InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 App now available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch! It does not currently feature maps from my site, but does have images and loops from over 99% of maps on NCEP MAG site. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-weather-maps-pro/id464199989 Oh, and first one to enter this promo code on iTunes gets it free! EDIT: Promo code has been used. Congrats hm8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Oh, and first one to enter this promo code on iTunes gets it free! 7KWYXWXERJ9M Snagged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Snagged Be sure to provide feedback here in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Be sure to provide feedback here in this thread. Will do. Haven't gotten a chance to use it yet. But I'm sure it'll come in handy in class some day, wondering what the 12z models show about some winter storm in the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okie333 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Whoah just downloaded this... it is truly what WeatherGeek Pro tried to be (no offense to the Geek lol). Definitely the best alternative to the horrible new NCEP interface available anywhere... especially because it has EVERY map from the NCEP MAG site (except the GFDL and HWRF, but being a programmer, I can understand why those might give him some trouble). Great job! Other than the map selection, I especially like how you can loop through the maps in a way similar to that of the NCEP site, speeding up the animation, slowing it down, or manually stepping through the images. Well worth the $5 IMO... would even be worth twice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Just downloaded. Nice app but have a few questions. 1. Any way to pinch zoom on the animated maps? The individual maps seem to have this option. 2. GFS only goes out to 120hr? Can't seem to get it past that no matter what run I use. 3. On the individual maps is there a way to go from one hr to the next? Like arrow key or something? Still a nice app but those features would help it a lot especially us IPhone users with small screens. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Just downloaded. Nice app but have a few questions. 1. Any way to pinch zoom on the animated maps? The individual maps seem to have this option. 2. GFS only goes out to 120hr? Can't seem to get it past that no matter what run I use. 3. On the individual maps is there a way to go from one hr to the next? Like arrow key or something? Still a nice app but those features would help it a lot especially us IPhone users with small screens. Thanks in advance. 1. I'm working on that... Should be pretty easy to change. 2. Change the variable. NCEP only makes 3-hr precip maps of the GFS to hour 120. 3. Thanks for the idea... it is now planned for a future update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 1. I'm working on that... Should be pretty easy to change. 2. Change the variable. NCEP only makes 3-hr precip maps of the GFS to hour 120. 3. Thanks for the idea... it is now planned for a future update. ut oh, just bought it and it flashes a menu then goes blank, IPAD Edit had to unlock orientation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Update 1.0.1 has just been submitted. When Apple approves it (likely on Monday or Tuesday) you will be able to download it. It fixes a crash bug caused by turning your screen upside down while viewing a map; and it also clears up Hazey's "issue" about the 3-hr precip maps only going to hr 120, by simply moving another variable into the first (default) spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Added GFS Northern Hemisphere maps... includes snow cover for those tracking the cryosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okie333 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Added GFS Northern Hemisphere maps... includes snow cover for those tracking the cryosphere. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyewall2005 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Can you add models like the ECMWF, CMC for the atlantic basin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Can you add models like the ECMWF, CMC for the atlantic basin? CMC: sometime in the distant future. ECMWF: Not unless PSU is willing to let me use their maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 CMC: sometime in the distant future. ECMWF: Not unless PSU is willing to let me use their maps. And the NAM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I am not a fan of spinning my iPad back and forth. Please make the selection menu available in landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okie333 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 You may want to check out your snow cover maps... they are showing weird percentages... based on my knowledge of GrADS, I think you averaged 0-360 lon yet calculated and displayed -270 to 90. Amirite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 You may want to check out your snow cover maps... they are showing weird percentages... based on my knowledge of GrADS, I think you averaged 0-360 lon yet calculated and displayed -270 to 90. Amirite? Wow you're good at that! Thanks, just fixed it, will be doing retro-runs of it soon. Currently running back to today's 00Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Instant Weather Maps Free app now available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch! http://ow.ly/6DnLF Also, Pro version price reduced for the weekend! For those of you who wanted pinch and zoom on animated maps, it should be coming in the next update, which I probably will submit this weekend (this means it will be available sometime next week). Also a few other surprises coming in the update (hint: it has something to do with the number 88) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgwx Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 App now available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch! Check post 61 for details Introducing InstantWeatherMaps.com, a new weather model website. The site has a lag (from when the raw data appears on the NCEP FTP server) of 1-20 seconds, compared to around 100 seconds for the closest other free site (the new NCEP site). I offer over 150 variables, including Kuchera-method snowfall (otherwise only found on Earl Barker's site, which has a lag of around 30-90 minutes). Over a million GFS model maps are on my server at any given time. I would appreciate any suggestions as to future enhancements I could make to my site. http://www.instantweathermaps.com Android App please??? I can help develop if you like. I do programming in .NET but I have done some in java which is what android apps are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgwx Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 One more suggestion, you should add the ability to loop the models on your site using javascript. Great Site though, I am actually working on a very similar page to get models on my site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Version 1.1 of Instant Weather Maps Pro now available! Animated loops now zoomable, RADAR added for 154 US sites and 12 US mosaic regions, change time on static maps with 3-finger swipe, and interval settings now available for animations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Version 1.1 of Instant Weather Maps Free now available! Animated loops now zoomable, RADAR added, change time on static maps with 3-finger swipe, and interval settings now available for animations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Version 1.1 of Instant Weather Maps Free now available! Animated loops now zoomable, RADAR added, change time on static maps with 3-finger swipe, and interval settings now available for animations. I read somewhere there was a $100 Apple Store fee to be able to publish apps/get a developer key. Is this true and are you planning on making money later on with a more premium version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Just updated some surface values to NATIVE MODEL RESOLUTION (about 0.2 degree for hrs 0-192 and about 0.625 degree for hrs 204-384). Variables available in native resolution are as follows: Surface temps H2O equivalent of snow depth Precip rate Convective precip rate 10m wind 2m temp (hrs 0-192) 2m temp change (hrs 0-192) 2m max temp (hrs 0-192) 2m min temp (hrs 0-192) Precipitable water Cloud cover Snow depth Snow depth change Snow cover All other variables will remain in 0.5 degree (hrs 0-192) and 1.0 degree (hrs 204-384) formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohleary Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Just updated some surface values to NATIVE MODEL RESOLUTION (about 0.2 degree for hrs 0-192 and about 0.625 degree for hrs 204-384). Variables available in native resolution are as follows: Surface temps H2O equivalent of snow depth Precip rate Convective precip rate 10m wind 2m temp (hrs 0-192) 2m temp change (hrs 0-192) 2m max temp (hrs 0-192) 2m min temp (hrs 0-192) Precipitable water Cloud cover Snow depth Snow depth change Snow cover All other variables will remain in 0.5 degree (hrs 0-192) and 1.0 degree (hrs 204-384) formats. Are you getting the native resolution data somehow or are you using the 0.5 degree to create higher res grids? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Are you getting the native resolution data somehow or are you using the 0.5 degree to create higher res grids? Just curious. Native data. Also is over 10 seconds faster than the 0.5/1.0 files. Most sites use 0.5/2.5 for all data btw... not even the 1.0 for LR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohleary Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Native data. Also is over 10 seconds faster than the 0.5/1.0 files. Most sites use 0.5/2.5 for all data btw... not even the 1.0 for LR. Where are you getting the native resolution data? I assume you are talking GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Where are you getting the native resolution data? I assume you are talking GFS. Yes, this is the GFS. I get the data from the NCEP FTP site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohleary Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Yes, this is the GFS. I get the data from the NCEP FTP site. Which files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWeatherMaps Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 NAM maps now available! High resolution (12-km), full hourly through 36, 3-hourly 39-84, same variables and fast generation speed as our GFS maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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