starkvegasdawg
04-07-2016, 10:52 AM
Storm by Weather Underground
I'm posting this because from time to time I get asked what radar apps I use when I'm out chasing. I came across this app yesterday and love it. It won't replace my other ones I use chasing, but it will definitely be used in conjunction. This is a free app with a $1.99/year option to have it ad free. This has a lot of information that my higher priced radar apps and software I use chasing don't have. Also, it does not have some of the things they do have so there is a trade off. But for the novice it really is a great package. It only has basic reflectivity radar so no velocity or dual pol products. But it does have lightning detection and storm track. Storm track also sets the hazard cone out and you can see what cities are in that cone with approximate storm arrival time. Storm tracks are color coded by main threat level such as hail or tornado. You can then go into the storm track and get all kinds of useful information such as the atmospheric conditions the storm is in as well as more detailed storm info such as percent chance of hail, percent chance of severe hail, estimated hail size, upper level and low level shear, etc. Even better is that for the parameters it lists you may be unfamiliar with it gives you an area where it lists the details of that parameter and what the thresholds are for when you need to take note.
The radar is also overlayed on google maps so you can go into a map, satellite, or hybrid view and zoom down to street level to what is where.
For those of you looking for a good basic radar app for free or cheap, then this is one I recommend. Only drawback is I think it is only available for iphone. I'm sure Android has a version or something similar. I just don't know what it is.
I'm posting this because from time to time I get asked what radar apps I use when I'm out chasing. I came across this app yesterday and love it. It won't replace my other ones I use chasing, but it will definitely be used in conjunction. This is a free app with a $1.99/year option to have it ad free. This has a lot of information that my higher priced radar apps and software I use chasing don't have. Also, it does not have some of the things they do have so there is a trade off. But for the novice it really is a great package. It only has basic reflectivity radar so no velocity or dual pol products. But it does have lightning detection and storm track. Storm track also sets the hazard cone out and you can see what cities are in that cone with approximate storm arrival time. Storm tracks are color coded by main threat level such as hail or tornado. You can then go into the storm track and get all kinds of useful information such as the atmospheric conditions the storm is in as well as more detailed storm info such as percent chance of hail, percent chance of severe hail, estimated hail size, upper level and low level shear, etc. Even better is that for the parameters it lists you may be unfamiliar with it gives you an area where it lists the details of that parameter and what the thresholds are for when you need to take note.
The radar is also overlayed on google maps so you can go into a map, satellite, or hybrid view and zoom down to street level to what is where.
For those of you looking for a good basic radar app for free or cheap, then this is one I recommend. Only drawback is I think it is only available for iphone. I'm sure Android has a version or something similar. I just don't know what it is.