Version History

Version History

3.9, June 2019

• New products for 5 upgraded Canadian radars
• New super-res dual-pol products for NEXRAD radars
• Added 51 radars in Australia
• Added support for snow squall warnings
• Added support for AllisonHouse super-res reflectivity and velocity products
• Improved performance for archived data requests
• Fixed the background color of the data inspector

3.8.8, January 22, 2019

• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented automatic data refresh

3.8.7, November 26, 2018

• Fixed a window resizing bug

3.8.5, October 16, 2018

• Reflectivity data for new radar in Radisson, Saskatchewan
• Added Blainville (CASBV) and Foxwarren (CASFW) radars (limited data available now)
• Added Smooth Rock Falls (CASRF) and Spirit River (CASSR) radars (limited data available soon)
• Removed WWW, XFW, XTI, TJRV, and TJBQ radars (all decommissioned)
• Fixed a bug that prevented radar data from refreshing when using NOAA as the provider
• Updated User’s Guide

3.8.3, August 30, 2018

• Reflectivity data for new radar in Radisson, Saskatchewan
• Fixed inspector tool performance issue

3.8.2, August 17, 2018

• Fixed a crashing bug when viewing Canadian radars with storm tracks enabled
• Fixed azimuth display in inspector tool
• Fixed a crashing bug when querying the cities database
• Fixed potential crashing bugs when parsing invalid data files
• Fixed a bug that sometimes preventing AllisonHouse feeds from displaying
• Fixed keyboard navigation bug

3.8.1, July 31, 2018

• Fixed a bug that prevented SPC and LSR options from showing in the Layers view
• Fixed a bug that preventing warning text from loading

3.8, July 30, 2018

• WDT-hosted warnings feed
• Loops up to 30 frames from NOAA and AllisonHouse providers
• Support for new NEXRAD volume coverage patterns
• Fixed mPING report time stamps
• Pro Tier One: Loops up to 30 frames from RadarScope Pro provider
• Pro Tier Two: Server-sent events for faster radar data refresh
• Pro Tier Two: SPC day one outlooks
• Pro Tier Two: Local storm reports

3.6.1, February 5, 2018

• Support for 280 characters in animated GIF tweets
• Storm Total Rainfall now shows correct product when using WDT data providers

3.6, November 20, 2017

• Support for RODN radar in Okinawa
• Support for RKSG and RKJK level III products
• Support for TJRV and TJBQ temporary radars in Puerto Rico

3.5.2, November 4, 2017

• Fixed some bugs that affected access to archived data
• Fixed an issue with table views
• Increased font size in the inspector tool
• Increased frame rate for OpenGL rendering
• Improved handling of subscription expirations
• Compatibility tweaks and fixes

3.5.1, Sep 11, 2017

• Dynamic color scale for velocity products to support extended range during extremely high wind events
• Precipitation products honor the Use Metric Units setting
• Enhanced Echo Tops product honors the Use Metric Units setting

3.5, August 16, 2017

• Super-res spectrum width for NEXRAD radars
• Special marine warnings
• Hail probability contours for Tier 2 subscribers
• mPING feed now shows past one hour instead of two hours
• mPING “Test” reports are filtered after three minutes
• mPING “None” reports are filtered after three minutes when viewing real-time data
• Tweaked distance tool labels for improved readability
• Posting animated GIFs to Twitter now requires a one-time login (for iOS 11 compatibility)
• Fixed AllisonHouse radar status feed
• Improved receipt handling for in-app purchases
• Updated email diagnostics
• Various and sundry bug fixes

3.4.2, June 7, 2017

• Improved frequency of warning feed updates
• Fixed WeatherOps account login and asset list parsing
• Fixed escape sequences appearing in Spotter Network report fields
• Fixed a bug that caused an incorrect password to be saved to the keychain
• Fixed a bug that prevented hail and shear contours from loading in some cases

