WeatherStudio 1.0

WeatherStudio 1.0 is known as a helpful utility which combines a vast array of live weather data, products, maps, and charts into a single map that the user can pan and zoom. Radar Loops, Satellite, Storm Reports, Hurricane Paths, Surface Observations, Watches/Warnings, Buoys, etc. Made for Storm Chasers, Mariners, Meteorologists, yet simple enough for home users.

Major Features:

1. General Features:
   • Dynamic Layer System
   • Apply Color Palettes to Raster Layers
   • Builtin Palette Editor
   • Adjust Layer Transparency/Transluceny
   • Search for addresses, places, cities, etc.
   • Take Weather Captures with the 'Capture' Button.
   • Home locations / Label certain points
   • Geographic ruler for measuring distances.
   • GPS support
   • 'Slow Mode' for fast rendering on older/slower computers
   • Night Mode
   • Layer Order Manager
2. Available Weather Data:
   • Radar/Satellite
   • • National Radar
     • National Satellite (Infrared, Visible, and Water Vapor)
     • GOES East/West Satellite (Infrared, Visible, and Water Vapor)
     • Individual Radars (Press R to show, press M to measure distances from them). All of the following can be show in either the latest scan or animated loop:
   • Base Reflectivity
   • Composite Reflectivity
   • LongRange 248nmi Reflectivity
   • Storm Relative Velocity
   • Base Velocity
   • OneHour Precip Totals
   • Storm Total Precip Totals
   • Vertically Integrated Liquid
   • Echo Tops

   • National Radar Loop / National Radar Archive Loop (goes back to 1996)
   • IR/Visible Satellite Loop / Archive Loop (goes back to 2007)
   • Water Vapor Loop / Archive Loop (goes back to March 2009)
   • National Echo Tops/One Hour Rainfall/Storm Total Rainfall Loop
   • Severe Weather
   • Storm Reports (Tornado, Hail, Wind)

   • Recent Reports
   • Archived Reports
   • Cumulative Reports Between Dates

   • Severe Watches (Polygon and County based)
   • Severe Warnings (Storm Based and County based)
   • Convective Outlooks (Days 1, 2, and 3; Probabilistic and Categorical)
   • Mesoscale Discussions
   • Storm Attributes/Paths
   • General
   • Surface Analysis
   • National Advisories (press list button to bring up list; Press 'S' on the map to select a county; Click on a county to see the warnings; Click on a warning to see the counties affected)
   • Station Explorer

   • Current Observations
   • Past Observations
   • 7Day Forecast
   • Hourly Graph Forecasts

   • Point Forecasts

   • 7Day Forecasts
   • Hourly Graph Forecasts
   • Marine/Boating/Fishing
   • Buoy Explorer

   • Current Observations
   • Past Observations
   • Continuos Winds Data
   • Spectral Wave Data

   • Past Spectral Wave Data
   • Tendency Graph
   • Raw Spectral Wave Data

   • Ocean Current Data with Past Observations
   • Tsunameter Current/Past Observations
   • Ocean Current Data with Past Observations
   • Solar Radiation Data

   • Past Data
   • Tendency Graph

   • Ship Readings/Observations
   • Wave Height Chart
   • Mean Wave Period Chart
   • Peak Wave Period Chat
   • Ocean Winds Chart
   • Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
   • Daily Sea Ice Analysis
   • Surface Weather
   • METAR Plots
   • Temperature/Dewpoint Readings
   • Humidity Readings
   • Barometric Pressure Values
   • Wind Barbs (Speed & Direction)
   • Real Time Mesoscale Analysis (colored map)

   • Temperature
   • Dew Point
   • Wind Speed
   • Wind Direction
   • Surface Pressure
   • Hurricanes/Tropical Weather
   • Active Systems

   • Latest Advisory(s)
   • Latest Advisory Data
   • Past Advisory Data
   • Storm Tracks

   • Forecast Path

   • Forecast Intensity Data
   • Forecast Track

   • Error Swath

   • HurricaneHunters Recon Data (HDOBHigh Density Observations)
   • Wind History / Cumulative Wind
   • Wind Radii / Wind Field
   • Tropical Watches/Warnings
   • Other
   • Live River Observations
   • WV/CD GOES East/West Satellite Derived UpperLevel Winds

Requirements:

• 2.0 Ghz+ Processor with WinXP or Vista
• 2GB+ of free RAM.
• 150MB Free Disk Space
• High Speed/DSL Internet Connection