wxmeddler Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm curious as to how much the dual-Pol add-on will be for GR. I'm guessing whatever the price is, I'll pay for it. Gibson Ridge already did the programming for it, in anticipation for the upgrades to the WSR-88D's starting this year through 2012. $125 for the individual license, $250 for the commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFanatica Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Gibson Ridge already did the programming for it, in anticipation for the upgrades to the WSR-88D's starting this year through 2012. $125 for the individual license, $250 for the commercial. Cool, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxbrad Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm thinking of getting some weather/radar software for Christmas, any suggestions? Thanks in advance. GR2Analyst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornado Girl Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I run GR2Analyst on my desktop I love the high quality 3D displays. and I have GRLevel3 on my Laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHurricane Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 This program is great, incredibly customizable, and it's free. http://climate.ok.gov/software/ GR does a lot more but if you're looking for freebie stuff, weatherscope is arguably the best free tool out there. Gibson Ridge's software is top notch (I used GRLevel3 during the beta phase), but for a freebie, it's hard to beat WeatherScope. I've been using it for a couple of years now. @whiteoutwx - thanks for the link to SimuAwips. I've missed that software somehow. I'll have to give it a shot. Edit: SimuAwips is nice, very nice. Thanks again for the link, whiteoutwx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteoutwx1796 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Just asked the SimuAwips creator if he can implement winter mosaic reflectivity and he responds: Hey, that sounds like a good idea actually! :-) Such a good idea in fact, that this morning I coded up a new script (borrowing examples from Unidata) which will bring all new Precipitation Typed Mosaics (Rain, Sleet and Snow colorization) into SimuAWIPS beginning in the next release. They look very nice so far. Stay Tuned! I'm going to go as far as to say that SimuAwips has some features that are much better than grlevel, and for free too! http://www.simuawips.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Neal Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Just asked the SimuAwips creator if he can implement winter mosaic reflectivity and he responds: I'm going to go as far as to say that SimuAwips has some features that are much better than grlevel, and for free too! http://www.simuawips.com/ Just brought this up in another thread, glad to see it mentioned here too. Rumor is SimuAwips is also implementing most of the major models (unk if true or not). Gr3 is practical on a storm chase as you really don't need all the "eye candy". If you are watching from home though I recommend Gr2 and Gr2AE. The detail you see is amazing. Don't discount StormLab either. It was created by Evan Bookbinder (a met for NWS EAX) I currently have GR3 and StormLab and use them religiously. SimuAwips is something I just started using more and really like it.... especially if they utilize the SPC mesoanalysis page into their product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteoutwx1796 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Just brought this up in another thread, glad to see it mentioned here too. Rumor is SimuAwips is also implementing most of the major models (unk if true or not). Gr3 is practical on a storm chase as you really don't need all the "eye candy". If you are watching from home though I recommend Gr2 and Gr2AE. The detail you see is amazing. Don't discount StormLab either. It was created by Evan Bookbinder (a met for NWS EAX) I currently have GR3 and StormLab and use them religiously. SimuAwips is something I just started using more and really like it.... especially if they utilize the SPC mesoanalysis page into their product. What other thread is discussing this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteoutwx1796 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I also asked him if he can make a application for android users/iphone users. Let's see what he says. It would be phenomenal to have the access mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Neal Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 What other thread is discussing this? Thanks. I posted it into the "Tracking storms 2010/11" thread... hold on I will link you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Neal Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I also asked him if he can make a application for android users/iphone users. Let's see what he says. It would be phenomenal to have the access mobile. Absolutely! I know Mike Brady (from stormtrack) has implemented a few mobile programs and is actually developing a pretty sweet radar program... let me get you the links. http://stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24998 http://stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=25358 If you search the Android Market on your phone (assuming you have a droid) and search "storm chaser" or "mike brady". Not sure how far along the two links I provided are in terms of availability, but there seems to be heavy interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteoutwx1796 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Absolutely! I know Mike Brady (from stormtrack) has implemented a few mobile programs and is actually developing a pretty sweet radar program... let me get you the links. http://stormtrack.or...ead.php?t=24998 http://stormtrack.or...ead.php?t=25358 If you search the Android Market on your phone (assuming you have a droid) and search "storm chaser" or "mike brady". Not sure how far along the two links I provided are in terms of availability, but there seems to be heavy interest. You can almost get the same thing for free... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I use GRLevel3 for my website, you can see the current FFC radar here. http://www.daculawea...el3/ffc_284.php Since there is currently nothing on the radar, I'm displaying METAR info. Bad weather arrives I turn that layer off and activate others. There is a lot more that you can do and see on the actual client software than what appears in the display on the website. Here are a few sites with add-ons for GRLevel software: http://www.michiganw....com/places.php http://www.grlevelxstuff.com/ http://allisonhouse.com/ Simuawips looks like something I'll keep on my laptop. Excellent free application. And if i have to, I can VNC back into my GRlevel3 computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Neal Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Simuawips looks like something I'll keep on my laptop. Excellent free application. And if i have to, I can VNC back into my GRlevel3 computer! The best part about SimAwips is you can access it from anywhere. You don't have to download anything (just remember your log in info) it utilizes from your internet browser. I haven't tried to access it from my phone yet, but I am sure if you have a smart phone you may be able to toy around with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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