Greg Tewksbury

wX is a free and Open Source ( licensed under GNU GPLv3 in order to promote continued prosperity for the program in the long run, see details at bottom) Android application that is geared towards storm chasers, meteorologists, and weather enthusiasts but can be used by anyone with ease. Currently United States locations are supported. Canada is also supported but is be considered in Beta for now. NOTE: Help is available from the main menu and by tapping on any text in the settings activities.

Current forecast, 7 day conditions, sounding data for an unlimited number of locations from NWS.

Customizable home screen

Tiles can be rearranged by long press and then drag and drop on Tabs: SPC, MISC, and IMAGES

OpenGL based Nexrad radar interface with optional overlays for polygon warnings, Watches, MCDs, and MPDs, storm tracks, estimated hail markers, TVS, spotters, and GPS updated location. Level 2 in the lowest tilt for base reflectivity/velocity is also available. 2 pane and 4 pane version also available in MISC tab.

Optimized text product viewer for easy access to AFD,HWO and others from any NWS WFO.

Vis/IR/WV/Radar mosaic viewer ( with animations ).

Widgets ( nexrad radar, radar mosaic, vis, afd/hwo )

SPC products ( such as Watches/MCDs/Convective Outlooks/Mesoanalysis/Storm reports with archived radar )

WPC products

Weather models

Text to speech including an offline "PlayList" functionality. Additionally numerous weather related acronyms commonly used by the NWS are translated for optimal Android TTS experience.

Voice recognition on main screen for access to common functions.

NHC products

Material Design theme including support for Android 4.2-4.4.

Easy access to twitter state weather tags such as #okwx.

Configurable including multiple color themes.

Notifications:

Local alerts

MCDs impacting your location

MPDs impacting your location

Convective outlooks for your location

US MCD/Watches

US tornadoes

US MCD

US MPD

Shots/scans of inside a tornado.  From Louisiana, United States (29 November 2016).

Incredible resource to look at historical tornado outbreaks

For us locally though, the most interesting maps on the whole thing? Under Climatology pick the following three

Tornado Days Per Year 1950-2011

Average Number of Tornadoes per Year 1951-1999

Public Information Statement National Weather Service Wilmington OH 931 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...Microburst with straight line wind damage has been confirmed near Springboro in Warren County Ohio...

Location...Springboro in Warren County Ohio Date...06/23/2016 Estimated Time...2:55 AM EDT - 3:05 AM EDT Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...80 MPH

* The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the event(s) and publication in NWS Storm Data.

A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in collaboration with Warren County Emergency Management determined that thunderstorm wind damage which occurred during the morning of Wednesday 23 June 2016 was caused by a microburst with straight line winds.

A swath of damage was observed in the Settlers Walk neighborhood including Settlers Walk Blvd., Stolle Drive, and Remick Blvd. The damage also extended to the southeast toward Five Points and Lytle. Maximum winds associated with the microburst occurred within this area, and are estimated to be up to 80 mph.

Multiple hardwood trees were knocked down and were pointing in the same direction. A few softwood trees were also uprooted.

The National Weather Service extends thanks to Warren County Emergency Management for their assistance with this storm damage survey.

This information can also be found on our website at weather.gov/iln.

For reference... A microburst is a convective downdraft with an affected outflow area of less than 2 1/2 miles wide and peak winds lasting less than 5 minutes. Microbursts may induce dangerous horizontal and vertical wind shears...which can adversely affect aircraft performance and cause property damage. Straight-line winds are generally any wind that is not associated with rotation...used mainly to differentiate them from tornadic winds.

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