Been running the Ambient Weather integration and I am only seeing two data points from the lightning detector:
lightning strikes per day
lightning strikes per hour
Was hoping to get last lightning strike distance and time added to the integration.
Is there any hardware, let’s call it a “lightning detector” I do not know about? which monitors the sky - like a camera and a microphone?
Otherwise I do not see how it could be achieved as you have to see the lightning strike and then hear the sound the thunder makes to calculate anything.
And it has to be 360 degree camera mounted on the roof as you have to see all around the house and 360 degree microphone array to precisely monitor thunder and AI to filter out false rumbling noises from trucks going by over the train tracks or other obstacle.
Lightning is detected by the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) emitted by a lightning strike.
The sensor provides the data I am asking for to the Ambient Weather API, I am asking that the HA integration, which includes lightning strikes per day and hours, to include the time and distance.