Similar to customer reviews, select advertising campaigns, and other initiatives, mPING uses crowdsourcing to collect useful data and, in this case, weather data. The initiative, mPING (Meteorological Phenomena Identification near the Ground) was implemented in 2012 by NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory as a way to collect public weather reports. Think of it as Waze for weather.
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July 19 Wisconsin Storm
July 19, 2019, will be remembered in many locations throughout the Upper Midwest and beyond as the day that the heat indices reached well over 100 degrees and dew points in the 80s.
App allows users to access near real-time weather radar information across the country.
Introducing RadarScope 3.9
We’re pleased to announce RadarScope 3.9. It’s available today for iOS, macOS, and Android, with Windows and tvOS to follow soon. Today’s update includes many new features and improvements.
Yesterday was May 20th, the 6th anniversary of the last deadly Moore, Oklahoma tornado. A forecast showing the possibility of tornadoes of similar intensity drove many schools and businesses to close for the day. In the early afternoon, storms began to form and quickly rotate. Further south in Texas, residents saw tornadic storms develop and move in multiple times. The severe threat eventually transitioned from tornadoes to flooding.
March Hailstorm Hits Texas Hard
Ah, springtime in Texas! The trees are beginning to leaf-out, daffodils and tulips are blooming, and hailstones are falling. Severe storms in North Texas regularly bring hail, and sometimes those hailstones are significant in size, extremely damaging, and can be plentiful enough to appear as snow on the ground.
On Sunday, March 3, 2019, the Southeast experienced a deadly and damaging tornado outbreak. Tornadoes were reported in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. In one day and one storm, tornado fatalities exceeded all in 2018.
We’re pleased to announce RadarScope 2.0 for Windows has been released into the wild. This release brings feature parity to the Windows app: including lightning data, longer loops, and quad-pane display for Pro Tier One subscribers, as well as shear and hail contours, a 30-day archive, and cross-platform support for Pro Tier Two subscribers.
RadarScope currently has radar data available in the United States, Canada, South Korea, and Japan. A coming release will add Australia to the mix. Let’s look at some details about the network and the data that they offer.
As we head into winter, take a look back at some of the more interesting storms that occurred in 2018 and their associated blogs. RadarScope loops of thundersleet, hail storms, hurricanes and more can be found in this infographic.