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RadarScope 4 4+
Professional weather radar
Base Velocity, LLC
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- $9.99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
This version of RadarScope supports older Macs running Mac OS X 10.14 through macOS 11. If you're running macOS 12 or higher, you should get RadarScope 5.x instead.
RadarScope is a specialized display utility for weather enthusiasts and meteorologists that allows you view NEXRAD Level 3 and super-resolution radar data along with tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, special marine and snow squall warnings, and predicted storm tracks issued by the U.S. National Weather Service. It can display the latest reflectivity, velocity, dual-polarization, and other products from any NEXRAD or TDWR radar site in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, Korea, and Okinawa, as well as data from Environment Canada, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Finnish Meteorological Institute, and German Weather Service radars. These aren't smoothed PNG or GIF images, this is native radar data rendered in its original radial format for a high level of detail.
Whether you are scanning reflectivity for a mesocyclone's tell-tale hook echo, trying to pinpoint the landfall of a hurricane's eye wall, or looking for small features like velocity couplets in the storm relative radial velocity product, RadarScope gives you the power to view true radial weather radar data.
RadarScope displays tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, special marine, and snow squall warnings issued by the U.S. National Weather Service. You can browse the list of active warnings in the information sidebar, select a warning to view the details, and even zoom to the selected warning on the map.
Zoom in and out on the map using the mouse or pinch gestures on multi-touch trackpads. Click and drag to scroll around the map. Select one of the 307 different radars in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Korea, Puerto Rico, Guam, or Okinawa. Tap the play button to download and animate over recent images. Display the names of over 25,000 cities and towns on the map as you zoom and scroll. Move the cursor over the color legend to see the data value associated with each color. You can also export the currently displayed map to several common image formats.
Meanwhile, RadarScope will retrieve and display updated data automatically and intelligently (approximately every 2 to 10 minutes, depending on the radar scan strategy).
You can display radar data from our servers, NOAA's public access web site, or your Allison House subscriber account.
RadarScope Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription with two different tiers to choose from.
RadarScope Pro Tier One is an annual subscription that provides access to real-time lightning data in the U.S. and Canada that animates along with the radar loop and up to 30 frames of radar data, including extended loops of super-resolution data. Tier One subscribers can also access optional dual-pane and quad-pane modes for viewing multiple radar products side-by-side.
RadarScope Pro Tier Two is an annual or monthly subscription that combines all the features in Tier One with more advanced features, including SPC outlooks, mesoscale discussions, local storm reports, hail size and probability contours, and azimuthal shear contours in the U.S., a 30-day archive of all radar products, and the ability to use subscription features across multiple platforms.
If you choose to buy the RadarScope Pro subscription, it will charged to your iTunes 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 iTunes Account Settings after the purchase. Once purchased, the subscription cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period.
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What’s New
Version 4.8
This is a one-time update to RadarScope 4 for macOS to support customers running Mac OS X 10.13 through macOS 11. RadarScope 5 for macOS is now available as a universal app for macOS 12 and up. Customers who can do so are encouraged to upgrade to RadarScope 5. If you already own RadarScope for iOS, you won’t be charged for the new Mac app, and your RadarScope Pro subscription for iOS can be used in RadarScope 5 for macOS. Please email our support team if you have any questions or require assistance migrating to RadarScope 5.
• Updated radar list for US, Canada, Australia, and Finland
• Updated mPING categories and report types
• Updated city names
• Added an update notice for customers running macOS 12
• Removed custom Tweet GIF action (Use the Twitter app’s share extension instead)
Ratings and Reviews
Well done....but a couple fixes...
I have used this weather app for a very long time. The new Apple TV version is nearly perfect (thank you for offering it), but it needs to retain what tilt you have he radar set at when selecting the source like it's brothers versions, it always defaults to 1, in Tampa Bay we have alot of "fuzz", and normally use tilt 3, please fix this or offfer a option to save it (which I cannot find). On a side note.... I know radar people do not like 'smoothing', but at this point would be a nice option with level 3 radar for general use folks.
Well done as far as it goes...
PROs: Superb for looking at any one radar site and all the different kinds of data that site outputs in full resolutionl. If you're interest in radar goes no further than one radar site, this is the app for you.
CONs: No composite view of all sites. Come on RadarScope, this is entry level stuff that is freely available elsewhere. If you're interested in exploring radar here and there, it will be tiresome. Next, loops are only 5 images, about 5 minutes worth. That's a big limitation for me and for anyone who is interested in the big picture. Finally, the base map is just just county lines. If its not your local area, you may find it hard to tell where things are at.
Overall, what you get is done superb. It's what you don't get, that's disappointing for a paid app in this price range. Of course they offer more features, that will fix what they have crippled in this software, for a monthly or yearly fee. For me it feels like I'm being squeezed for more dough a little too much.
Excellent Program
I've been using the iOS version of this software since the very beginning. I also use an app that shows a national radar map and temperatures and such, but when I want to examine what's happening at a local level, there is nothing that beats this program, in my opinion.
I admit that a lot of the information presented is kind of technical, but as an weather fan it has been worth reading their help and learning about these things.
I recently updated from the Pro1 tier ($10/yr) to the Pro2 tier ($100/yr) and have found it well worth it for all the new data and graphics to learn about.
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Information
- Seller
- Base Velocity, LLC
- Size
- 42.1 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.13 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- 2024 © DTN
- Price
- $9.99
- In-App Purchases
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- Pro Tier 1 $9.99
- Pro Tier 2 $14.99
- RadarScope Pro Subscription for Mac $9.99
- Pro Tier 2 $99.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.