Weather Service Updates Radar Imagery
The National Weather Service recently updated the way it shows radar images on its site. The old version showed the radar superimposed on a map with county and state boundaries, major city names, and Interstate highways.
The new version displays a topographic map of the area and major rivers, in addition to the features listed above, along with the option to select which background features to display. The new format also provides a way to determine the distance between two points on the map. By clicking on the map to specify a starting point, moving the mouse elsewhere on the map shows the distance and direction from that location.
The new features mimic some of the options available on Accuweather’s radar, and overall, in my opinion, a more usable radar than what is on weather.com.
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