacks that seem to
kill and injure so many people,
especially when they are sleeping.
All
of us at SkyScan are extremely proud to
know that our product is approved by
Little League Baseball, solving the
problem of when to call a game instead of
relying on information commonly based on
folk lore. As stated earlier, once
lightning is within 10 miles, you are in
imminent danger. Because of terrain and
obstacles, the human eye will only see
lightning approximately 3 miles away and
the human ear will only hear thunder 3-4
miles in most parts of this country. It
can readily be noted that human guesswork
grossly lacks in its ability to see a
storm coming in time. And since there are
on average 200 people killed and over 700
injured each year by lighting - more than
floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined
- SkyScan can become a useful tool to the
outdoorsman.
Keep
in mind that we are only detecting
lightning and not trying to predict where
lightning might strike. Even with the use
of SkyScan, the first stroke of lightning
put down by the storm might in fact be
the one to hit your field. Therefore,
anyone out-of-doors during thunderstorm
season should constantly remain aware of
the build-up of inclement weather. But
until now, there has never been a
handheld unit capable of doing what the
SkyScan Lightning/Severe Storm Warning
unit can do, especially at the price we
are offering it to Little League.
As
you can tell, the SkyScan detector can be
used in many different ways - either
camping, boating, hiking, swimming,
golfing, boating or any time you or
anyone is out-of-doors. Commercial
applications would include farming, all
utilities, tree trimming, construction,
roofing, road work - anywhere you may
have personnel working outdoors and
unable to be alerted by conventional
communications. Plus it has the
capability of in-door use. The unit will
obviously detect lightning and track the
storm whether it is being used inside or
out.
Thanks
for taking time to learn about the
SkyScan.
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Radar and Lightning
Detection Specialists
