Creation of maps of the territory of the north caucasus affected by lightnings and zoning maps for the risk of emergencies during storms

On materials of long-term supervision on meteorological stations and instrumental registration of a thunder-storms registration network of Federal State Budgetary Institution High-mountain Geophysical Institute, maps and charts of seasonal changes of number of days with a thunder-storm in a months and in a year for the territory of the South of the European part of Russia are constructed. Features of yearly number of days with a thunder-storm and distributions of storm activity on the territory are revealed. Areas with the maximum and minimum repeatability of thunder-storms are defined and the characteristic is given to their seasonal variations. The received results can be used for carrying out lightning protection actions and for monitoring of the weather phenomena.