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Old 28th Apr 2015, 08:58
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jimf671
 
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Check out the Met Office work on this.
Investigating and predicting helicopter-triggered lightning strikes - Met Office
Theire example map clearly shows overland hot-spots.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/im...n_radar_L2.jpg

After our cancellation due to triggered lightning risk I have had a look at work on this phenomenon and hope to get someone to do a piece on the subject for the Scottish Mountain Rescue magazine at some stage.


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Vertigo above 200'AGL? Wouldn't surprise me! However, whereas a Sea King has always tended to be flown through the glens, in an S-92 there is more of a tendency for folk to just fly across the top.

The science is still new. I would hope that in 5 years time there will be a finer honed forecast.
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