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Gsand31415
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I had favorites set on my iphone for radar.weather.gov for my favorite stompin grounds, the PNW and FL. I had saved them with a black background and state and county lines drawn, looping. Bringing up the favorites would give me an animated radar map in about 2 seconds, allowing me to make hour by hour decisions about outside activities or going out on a boat. It could easily be read in bright sunlight.
NWS has replaced the site with an "improved" site that takes forever to load, will not effectively loop, and turned the formerly green light rain color to gray, all on a tan background that loads the entire CONUS without the ability to have separate favorites set for regions. You can't read it in bright sunlight due to the poor contrast between rain and terrain when you are zoomed in on a mountainous region.
I've tried a few free weather radar apps but they take a long time to load and half of the screen is filled with menus and advertising. My complaints are not unique:
Being pretty much stuck at home for the time being, I haven't started investigating paid apps yet. For now I am getting by with Aldergrove radar (thanks, Canada!) but that's not going to be much help once I hit the road and go below 45 degrees N.
Any suggestions?
NWS has replaced the site with an "improved" site that takes forever to load, will not effectively loop, and turned the formerly green light rain color to gray, all on a tan background that loads the entire CONUS without the ability to have separate favorites set for regions. You can't read it in bright sunlight due to the poor contrast between rain and terrain when you are zoomed in on a mountainous region.
I've tried a few free weather radar apps but they take a long time to load and half of the screen is filled with menus and advertising. My complaints are not unique:
Being pretty much stuck at home for the time being, I haven't started investigating paid apps yet. For now I am getting by with Aldergrove radar (thanks, Canada!) but that's not going to be much help once I hit the road and go below 45 degrees N.
Canadian Weather Radar - Environment Canada
Environment Canada's weather web site provides official weather warnings, current conditions, forecasts, and weather models, for public and marine areas in Canada. Canadian weather RADAR, tropical storm tracking, lightning activity, UV index, and AQHI index values also available.
weather.gc.ca
Any suggestions?