ChiefMeteorologistStephenCropperandSevereWeatherTeam11powerPittsburgh'sbestweathertool.TheWPXISevereWeather11appgivesyoueverythingyouneedtostayontopofwesternPennsylvania'sconstantlychangingweatherconditions.Thisfree24/7appnotonlymakesavailablePittsburgh'smostaccurateforecastbutallowsuserstogetinteractivewithmanyoftheresourcesavailableinSevereWeatherCenter11.
SummaryofFeatures:
-ThereisanewradarintheweatherappthatmatchesLiveStormTrackerDoppler11andalsoincludesfutureradartoprovideyouwithalikelypathandoutlookofstorms.Theradarhas250meterresolution,thehighestavailable.
-Newtracks-Weaddedearthquakesandstormtracksaslayersintheradar.Nowyoucantrackthelocationandmagnitudeofearthquakesaswellforstormsthespeed,directionandtype.Tapthe“stormsymbols”iconintheradartoseethelist.
-PushalertsareFREEformorethan25alerttypesincludingeverythingfromtornadowarningstowinterstormwarningsandtropicalstormalerttypes.
-Nowyoucanscrollthroughthehomescreentoaccessmostofwhatyouneedorwantononetab.
-Placealocationpinpreciselywhereyouwantitforaspecificaddressoranypositiononamap.Whensavingalocationyoucannameitexactlyhowyouwantit.
-Theappworkswithidenticalfeaturesontabletandhandset.
-Additionalitemsaddedseasonally
Theweatherappalsohasthesecriticalbenefitsandfeatures:
-Theradarzoomsdowntoyourneighborhoodorzoomsouttocheckradaranywhereinthecountry.
-TheappprovidesLocation-Basedalerts.Whilemanyotherappsofferalertsbasedonyourcounty,Thisappsupportsamoreprecisetypeofalertissuedforthemostdangeroustypesofweatherthreats.Moreprecisionmeansyougetalertsthatmattertoyou,notfalsealarms.
-Currentconditions,hourlyanddailyforecastsforanylocationyouenter.
-Highresolutionsatellitecloudimagery
-Abilitytoaddandsavelocations
-AfullyintegratedGPSforcurrentlocationawareness
-Additionalitemsaddedseasonally
*DataandalertingavailablefortheUnitedStatesonly.