@LCarson
So, for Lightning, you really want a service that has a Web Hook, AKA it will POST to you, not something you have to sit and poll every so often.
The National Lightning Detection Network, supported by Vaisala, will do this for you. Others claim to have the support but as yet have not found one that actually does. Also, I suggest that you pass the data to an API you host and support, and then post to a Velocity FEED to limit the items you need to support in Velocity and for better control. Webhooks and Pushed Data.
There are also a number of hardware providers that you can set up your own detection station and then pass that data into Velocity.
Happy to take this offline if you want to talk in more detail, just DM me your contact details.
