TinyHacker » weather http://tinyhacker.com Tiny Tips for the Common Geek Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Hurricane Irene Tracker http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/hurricane-irene-tracker/ http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/hurricane-irene-tracker/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:20:36 +0000 tinyhacker http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/hurricane-irene-tracker/ sshot-2

Lots of tools to track hurricanes on the internet, this is one of the nicer ones. Please be safe everyone.

http://weather.timesdispatch.com/troptracker/

]]> http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/hurricane-irene-tracker/feed/ 0 It’s Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature, Phoenix Dust Storm 7/5/11 http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/its-not-nice-to-fool-with-mother-nature-phoenix-dust-storm-7511/ http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/its-not-nice-to-fool-with-mother-nature-phoenix-dust-storm-7511/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:12:55 +0000 tinyhacker http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/its-not-nice-to-fool-with-mother-nature-phoenix-dust-storm-7511/

The Phoenix Haboob of July 5th, 2011 from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.

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via The Big Picture

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YoWindoW is your desktop’s window to worldwide weather. Wind speed is reflected by how quickly the clouds, grass or rain move for instance, and the actual picture accurately depicts time, season and local conditions.

YoWindoW

Watch the weather in your city

via PC World

]]> http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/yowindow-a-real-time-weather-screensaver/feed/ 1 Stormpulse provides slick, real time weather data http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/stormpulse-provides-slick-real-time-weather-data/ http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/stormpulse-provides-slick-real-time-weather-data/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 tinyhacker http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/stormpulse-provides-slick-real-time-weather-data/ sshot-3

Just enter a U.S. zip code and track weather and warnings as they happen. A pro version adds 12 hour satellite loops and tropical watches and warnings too. A must bookmark for any weather geek.

Stormpulse.com

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More fun than sticking your head outside, this highly detailed weather map in motion from WeatherUnderground.com shows you what’s coming your way. Use a U.S. zip code, click on Precipitation and the Green play button and prognosticate with greater accuracy. 

WeatherUnderground’s map in motion

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Earth Alerts tracks severe disasters including volcanic events, earthquakes, cyclones and of course, weather. This small app can alert you via email or SMS and has options to use visual and audio cues to notify you of changes.

Very cool.

Earth Alerts

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From time to time this winter we will be posting winter related maps and other cool weather pages and apps. This is a map-in-motion from Intellicast for the Northeast. Use your zip code and add some layers, overlays and alerts and off you go.

Intellicast Northeast map-in-motion

]]> http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/winter-weather-map-by-intellicast/feed/ 0 Get U.S. Weather from NOAA On Your Mobile Phone http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/get-u-s-weather-from-noaa-on-your-mobile-phone/ http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/get-u-s-weather-from-noaa-on-your-mobile-phone/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:00 +0000 tinyhacker http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/get-u-s-weather-from-noaa-on-your-mobile-phone/ image

mobile.weather.gov provides up to the minute temperatures, maps, radar and forecasts for any U.S. zip code or region.

NOAA’s Mobile Web Page

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