Sat and Radar imagery video loop - Last day of Nephi Region 9N

Decided to cross post this for discussion...

Walt Rogers WX

Here's the Sat imagery, Radar for the last day at Nephi. The plus plots are the TP database. The label for the plot points is mangled due to a bug in the program.

Here are two radar loops from MTX (Salt Lake City radar): One is reflectivity at 0.5 deg (lowest) elevation angle; the other is for echo tops in thousands feet. The GOES 1km Vis photo follows that. Note that there was an outage of sat imagery between 130pm and 3pm MDT (1930z-2100z):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyze3df7tc...1_20140809.mp4

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lc7wtxh3lh...s_20140809.mp4

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zou6a4j9n9...s_20140809.mp4

One suggestion on how to get the most timely radar graphics. Install an app called "RadarScope" or "Radar Pro". It's the best app out there for NEXRAD radar imagery of professional quality (free and paid for version - Iphone, Ipad, Android). I recommend the paid for version ($4.99) because it has lightning data plots. Lightning data in the U.S. is proprietary and must be accessed with a subscription (even the NWS pays for it). The Pro version also has the latest 20 frames instead of 5 (they come in every 3-10 minutes). There is no PC version... just IOS and Android. The free version is minus lightning data and shows only last 5 frames.

I've used this on the ramp just before launch to help make a decision on which way storms are moving or developing. It's also good for deciding on whether or not to disassemble. Works great on a small screen PDA phone.

Walt Rogers WX

On Sunday, August 10, 2014 10:24:04 PM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:
Decided to cross post this for discussion...



Walt Rogers WX



Here's the Sat imagery, Radar for the last day at Nephi. The plus plots are the TP database. The label for the plot points is mangled due to a bug in the program.



Here are two radar loops from MTX (Salt Lake City radar): One is reflectivity at 0.5 deg (lowest) elevation angle; the other is for echo tops in thousands feet. The GOES 1km Vis photo follows that. Note that there was an outage of sat imagery between 130pm and 3pm MDT (1930z-2100z):



https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyze3df7tc...1_20140809.mp4



https://www.dropbox.com/s/lc7wtxh3lh...s_20140809.mp4



https://www.dropbox.com/s/zou6a4j9n9...s_20140809.mp4



One suggestion on how to get the most timely radar graphics. Install an app called "RadarScope" or "Radar Pro". It's the best app out there for NEXRAD radar imagery of professional quality (free and paid for version - Iphone, Ipad, Android). I recommend the paid for version ($4.99) because it has lightning data plots. Lightning data in the U.S. is proprietary and must be accessed with a subscription (even the NWS pays for it). The Pro version also has the latest 20 frames instead of 5 (they come in every 3-10 minutes).. There is no PC version... just IOS and Android. The free version is minus lightning data and shows only last 5 frames.



I've used this on the ramp just before launch to help make a decision on which way storms are moving or developing. It's also good for deciding on whether or not to disassemble. Works great on a small screen PDA phone.



Walt Rogers WX

Names again? On iTunes, RadarScope is $9.99 and requires a subscription for lightning, Radar Pro is $4.99 and doesn't mention lightning, they are by different authors.

On Monday, August 11, 2014 11:29:12 AM UTC-4, jfitch wrote:
On Sunday, August 10, 2014 10:24:04 PM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:

Decided to cross post this for discussion...







Walt Rogers WX







Here's the Sat imagery, Radar for the last day at Nephi. The plus plots are the TP database. The label for the plot points is mangled due to a bug in the program.







Here are two radar loops from MTX (Salt Lake City radar): One is reflectivity at 0.5 deg (lowest) elevation angle; the other is for echo tops in thousands feet. The GOES 1km Vis photo follows that. Note that there was an outage of sat imagery between 130pm and 3pm MDT (1930z-2100z):







https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyze3df7tc...1_20140809.mp4







https://www.dropbox.com/s/lc7wtxh3lh...s_20140809.mp4







https://www.dropbox.com/s/zou6a4j9n9...s_20140809.mp4







One suggestion on how to get the most timely radar graphics. Install an app called "RadarScope" or "Radar Pro". It's the best app out there for NEXRAD radar imagery of professional quality (free and paid for version - Iphone, Ipad, Android). I recommend the paid for version ($4.99) because it has lightning data plots. Lightning data in the U.S. is proprietary and must be accessed with a subscription (even the NWS pays for it). The Pro version also has the latest 20 frames instead of 5 (they come in every 3-10 minutes). There is no PC version... just IOS and Android. The free version is minus lightning data and shows only last 5 frames.







I've used this on the ramp just before launch to help make a decision on which way storms are moving or developing. It's also good for deciding on whether or not to disassemble. Works great on a small screen PDA phone.







Walt Rogers WX



Names again? On iTunes, RadarScope is $9.99 and requires a subscription for lightning, Radar Pro is $4.99 and doesn't mention lightning, they are by different authors.

I've been using RadarNow! for a while now. It's free, but it only shows
base reflectivity. RadarScope does look nice, although it's a little pricy
as apps go.

Darn.. the Iphone App store on my IOS devices showed no price for the app, since I already had it installed. The download was FREE when I got it; now it's $9.99 (a roll of white tape). Even though they don't mosaic radar data together and you have to choose one radar at a time, the data is Level II, which means highest resolution available.

The $9.99 / year subscription is extra. Lightning data plots in real-time are not available anywhere for free.

Sure, there are other apps out there for free, but none of professional quality with the high resolution data.

Walt Rogers WX

CORRECTION

The previous Echo Tops radar loop link is for the wrong day. This is the correct one for Nephi Sat 08/09/2014:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ti71880mxx...X_20140809.mp4