Display # 1 is a full view of Australia showing all strokes that occurred for the same period as Display # 2 and it shows that there were a total of 31,925 strokes in that period.		Display # 2, which has been magnified to see the area in detail, is of an area in Queensland where the Search centre is Lat -028.2271 Lon 149.3857 (Wycanna, QLD). From this display you notice that there were 2,427 strokes in a 1:56 hour period. Of these 2,427 strokes, there were 2,393 negative strokes, 16 positive strokes and 18 cloud to cloud strokes.

View video of MIDS display of the lightning that occurred on the 14^th April, 1999 during the devastating hailstorm which damaged property across Sydney. This video shows a map from Wollongong to north of Sydney.

Requires Microsoft Windows Media Player.

The Cycle Graph window shows bars that represent 10 minutes intervals and from this can be seen whether the lightning is intensifying in the selected area.

The Cycle Control window allows the user to modify the way archived lightning files are to be viewed. This file is being displayed at a rate of 1 seconds per 10min interval as shown on the Cycle Graph. The time displayed in this window is in UTC so by adding 10 hours, it will then be in AEST.

On the Display #1 window, at the top right, can be seen the total number of lightning strokes recorded for each hour. This number is the one not in brackets.

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