Near-real-time lightning flashes (EUMETSAT MTG Lightning Imager)

Lightning flash detections from the EUMETSAT Meteosat Third Generation Lightning Imager (MTG-LI) Level 2 Lightning Flashes product, normalized to the Sugra CAP-aligned hazard event schema. The feed carries the newest complete 10-minute granule (~10,000 flashes, typically ~10-15 minutes behind real time) over the Meteosat 0-degree field of view: Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean and eastern South America. Filter by bounding box and minimum flash-filter confidence; flashes return newest first. Sugra retransmits EUMETSAT data (CC BY 4.0) and does not issue lightning warnings.

min_latnumber nullable

Bounding-box south edge.

max_latnumber nullable

Bounding-box north edge.

min_lonnumber nullable

Bounding-box west edge.

max_lonnumber nullable

Bounding-box east edge.

min_confidencenumber nullable

Minimum L2 flash-filter confidence (0-1). The distribution is bimodal (most flashes near 0 or 1); 0.9 keeps only the highest-confidence set.

limitinteger

Maximum flashes returned (newest first).

Response

Successful Response

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "query": {
      "min_confidence": 0.9,
      "limit": 500
    },
    "events": [
      {
        "schema_version": "hazard-event/2",
        "event_id": "mtg-li-20260705203003-97386497",
        "event_type": "lightning_flash",
        "source_event_time": "2026-07-05T20:30:03.042Z",
        "geometry": {
          "lat": 34.1,
          "lon": -118.2,
          "depth_km": 8
        },
        "metrics": {
          "radiance_mw_m2_sr": 512,
          "groups": 6,
          "events": 17,
          "duration_ms": 134,
          "footprint_pixels": 5,
          "confidence": 0.996
        },
        "severity": {
          "severity": "Moderate",
          "certainty": "Observed",
          "urgency": "Past",
          "derivation": "sugra-computed"
        },
        "source": {
          "institution": "USGS",
          "tier": "S"
        }
      }
    ],
    "attribution": {
      "sources": [
        {
          "registry_key": "usgs/earthquake",
          "source_name": "USGS Earthquake",
          "licence": "public-domain",
          "citation": "U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program",
          "disclaimer": "Magnitudes are preliminary and subject to revision."
        }
      ],
      "effective_reexport": "allowed"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ]
  }
}

v5

Near-real-time lightning flashes (EUMETSAT MTG Lightning Imager)

Query parameters

Response

Example response