RadarScope

What is RadarScope?

RadarScope is a specialized weather radar display utility that provides real-time NEXRAD Level 3 radar data for enthusiasts and meteorologists. It offers a high level of detail, allowing users to view reflectivity, velocity, and other radar products from any NEXRAD radar site in the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The application enables users to analyze various weather features, such as mesocyclones, hurricane eye walls, and velocity couplets, by rendering the original radial format of the radar data RadarScope also displays severe weather warnings issued by the National Weather Service, including tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flash flood warnings. Users can browse the list of active warnings, view their details, and even zoom to the selected warning on the map. The application offers intuitive navigation features, allowing users to zoom, pan, and select different radar sites using a variety of methods, including buttons on the map, a sidebar, or a list of saved favorites The application also supports the playback of up to 20 frames of radar data, enabling users to animate the weather patterns. Additionally, RadarScope can dynamically display the names of over 25,000 cities and towns on the map as users zoom and scroll, and it provides a color legend to interpret the data values associated with each color RadarScope retrieves and displays updated radar data automatically and intelligently, typically every 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the radar scan strategy. Users can access the radar data from NOAA's public access web site or use a paid Allison House subscriber account for higher-quality data

Highlights

• Displays real-time NEXRAD Level 3 radar data in its original radial format for high-level detail
• Allows analysis of various weather features, such as mesocyclones, hurricane eye walls, and velocity couplets
• Provides access to severe weather warnings, including tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flash flood warnings
• Offers intuitive navigation features, including zooming, panning, and selecting radar sites
• Supports the playback of up to 20 frames of radar data for animation
• Dynamically displays the names of over 25,000 cities and towns on the map
• Retrieves and displays updated radar data automatically and intelligently