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Best Weather Apps for iPhone and Android
Hopefully one of these weather apps will fit your needs perfectly… and don’t forget to pack your umbrella!
Northeast Blizzard: Five Great Time-Lapse Videos
There are a bunch of great time-lapse videos of this historic jerk of a storm. Here are five.
Don’t Call that Storm ‘Nemo’? Twitter Begs to Differ
You might not know it from all the Twitter chatter, but the blizzard’s not called “Nemo” — at least not officially.
The World’s Most Powerful Climate Change Supercomputer Powers Up
For all the political discord over climate change, one thing everyone can probably agree on is that when you’re throwing computational resources at modeling weather, the more the merrier.
Think of the new computer that just …
6 Apps for Tracking Hurricane Isaac with Your Tablet or Smartphone
Netatmo Home Weather Station Kit Brings Out Your Inner Meteorologist
I took a meteorology class in undergrad as an elective because I’ve always been into the weather: tornadoes, hurricanes, derechos, ball lightning, supercells, squalls, you name it. Not enough to pursue it as a career, but let’s …
Fake Photos of Hurricane Irene Were Plentiful on Twitter
Was that a photo of Irene approaching North Carolina? New York? No, that was actually from a storm from somewhere in Pensacola, Fla. from a couple of weeks ago.
But that didn’t stop it from being viewed some 270,000 odd times. Then there was another supposed image of the East River flooding. Pundits suspect it may have actually been …
Track Hurricane Irene on Your iOS or Android Device
Any hopes that Hurricane Irene might swing further east and somehow avoid smacking into the U.S. along the Eastern Seaboard have nearly vanished. While the storm’s weakened somewhat from a Category 3 (111 to 130 mph winds) to a Category 2 (96 to 110 mph winds), it could well strengthen again before it makes landfall in North Carolina …
Rain or Shine: Weather Layer Added to Google Maps
Google announced yesterday that it has added a new layer to Google Maps. Now, on top of seeing satellite images and street maps, users can see the weather all over the world as well.
Clicking on a weather icon on the map will also show a four-day forecast, humidity and wind speed with more options to see hourly or 10-day forecasts …
Final Space Shuttle Launch Threatened by Bad Weather
Could the final launch of a space shuttle be derailed by rain and thunderstorms? It’s looking like it.
We’re heading into the space shuttle program’s final lap, the last NASA-based launch of a shuttle in history via the Kennedy Space Center this Friday, so it’s somehow poetic that the weather—a frequent cause of prior shuttle launch …
GPS-Based App Automatically Plays Audio Alerts If You’re Near Severe Weather
Those affected by the recent storms in the South may want to check out the Global Alert Networks hands-free mobile alerts app. Available for Android and BlackBerry phones, the app runs in the background and uses your phone’s GPS chip to determine if you’re within range of severe weather. If so, it’ll send you an audio message that gets …