About this trigger
Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.
Developer info
- Description
- This Trigger fires every time your WeatherFlow Tempest Station detects a lightning strike.
- API endpoint slug
- weatherflow.lightning_strike
Trigger fields
Location ID Dropdown list
- Label
- Which Station?
- Slug
- location_id
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- false
Units distance Dropdown list
- Label
- Which distance unit?
- Slug
- units_distance
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
Ingredients
TimestampThe date and time event was created.
- Slug
- timestamp
- Filter code
- Weatherflow.lightningStrike.Timestamp
- Type
- Date with time (ISO8601)
- Example
- 2020-07-08T04:17:06.000+05:00
Station nameThe name of your station.
- Slug
- station_name
- Filter code
- Weatherflow.lightningStrike.StationName
- Type
- String
- Example
- Home
Lightning strike distanceThe distance of the lightning strike from your station.
- Slug
- lightning_strike_distance
- Filter code
- Weatherflow.lightningStrike.LightningStrikeDistance
- Type
- String
- Example
- 22
Units distanceThe distance measurement unit.
- Slug
- units_distance
- Filter code
- Weatherflow.lightningStrike.UnitsDistance
- Type
- String
- Example
- km
Timestamp epochThe timestamp in epoch seconds.
- Slug
- timestamp_epoch
- Filter code
- Weatherflow.lightningStrike.TimestampEpoch
- Type
- String
- Example
- 1495654920