Stormscope Surpasses 50,000

L-3 Avionics Systems said it has surpassed 50,000 sales of its Stormscope weather mapping unit. Stormscope weather mapping systems were the first airborne instruments developed specifically to detect and map thunderstorms by analyzing the radiated signals of electrical discharges from storm cells. L-3 acquired the Stormscope line from 3M in the early 1990s and has continued to improve the technology with its current WX-500, WX-950 and WX-1000 models. L-3 said Stormscope systems are particularly useful during the cumulus and mature stages of a thunderstorm when windshear, turbulence and lightning are most likely. The system processes both azimuth and range to determine the location and intensity of dangerous thunderstorm cells, then presents the findings in real time. More