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RoyB
Explorer II
Aug 20, 2016

WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Recently Weather Undergrund updated all of their weather programs to a more easier program layout to view the various weather conditions.

I like to use the FULL SCREEN version which only has just a few side bar functions giving me a large view of the area map.
Weather Underground Full Screen version

I use this in conjunction with my OFF-ROAD Emergency Weather monitoring outings here associated with my Ham radio Emergency Radio functions..

having dedicated full screen for weather live radar iew is very important for me to have.

As it turns out now I only get to select certain views like RADAR for instances and can change my view close in and far out and thats about it.

I like to be able to view actual ALERTS generated by the WX FOLKS and also like to see the familar WX symbols like Tornados etc. and other other WX related alert symbols as they popup in my area of view.

I also like to switch to Earth View which displays a nice color map of the area I am viewing as compared to just looking at road map type view...

I don't see anything related to Hurricanes and there resulting tracking strings etc...

I'm sure all of these are still there somewhere but I can't seem to get my FULL SCREEN version to display these anymore... Maybe those alert symbols things engage when they actually happen. I am used to selecting those different kinds of alerts from a side settings screen...

This has made me go look at some of the other oldie type WX programs like Intellicast and WEATHER Channels version and they seem to have gone to this new view format as well... geesch... Intellicast seems to have all the functions I am interested in viewing but it does not have a FULL SCREEN version for me to us. It has all kinds a side function views control panes with the actual area map monitor view maybe half of the page not even centered haha...

Tried to get info from the various programs but you have to join the club and some of this cost money I guess. Maybe that is what has happened to my WEATHER UNDERGROUND. Once I join the club I get to use all those other features I use to get before???

Also maybe Weather Underground is still working on it...

Roy Ken
  • RoyB wrote:
    I don't see anything related to Hurricanes and there resulting tracking strings etc...


    IMHO the only place to track hurricanes is here:
    Called the National Hurricane Center. :W

    http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
    ................^^^...............
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    RoyB
    Explorer II
    ON my Radio Alert days I am sitting out the woods somewhere with my OFF-ROAD POPUP setup running two 24-inch monitors screen. One is dedicated to WX Map only while the other is running my Radio apps and other on-line functions I use for reference...

    Without those full WX functions on screen I have to start looking for them which eats up my time so to speak haha...

    I'm sure the functions are still there but I havent found them all oin one place like before...

    It was alot easier before...

    Just thought someone might know something about the FULL SCREEN version shown above that perhaps I can use some pre-setting perhaps and get something like I use to get...

    Still a work-in-progress here

    Roy Ken
  • I'm sure they pay for their data for items such as radar. Lower quality let's them pay less.

    I used to be able to display temps in both C and F. They took that away a couple of years ago with their "new improved" interface.

    Sorry weather underground it is a "fail".
  • Apparently their maps are undergoing "improvements". When I complained that it's nowhere as good as before, they replied that it's not done yet.

    Why they released intermediate junk is beyond me.

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