3.4, April 27, 2017

• This release features a new premium subscription tier with advanced capabilities. It’s completely optional. All the features you use in RadarScope without a subscription are still available without one. Read on for details.
• RadarScope Pro – Tier 1
• • The original Pro subscription for iOS, still at $10/year
  • Extended radar loops for up to 20 frames of super-res data
  • Lightning data
  • Dual-pane display
  • Data inspector tool
• RadarScope Pro – Tier 2
• • Now available for $99/year or $14.99/month
  • Includes all features in Tier 1
  • Estimated hail size contours
  • Azimuthal shear contours
  • 30-day archive of all radar products, mPING reports, hail contours, and shear contours
  • Cross-platform: Pay once to access subscription features across all platforms
  • AllisonHouse Subscribers
• Server-sent events for faster radar updates

3.3.2, March 10, 2017

• Fixed toolbar buttons to support macOS “Increase Contrast” system setting
• Updated color tables
• Fixed text wrapping in storm report detail view
• Fixed selected text color in list views w/”Increase Contrast”
• Fixed some layout inconsistencies
• Fixed cursor tracking text color w/”Increase Contrast”
• Fixed some incorrect tool tips
• Fixed non-tinted alert icons

3.3.1, March 3, 2017

• Fixed a crash when clicking in the sidebar
• Fixed the disabled Lightning Data popup in the Preferences window
• Fixed account popup in Compose Tweet window
• Fixed a layout bug in the warning list
• Fixed an image export bug when multiple displays are in use
• Restores previously lost user locations and radar favorites when possible
• App quits when last open window is closed
• Status label updates correctly in account views
• Signing out of AllisonHouse account automatically reverts lightning data source to RadarScope Pro
• Improved legibility of some text labels when system Increase Contrast setting is enabled
• Improved behavior when editing user locations
• mPING Reports checkbox is now visible in the sidebar
• Emailed links to restore subscriptions open correctly
• Additional bug fixes

3.3, February 28, 2017

• New UI design
• Export movies and animated GIFs
• Limits for tweeted GIFs increased to 15 frames, 5MB
• Display storm attributes for hail, mesocyclones, and tornado vortex signatures
• Display mPING reports
• Display data from research radars in Missouri and Oklahoma
• Display Spotter Network reports (requires a Spotter Network account)
• RadarScope Pro is now an auto-renewing subscription
• Dual-pane and quad-pane display for Pro subscribers

2.3.3, May 25, 2016

• Updates support for retrieving radar data when using the public access NOAA data provider.

2.3.2, November 30, 2015

• Improved graphics performance on Yosemite and El Capitan.

2.3.1, November 9, 2015

• Bug fixes for storm reports and outlooks.

2.3, Sep 8, 2015

• Radar data inspector tool
• Canadian long range reflectivity product
• Improved storm report markers

2.2.3, May 6, 2015

• Bug fixes

2.2.2, April 24, 2015

• UI bug fixes (some on Yosemite, many more on Mavericks)
• Better handling for Macs with dual GPUs

2.2.1, April 15, 2015

• Redesigned UI for Mac OS X Yosemite
• RadarScope Pro subscriptions for lightning and longer radar loops (Yosemite and up)
• Improvements to radar status feed
• New SPC outlook color scheme for AH subscribers
• Various bug fixes

2.2, March 30, 2015

• Redesigned UI for Mac OS X Yosemite
• RadarScope Pro subscriptions for lightning and longer radar loops (Yosemite and up)
• Improvements to radar status feed
• New SPC outlook color scheme for AH subscribers
• Various bug fixes

2.1. December 2, 2013

• Support for WDT’s Canadian radar feed.

2.0.6, August 6, 2013

• RadarScope 2.0.6 addresses a few bugs as well as adds new support for Super Res data from the following radars:
• • KMXX – Maxwell AFB, Alabama
  • KEOX – Ft Rucker, Alabama
  • KHPX – Ft Campbell, Kentucky
  • KPOE – Ft Polk, Louisiana
  • KMBX – Minot AFB, North Dakota
  • KEYX – Edwards AFB, California
  • KVBX – Vandenberg AFB, California
  • KVAX – Moody AFB, Georgia
• Fixed a bug saving images on 10.7.

2.0.4, June 6, 2013

• Bug fixes.