CASI NetNews : AccuWeather Adds 4 Local NEXRAD Types & 3-D Radar Flyover Movies For Free

J (j{at}weatherwatchers.org)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:59:49 -0500

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1. AccuWeather announced today that it is now giving away 4 different
types of Local Radar for all 143 US + 1 Puerto Rico NEXRAD Sites on its
Free service AccuWeather.Com. People can still choose to subscribe to
receive all 21 NEXRAD types. The Free ones are as follows:

Base Reflectivity (standard single site radar Tilt 1 reflectivity)
Extended Reflectivity (Tilt 1 to 286mi)
Composite Reflectivity (all tilts to 286mi)
One-Hour Precipitation (when radar is in Precip Mode)

2. AccuWeather added several movies to their "Animotions" section of
their Free (and Pay) website AccuWeather.com this week. Among them:

3-D Radar FlyTowards (6 times per day covering last 4 hours - pretty
neat) Movies
US Weather Map (H's/L's/fronts/precip) 24 Hour Forecast Movie
Europe Weather Map 24 Hour Forecast Movie
US VirtualWeather FlyThru Satellite & Radar
European Satellite Flyover Movie
Daily Weather Feature Movie

These will require an MPEG and/or Quicktime player for your browser.

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