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Lightning strike

This Trigger fires every time your WeatherFlow Tempest Station detects a lightning strike.

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