How will Planetnik understand storms?
StormNode is not intended to be just a standalone lightning detector. The goal of Planetnik is to build a community network of nodes that combines storm detection with local telemetry, sky images and API-based data access.
A single StormNode records storm events, local telemetry and device status from its own location.
Synchronized groups of nodes will help correlate detections and estimate probable areas of storm activity.
Beyond detection, we add sky photos, temperature, humidity, pressure and location data.
Data is planned to flow into the panel, archive, API and eventually mobile and e-mail notifications.
We do not want to copy existing storm radar systems. Planetnik is intended to become an additional local observation layer: closer to the ground, closer to the user and closer to real conditions in a given area. Details of correlation and synchronization methods are not published at this stage — the project is still in prototype phase.
What data do we want to collect?
Weather and telemetry API
We plan to expose collected data through an API: both current observations and historical records. The API should enable custom integrations, analysis and visualizations based on Planetnik network data.
Notifications
We also plan notifications for relevant storm events: through mobile applications and directly by e-mail. This part will be developed after stabilising the pilot network and the StormNode panel.
In short
Planetnik aims to combine local lightning detection, environmental data, sky photos, node locations, archive storage and API access so that communities can observe and understand storms in their own area.