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I wish there was some type of weather algorithm to ignore thunderstorms so that my cameras do no send notifications constantly for lighting and thunder.
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Would like to have a notification for “rain detected, lightning detected, or snow detected etc notifications.
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Interesting idea @jim.olson93, how about using the detection zone or dialing down the sensitivity? I know this isn’t always the solution.
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So this morning had a thunderstorm and My new V3 cam kept sending notifications that there was a car in my driveway. YES there was a car, my car, Parked in my driveway. Every time there was a lighting flash it would say car detected. And i have my setting turned down to 32 on detection of movement, so a tree branch that is nearby doesn’t trip it when the wind moves it into the detection zone that is set up. Is there anyway to make the app/ wyze ai to detect that it is lighting and not trip the alerts? Talked with a tech and he said i can turn off the notifications, What good is that if someone was out on my property during the storm? or something else happens during that time that i need to get a notification?
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Stop notifications for rain and snow on Pancam v3
Please reduce notifications for rain and snow detection for outdoor pancam. When it snows or rains I get repeated notifications. Adjusted sensitivity to 25% but did not help.
I would like to see lightning/thunder added a an event type to be either recorded or ignored.
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Reducing sensitivity or a detection zone would not be a solution, as it would only work during the event and require adjustment of all active cameras each time.
Lightning is fairly easy to detect. A large swath of bright light impacts the image, and occurs with some frequency. Should be relatively easy to catch with AI, as there aren’t many similar events spare perhaps a cars headlights as it turns into a driveway (in which case lightning can be ruled out when the car is detected).
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A lighting storm is currently blowing up my phone with alerts from 3 different cameras (2 v3s and a Floodlight v1). This has to be a common use case for ALL users.
Alert setting to:
Send alert for lightning: (a) each time, (b) first occurrence per hour, (c) no notifications.
Good idea. Added my vote today. I somehow missed this earlier.
Smart Weather Control With Motion Detection For All Cameras
Forgive me, this is my first feature request.
I’d love to see a smart weather integration where the cameras can automatically disable motion detection/alerts based on local weather forecasts (for example, during heavy rain, snow, or strong winds).
Also, if this feature is added, I really hope it stays completely free forever — I specifically bought these cameras because I wanted reliable security without needing a subscription. So far they’ve been working well, and this would make them even better.
Thank you!
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You can post this in the wishlist forum, but honestly that’s one of the major benefits of a subscription, being able to ignore blowing trees, snow, rain, etc and only look for certain things. So they essentially already have the feature in a way, but you have to pay for it.
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Welcome to the Forum, @imthedakotamonster1! 
As @dave27 noted, something like this is unlikely (I’m guessing) to be made available without a subscription; however, even as a non-subscriber you can manually disable notifications (and have them automatically re-enable) by using the icon in the upper-right corner of the app’s Home screen and/or by creating your own Shortcut Automations and using the “Snooze notification for” Action. Something like that might help with notification overload during a limited weather event like a thunderstorm. 
It might also be possible to use something like IFTTT to accomplish something close to this. I haven’t tried this specific sort of thing for storms, but I have used IFTTT to do things like make a particular Wyze Bulb Color turn blue when an overnight freeze is forecast or to turn red whenever the local outdoor temperature gets over a certain threshold.