Since i'm almost unsatisfied of many meteo services... I have found that the only way to know if there is a REAL storm arriving over my head (or car) is:

http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_eu.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_fr.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_de.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_uk.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_pl.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_sk.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_gr.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_as.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_us.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_sa.png
http://blitzortung.net/Images/image_b_oc.png

(updated once a minute)

or a gif:
http://www.wetter-rosstal.de/blitzor...hp?animation=2

Maybe someone else could find this useful.

@Copernicus
for one of the next releases, if you need some idea to add a function... some kind of image crop would be useful.