South-east Queensland and New South Wales are renowned for their spectacular lightning storms and the damaging effects.

This lightning tracker is based on real-time data and is updated each minute.

However this service is not to be used for the protection of life or property.

It may go off line during storms if there is a likelihood of electrical damage.

We have scaled the Bureau of Meterology (BOM) radar images for Queensland for use with Google Earth. This allows all of queensland rain to be seen using Google Earth. It automatically updates the images every 15 minutes. Simply right-click this link and choose save as. Then double click the file to run and install in Google Earth.