Radar Buddy Pro

3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars | 31 ratings

Price: 1

Last update: 12-23-2024


Latest updates

What's new in version 8.0
  • 1. Twitter Weather Client
  • 2. Weather Forcast
  • 3. Performance improvements

Product Details

Release Date: 2012
Date first listed on Amazon: July 25, 2012
Developed By: Richard Helferty
ASIN: B008N85E8O
Customer reviews:
3.1 out of 5 stars29 customer ratings

Developer info

Product features

  • View animated radar for each all NOAA radar stations.
  • View weather alerts in radar station area.
  • Share animated radar and weather alerts images to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, ...
  • View animated radar and weather alerts for your location.

Product description

RadarBuddy is your personal assistance to view NEXRAD Level 3 radar data from the NOAA radar station network. This network covers all United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Radar data includes Reflectivity Composite, Reflectivity Base, Velocity Storm Relative,Velocity Base, Rainfall 1-Hour Total, Rainfall Storm Total, and Long Range Reflectivity. How to Use: Once launched, RadarBuddy displays a map of the continential United States. You have 2 options to locate radar sites. You can select a state, Puerto Rico, or Guam from the search menu button or you can click the mylocation button. Once you have chosen an action, the map will display radars for the selected location or the closet radar site to your location. Click on the radar station icon to display radar loops. You can pinch to zoom in or out of the map or use the standard google map toogle controls. Drag your finger to pan the map. Display options can be set from the options menu and you can change terrian to sattelite, change radar product, change loop speed, or opacity. If you would like to share images with your buddies, then select the share button which will take a screenshot of the map and send it via Messaging, Facebook, Google+, Flickr, Twitter, and more. Please note the image will be saved directly to your SD Card. Also, weather alerts will be displayed for that area, click on the alert to see the text. You can share weather alerts also. Please note radar images are downloaded in real time so you may experience extreme slowness and loss of functionality if you have no or low internet connection. Please and questions, comments, or enhancements to [email protected]

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Technical details

Size: 1.7MB
Version: 8.0
Developed By: Richard Helferty
Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )
  • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
  • Access extra location provider commands
  • Access information about networks
  • Open network sockets
  • Write to external storage
Minimum Operating System: Android 2.2
Approximate Download Time: Less than 30 seconds

Top reviews from the United States

Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great weather app
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2014
laomo
1.0 out of 5 stars dashed awful
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013
Kindle Customer
3.0 out of 5 stars Radar buddy review
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012
David Pechon
2.0 out of 5 stars OK
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2014
Tc991.
4.0 out of 5 stars great app for the money
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2014
Aaron G.
5.0 out of 5 stars very cool weather app
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2014
Stanley F. Slabas
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible. I've uninstalled it
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015
S. Kingel
3.0 out of 5 stars OK I guess
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2013

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