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Multiple users
Have a group of users that could benefit from Stormpulse and the custom data features offered by our pro accounts? Keep your team uniformly aware of the situation while keeping account management centralized.
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Add custom labels to the map and share them across all of the members of your team, keeping everyone situationally-aware as the weather shifts. All of your data is transmitted over encrypted communication channels (SSL).
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Ad-free experience
The free version of Stormpulse is supported by advertisements, but advertisements are neither displayed nor loaded in our pro version.
Back to top | See pro plans12-hour satellite loops
12-hour loops covering the United States, Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean using three different kinds of imagery: rainbow, water vapor, and true color. The true color blends seamlessly with the Stormpulse map. These loops not only animate, but can be told to auto-repeat in sync. Watch the world's weather come to life with a few clicks! If you love the way our big blue marble looks from space, you'll love this feature.
Back to top | See pro plansAuto-refresh
Just click this option On in the layers menu and the Stormpulse page will refresh automatically every 5 minutes. Especially handy when using Stormpulse as an continuous information display during active times. Also, when the page refreshes, this feature can load the latest active satellite loop and place it on auto-repeat.
Back to top | See pro plansTropical watches & warnings
When a storm approaches land, the National Weather Service issues watches and warnings to signal the strength of expected winds and damage to your area. This feature draws a color-coded outline around threatened coastal areas based on the data provided by the National Hurricane Center.
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Turn on this switch and the map will remember your map center latitude and longitude and zoom level–no need to re-position or re-zoom the map when you come back. Especially useful if you want to position the map over a specific region in the Atlantic or Pacific basins, or the Gulf of Mexico.
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U.S. radar
A layer of doppler radar observations from across the U.S. This data updates every 10 minutes and is sourced from NEXRAD–the Doppler Radar National Mosaic published by the National Weather Service. This layer adds a critical dimension, watching the rain bands come ashore from a tropical cyclone or looking to see what today has in store anywhere in the States.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Set your location
To save time, set your default location to your home town or area of concern.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Save your settings
No longer do you have to turn this layer on and turn that one off each and every time you load the map. Turn a layer off and it stays off. Turn it on, and it stays on. No need to set up anything in an admin interface–our site learns your preferences as you use the map, no configuration required.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Custom map labels
Pinpoint your risk by placing custom labels on the map. See the weather in relation to your property and assets. Input using latitude and longitude coordinates. This data is transmitted using SSL encryption to keep your information private.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Forecast models
Load the latest computer forecasting models directly into the map with a simple on/off toggle. Once the models are loaded, you can click anywhere along a model's forecast track to see the name of the model, projected position, time, and pressure (if available). For more information, check out our blog post.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Full-screen view
Just click the link above the map and prepare to be amazed. The rest of the site vanishes to give center-stage to the tracking map and nothing else. Whatever the size of your monitor, the Stormpulse map expands to fill. Try it on a large flat panel or high-definition TV, and you won't want to go back to other views of the weather that matters most to you.
Back to top | Sign-up free!U.S. severe weather
Hazardous weather conditions, from thunderstorms to tornadoes to winter snow storms, are visualized colorfully and interactively. Pan and zoom the map to your area of interest, and click the shaded section to bring up complete details on the timing, threat, and likelihood of the event. Also includes the full-text of the National Weather Service advisory.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Wind fields
Tropical cyclones spread thunderstorms and high winds across a wide swath of land and sea. Click this layer on to view the area affected by hurricane (74+ mph), tropical storm (39+ mph), and strong tropical storm (58+ mph) winds.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Tropical waves
Many sites track hurricanes, but ours is the only one to include data from the National Hurricane Center's Graphical Weather Outlook, which circles hotspots of interest in the Atlantic and Pacific basins. Color-coding tells you the likelihood of the tropical wave or disturbance becoming a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Ocean buoys
Get the latest weather reports from all over the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. Learn the water temperature, air temperature, sea surface temperature, water depth, wind speed, and barometric pressure out at sea. This is often the first information scientists receive on a developing storm.
Back to top | Sign-up free!150+ years of history
Paths of storms dating back to 1851 are available on the map, through the search box at the top of the site (type in a year or storm name). Famous and retired storms can also be accessed directly by name, for example: Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Hugo, or Hurricane Andrew. You can also view entire seasons, for example: 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, 1999 Pacific hurricane season.
Back to top | Sign-up free!High-resolution clouds
View cloud-top imagery gathered from space and stitched together to form a worldwide mosaic. Beautiful and detailed, this layer breathes life and adds depth to the display, keeping you informed and enriched.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Historical tracks
See not only where a tropical cyclone is going, but also where it's been. This layer shows you all of the previous positions from every update since the storm become a tropical depression.
Back to top | Sign-up free!Pacific basin
Live on the West Coast or out on the great tranquil waters of the Pacific? We've got you covered, with storm history dating back to 1949, satellite imagery, and ocean buoys. Stormpulse gathers updates on all storms in the Eastern Pacific basin, including tropical disturbances.
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