Supercell Wx is an advanced desktop weather radar viewer designed for monitoring current and historical weather events.
It visualizes live and archived NEXRAD Level 2 and Level 3 data together with severe weather alerts on a responsive map.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays live NEXRAD Level 2 and Level 3 radar data.
- Loads archived radar data for examining earlier weather events.
- Visualizes reflectivity, velocity and other radar products.
- Continuously updates radar information displayed on the map.
- Overlays severe weather alerts on radar imagery.
- Provides multiple radar product views and map layouts.
- Uses timeline controls to navigate historical radar data.
- Loops selected periods of radar imagery.
- Supports multiple map panes and linked map views.
- Provides pop-out map windows.
- Supports radar colour tables and configurable palettes.
- Displays external placefile overlays.
- Adds user-defined markers and map annotations.
- Supports MapTiler and Mapbox map providers.
- Supports Linux, macOS and Windows.
Website: github.com/dpaulat/supercell-wx
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Developer: Dan Paulat
License: MIT License

Supercell Wx is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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