RadarScope

RadarScope

By Base Velocity, LLC

  • Category: Weather
  • Release Date: 2019-02-12
  • Current Version: 5.4.2
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 267.69 MB
  • Developer: Base Velocity, LLC
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 15
Score: 4.18954
4.18954
From 2,448 Ratings

Description

RadarScope is an AMS-award-winning weather visualization tool that empowers meteorologists, public safety officials, storm spotters, and weather enthusiasts to view a full suite of single-site radar data and related severe weather products. Your initial purchase provides professional radar visualization in a fully native app, free from distracting and invasive practices, with optional subscription packages to add even more capabilities. Whether you’re scanning for a mesocyclone’s tell-tale hook echo, pinpointing the landfall of a hurricane’s eye wall, or identifying velocity couplet, hail spike, or debris ball signatures, RadarScope displays native radar data in its original radial format. You see what the radar sees almost as soon as the radar sees it, with automatic updates every two to ten minutes depending on the radar’s scanning strategy. Your initial app purchase includes the following: • Full suite of single-site radar products for the US, Canada, Guam, Denmark, Finland, and Germany • 6-frame radar loops • Two built-in providers for radar data • Tornado, thunderstorm, flash flood, special marine, snow squall, and extreme wind warnings in the US • Selected severe weather warnings in Canada and Australia • NWS-generated storm tracks with hail, TVS, and mesocyclone attributes • Inspector and distance tools • Color palette options for radar data • AllisonHouse data plan integration • Spotter Network integration for storm and location reporting • mPING integration for submitting weather reports to NSSL • Bundled maps with political boundaries, water bodies, and major highways, optimized for low-bandwidth use • Support for widgets and complications • Universal app for Apple platforms, including Apple Watch and Apple TV • Family Sharing support RadarScope Pro Tier One is an optional annual subscription that adds more features for tracking severe weather: • 30-frame radar loops • Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes • Severe weather watches in the US and Canada • Special weather statements in the US and Canada • Mesoscale convective and precipitation discussions • SPC convective, tornado, hail, wind, and fire outlooks • WPC excessive rainfall outlooks in the US • Local storm reports in the US • Custom color palette support • Multi-pane display (2 on phones; 4 on larger devices) • Family Sharing support RadarScope Pro Tier Two is an optional annual or monthly subscription that transforms RadarScope into a more complete visualization tool for a larger suite of weather products, including: • Everything in Pro Tier One • 50-frame radar loops • A third provider for US radar data • NEXRAD Level II radar data for the US with a 30-year historical archive • Historical NEXRAD Level III, super-res, and non-US radar data with a 30-day archive • Historical NWS bulletins with a 19-year archive • GOES East and GOES West satellite products • NSSL’s Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) products • NCEP’s Real-Time Mesoscale Assimilation (RTMA) products • Surface observations • Atmospheric soundings in the US • Hail size, hail probability, and azimuthal shear contours with a 30-day archive • More detailed transportation and satellite imagery maps • Custom color palette support for GOES, MRMS, and RTMA • Server-sent events for radar and warning updates • Cross-platform subscription sharing on up to 5 devices • Family sharing support If you choose to buy a RadarScope Pro subscription, it will be charged to your App Store account. The subscription will be auto-renewed within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same price you originally paid. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal disabled via your App Store account settings after the purchase. Once purchased, the subscription cannot be canceled during the active subscription period. DTN is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Our privacy policy is available for review at https://www.dtn.com/privacy-policy/ Please visit our web site for more information.

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Reviews

  • Disappointed

    1
    By Proudaggie85
    It seems you have to upgrade to Pro to get most of the features. I don’t think the basic features are any better than AccuWeather and it only shows 20 minutes of radar. Wish I hadn’t spent the $10!
  • Best iOS radar app. Hands down.

    5
    By toeds4
    I have used and subscribed to all the high end radar apps including RadarOmega and WeatherWise and Scope provided better radar and more importantly their own feed on the higher sub so you are not left high and dry if NWS/NOAA servers are having issues. It also is easier to detect couplets and hook echoes on Scope. The only thing I’d love to see Scope implement would be access to weather models and possibly a quicker way to switch radar sites.
  • Love BUT

    3
    By myeala1
    I love this app on my phone. But…on the watch it has this info banner that covers the screen. And there is an X to close it. BUT it’s behind the station banner so you can’t close it and there for you can’t see the radar. Very sad. I would love to have this for those moneys I don’t want to carry my phone.
  • Near Perfect App

    5
    By rjackb
    This is an outstanding app, which I use nearly every day in Florida summers. The radar images appear to be right up to date and accurate. The only thing I would like to see added is CarPlay support so I can see radar at a glance while driving.
  • Was better at one time

    3
    By Wxman2369
    Still one of the better apps out there. But service and quality has degraded over time. Constantly required to input my Apple user information to get premium features. Data is inconsistent and leaves you wanting for more.
  • Pro Tier 1 Deserves More

    2
    By Mason Nohl
    I love this app, as a storm spotter I love having high definition radar on my phone but as my needs have grown my budget is full. It simply is not worth it to use radar scope over other options any more now that GR2Analyst has most of the options that tier 2 contains in a one time price that covers advanced live volume rendering. Oddly enough if I wanted to use radar scope on my pc I would have to pay another fee for an app I already pay for on my phone to get less features even with a subscription. I mean if you made RadarScope for pc covered by the tier 1 subscription you would be getting so many customers and keep more people like me in the app. Another important part, there is no good app for viewing soundings and radar at the same time WSV3 and Pro Tier 2 are too close to the same price and WSV3 is 100x better than RadarScope. Please consider adding these features also why is smoothing only in pro tier 2 that is very odd.
  • 1 feature to bring in Pro Tier 1

    5
    By Luis Estillado
    I like the app. But can you bring the archived radar data feature from Pro Tier 2 to Pro Tier 1?
  • Excellent

    5
    By tomhac6205
    My go to App for local radar. Love the measurement feature and vectors. Essential for determining boating activity.
  • For Meteorologists/Weather Enthusiasts

    5
    By mmh117
    Almost no radar app comes close to this one in terms of functionality. The price, albeit steep despite previously being free, is well worth the investment for anyone looking to conduct comprehensive radar observation or analysis. Abundant radar products, soundings, satellite images, and warning tracker features (among many more) make this app stand out from a traditional App Store radar application.
  • Radar Capability is good, but limited

    3
    By DAS1234567
    I am not a weather professional, but have a keen interest in weather radar, living in a tornado prone zone in the southeast. I bought the Pro tier 1 version and it comes with the advanced radar features I was looking for. I didn’t want to get the Tier 2, because it is a significant monthly subscription. I looked to see if I got roads on the tier 1 version, and it was supposed to have that. That is where my problem is. I can tell from the app where the problem areas are (in general), but can’t get any reference to exactly where it is in relation to my location, or those of my family. The roads that are shown are extremely limited, and not labeled so getting your bearings on where the tornado is within the county is impossible. This is a simple feature to implement and they have it implemented, but they do not implement any useful map capability without a monthly subscription. Probably won’t renew my yearly subscription if they don’t implement at least street level mapping in new releases

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