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Best Radar Websites Or Apps?
Zeffy:
RadarScope is great for iOS/Android. Highly worth it if you live in an area that experiences severe weather or you are just a geek for weather.
WillWeaverRVA:
--- Quote from: Zeffy on April 13, 2021, 09:21:57 AM ---RadarScope is great for iOS/Android. Highly worth it if you live in an area that experiences severe weather or you are just a geek for weather.
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Seconded. RadarScope is pretty much the best radar app available, you get all the dual-pol and high-res products, and you even get access to some international radars (Canada, Japan, and South Korea for instance). It does cost money ($9.99) but is absolutely worth every penny.
On a semi-related note, there is an app called RealEarth developed by the University of Wisconsin - Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (UW-SSEC) that has dozens of global satellite image products available, and it's free. It is a little buggy but it's very useful, particularly for tropical cyclone tracking.
Scott5114:
Do any of these radar apps being mentioned offer access to velocity data or just base reflectivity? Reflectivity is fine if you just want to know if there's a storm or not, but embedded rotation can often only be seen on velocity data (especially before a storm is organized enough to present a hook echo on reflectivity).
WillWeaverRVA:
--- Quote from: Scott5114 on April 13, 2021, 02:12:35 PM ---Do any of these radar apps being mentioned offer access to velocity data or just base reflectivity? Reflectivity is fine if you just want to know if there's a storm or not, but embedded rotation can often only be seen on velocity data (especially before a storm is organized enough to present a hook echo on reflectivity).
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RadarScope has the full suite of velocity products, similar to GRLevel3.
I-55:
--- Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on April 13, 2021, 03:04:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: Scott5114 on April 13, 2021, 02:12:35 PM ---Do any of these radar apps being mentioned offer access to velocity data or just base reflectivity? Reflectivity is fine if you just want to know if there's a storm or not, but embedded rotation can often only be seen on velocity data (especially before a storm is organized enough to present a hook echo on reflectivity).
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RadarScope has the full suite of velocity products, similar to GRLevel3.
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RadarScope also has dualPol, CC, VIL, Precipitation Depiction (snow, rain, mix), storm total rainfall, and some other weird products.
In the Pro Tier I you get lightning data, and Pro Tier II offers shear, SPC outlooks and discussions and more. The $99 per year for tier two isn't really worth it for me, $9.99 per year for Tier I is more reasonable imo. I stuck with the basic package and it always serves me well enough.
It's also nice to be able to click on polygons to see their official warning from the NWS.
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