Apps for Marine Weather?

General Fishing Discussion
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I am looking at marine weather apps at the apps stores…for android phones. I want to be able to see storms on animated radar and be able to tell where they are headed. Appreciate your suggestions,
NaClH20

“Fair skies, tight lines, and green numbers.”

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I use a couple on my android. The one I use most often is just a local Savannah TV station, WTOC. They are real time and animated, and it’s free. I’m sure some Charleston stations have the same weather apps too.

I also use weather underground, it’s very good. This is a link that I keep bookmarked. Email it to yourself and open it from your phone, then bookmark it. Actually there is a link from there to download the app.

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=pan&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&frame=0&delay=15&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&ID=CLX&type=N0R&showstorms=0&lat=32.41542816&lon=-80.65705872&label=Beaufort,%20SC&map.x=400&map.y=240&scale=1.000erx=400ery=240&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&lerror=20&num_stns_min=2&num_stns_max=9999&avg_off=9999&smooth=0

Droids are cool stuff! If you don’t have it, the Navionics GPS mapping software is worth getting.

Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats

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radar now is a free one I have been using
weatherbug is another free one I use.

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I use Marine Weather by bluefin and wavewatch. both of them are free also.

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The Live 5 Weather app is pretty nice and provides animated radar that seems to be very accurate. It is a free application.

PioneerLouie
Pioneer Venture 175, Johnson 90
Summerville, SC

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Thanks for your help, I’ll start installing apps, NaClH20

“Fair skies, tight lines, and green numbers.”

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Tell us what you end up using/liking…I’m always looking for something better.

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Radar now. Nothing but radar

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here’s my dimes worth… I spend alot of time on the rivers and off shore durring the spring, summer and fall… and we all know that stomes can blow up quick, and if you have spent any length of time here we know about the beaufort bubble… I use the garmin app called MY-CAST is seems to be very accurate and hase amazing motion radar. I have been on the broad river, watched the radar on my phone and was ablle to stay because I know which direction it was moving. I have had it for years and is only like $5.00, one time fee for droid… when I had my BB I spend 20 and would do it again if I had to… I highly recommend it.

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Navionics It is around $10, but it turns an iPhone (probably an android) into a tracking/GPS full NOAA chart device. There are icons on the charts that you can click and get the tides at a location, marinas, ID what structures are there, show what buoys and their numbers are there. It is pretty cool. When you click the marina it will give you the channel they use, services and a phone number. You can create a track that shows where you went, fastest speed, average and time. You can put in a waypoint and use it to navigate nearshore too. Not that I would trust this out of site of land. I don’t think it works offshore though.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/marine-lakes-usa/id377908737?mt=8

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I don't think it works offshore though.

Yes it does, on the Droid anyway. It has a true GPS receiver and not just relying on the cell towers. I love the Navionics package. Another cool thing about it is you can overlay google earth satellite images on the charts :sunglasses: Best $10 I ever spent.

Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats