Know when the thunderstorm is actually coming your way

A thunder icon in a forecast tells you almost nothing about where the storm is. KULING shows detected strikes on the map with their distance from you, and tracks how the cell is moving using radar motion vectors.

• CAPE and convective inhibition decide whether the air can actually build storms.
• Radar nowcasting shows whether cells are growing or decaying right now.
• Wind shear indicates whether a cell may organise and last.

Push alerts fire when strikes are detected within your chosen radius, so you get warning before the first gust rather than after the rain arrives.