Flagcheck: WBGT Heat Flags

Flagcheck reminds you when each heat reading is due at outdoor practice, and shows the WBGT flag for your field now and hour by hour, with what the flag allows. It's for the coaches, band directors and athletic trainers who take the readings. The flag for one field is free, and the rest is paid once, with no subscription and no account. EVERY READING ON TIME • Add a practice once, like Varsity Football, Monday to Friday, 3:45 to 6:15 PM. • A reminder comes 15 minutes before the start and every 30 minutes until the end, each with the forecast flag for that time. • A team that uses a meter also gets one 30 minutes before practice, to set it up. • During practice, your Lock Screen counts down to the next reading and shows the flag, the WBGT and when the cap runs out, like "2-hour cap, done by 5:30 PM". • On days the forecast reaches orange or worse during practice, a hot-day alert at the time you pick names the flag and the hour it peaks. • Log a reading with the forecast filled in, or type your meter's number. THE FLAG FOR ANY FIELD • Today puts the flag's name on its color, the WBGT in large numbers with air temperature and humidity beside it, and what the flag allows: the practice cap, rest breaks and equipment. • A chart shows the WBGT hour by hour from 6 AM to 9 PM, with each practice drawn on it. • Save the practice field, the stadium, the band lot and away fields by search, a dropped pin or your location. • The week shows hourly flags seven days out, about as far as the NWS forecasts, and the best window for each day. THE RULES YOUR SCHOOL FOLLOWS UIL Class 2 and Class 3, TAPPS, GHSA, FHSAA, and the Korey Stringer Institute's Category 1, 2 and 3 tables. A Texas field's class is set from its county, and you can change it. THE LOG • Each reading keeps its time, WBGT, flag, source (meter or forecast), the NWS forecast for that hour, team and initials. • Filter by team and dates, then export a PDF your athletic director can file, or a CSV. METER READINGS If your meter runs hotter than the forecast at a field, log your readings there. After three, Flagcheck raises that field's forecast by the usual gap and keeps the NWS number beside it. It never lowers a flag below the NWS's, and you can turn it off. WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM Forecasts come from the National Weather Service, so fields need to be in the US. Today names the NWS grid cell behind the WBGT and when the forecast was issued. It's a forecast, not an on-site measurement, so follow your district's policy on meter readings. WIDGETS The flag now, when it next changes and today's hours, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. PRICE Free: one field, with the flag now, today's hourly chart and the rule table. One purchase, paid once, adds practices and their reminders, the hot-day alert, the Lock Screen countdown, more fields, the week, the log and its exports, the meter adjustment and the widgets. There's no subscription and no account, and Family Sharing is included. Flagcheck isn't affiliated with the UIL, TAPPS, GHSA, FHSAA or the Korey Stringer Institute.