weatherTAP zoom
TAP Publishing Company

March 12th, 2012

Price: Free

Category: Weather

Updated: Mar 12, 2012

Version: 1.5

Size: 3.1 MB

Language: English

Seller: TAP Publishing Company

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.1 or later.

Customer Ratings

Current Version

(12 Ratings)

All Versions

(109 Ratings)

weatherTAP zoom by TAP Publishing Company

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Description

Its quite cooland really hot! weatherTAP zoom pushes personalized, current weather to the max with detailed storm tracking capability not available on any other app. Follow tornadoes and super cells with pinpoint precision using animated, interactive, real-time radar that is seamlessly integrated and scalable on friendly, familiar maps.

weatherTAP zoom keeps you on top of what the nasty weathers doing, when its going to hit, and where. Using state-of-the-art radar technology, the most current NEXRAD Level 3 images are available on demand with hi-res clarity.

Powerful features prepare you before severe weather strikes. And knowing ahead of time about dangerous conditions helps you protect property and save lives. The app is accurate and reliable. Best of all, its fast, easy and free.

weatherTAP zooms storm tracks show the current location and path of each storm cell. Expected locations are continuously plotted at 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes. You can watch trends by animating the last 12 images. Individual storm details include

Storm cell identity
Tornadic vortex signature
Mesocyclone strength
Probability of hail and severe hail
Maximum hail size
Vertically integrated liquid
Reflectivity in dBZ
Height of the maximum dBZ
Echo tops (height of the storm cell)

Severe weather warnings from the National Weather Service include tornados (red polygon), severe thunderstorms (yellow polygon) and flash floods (green polygon). Time-stamped precipitation images (base reflectivity, Level 3) can be animated.

View the maps in standard, satellite or hybrid mode. Just tap and hold to get current conditions and the five-day forecast for any U.S. location. Zoom, pan and scroll. Store your favorite locations for quick navigation. View your current location automatically on the map in relation to the weather around you.

The high-end features on weatherTAP zoom use data from all of the 156 NEXRAD radar sites throughout the USA, including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico. Use weatherTAP zoom as your secret weapon to stay ahead of Mother Natures fury!

The app is a service of weatherTAP.com, The Fastest Weather on the Web, twice designated Best of the Web by Forbes Magazine. For more information, visit www.weathertap.com.

What's New in Version 1.5

This update includes minor bug fixes and enhancements.

Need more radar? Check out weatherTAP zoom Pro! It has everything from the free version, plus:
• 15 additional radar products:
— • Composite reflectivity
— • Radial velocity
— • Precipitation totals
— • Echo tops
— • And more!
• Local storm reports
• Radar filtering
• Clean, ad-free interface

Customer Reviews

Used to love it (2 stars)
Bring back the old version, made the mistake of upgrading-now I lost the radar returns, all that shows up is pixel noise around next rad sites and the tracking lines for cells that don't appear

(5 stars)
I love it! There is nothing around like it. Way to go weather Tap.com!!!

Full of potential (2 stars)
This app is full of potential. Sadly that's where it ends. Very slow to load on open, slow to refresh, and zooming in and out takes forever to resize properly. Radar is dim, fuzzy, blurry. I understand this is the free app, but I think storm reports should be included. Those are a very important part of storm tracking and truly understanding the severity of a cell. I shouldn't have to pay to know baseball sized hail is moving my way.