SatSquatch vs StormNet

SatSquatch is your all-in-one professional weather data app: satellite data, full-resolution Level II radar, forecast models, mesoanalysis and more, layered however you like on a fast, GPU-drawn map. SATELLITE • All 16 GOES-East and GOES-West bands, Himawari-9 full disk, True Color and core composites • RGB composites such as Air Mass, Day Cloud Phase and Fire Temperature (Pro) • GLM lightning and LightningCast (Pro) • GOES fire detections RADAR • Level II radar from every NEXRAD and TDWR site: reflectivity, dealiased and storm-relative velocity, spectrum width and the dual-pol moments (ZDR, CC, KDP, PHI) • Every tilt, echo tops, VIL, MESH, azimuthal shear, rotation tracks, ZDR columns and a tornado debris overlay • Storm-relative velocity from the radar's own storm tracks • 15-second refresh, with live sweeps (Pro) • Radar cross-sections (Pro) • MRMS composite reflectivity and precipitation, plus hail, rotation, echo tops, rainfall totals and flash flood guidance (Pro) ARCHIVE MODE (PRO) • Replay any past date: GOES satellite back to 2017, Level II radar back to 1991, MRMS back to 2020, GLM lightning and fire detections • That day's warnings, watches, SPC outlooks and storm reports, as they stood at the time FORECAST MODELS • HRRR, RRFS, GFS, RTMA and URMA • ECMWF IFS and AIFS, RAP, AIGFS, NBM and the GEFS, REFS, AIGEFS and AIFS ENS ensembles (Pro) • Filled contours, labelled contour lines, wind barbs and animated wind particles • 18 built-in presets, from 500 mb heights and vorticity to reflectivity over updraft helicity tracks • Run-to-run trends and one-tap model compare • Point soundings with skew-T, hodograph and parameters, cross-sections and meteograms (Pro) • Ensemble probabilities, spaghetti and plumes (Pro) ANALYSIS AND OVERLAYS • NWS warnings and watches, SPC, WPC and CPC outlooks, METARs, storm reports, ProbSevere, WPC fronts and Nadocast • Mesoanalysis, observed soundings and VAD winds (Pro) • Tropical model tracks, with ensemble tracks (Pro) CUSTOMIZABLE MAPS • Stack any layers in any order, with per-layer opacity and display units • 49 colormap presets and a full colormap editor • GRLevelX colour table import and export (Pro) • Saved presets, saved locations, annotations and a satellite basemap (Pro) • Split screen with synced panes, a data inspector and measuring tools • Animated wind with a level slider from 10 m to 250 mb • Loops of up to 72 frames; export images, GIFs and videos • Settings and favorites synced across devices SatSquatch Pro is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks the features marked (Pro). Also available on the web at satsquatch.wxbyte.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wxbyte.com/satsquatch-privacy

StormNet is optimized to provide the most accurate severe weather forecast with NEXRAD, Super-Res Radar. StormNet is completely free, with no ads. Trained on decades of severe weather events, StormNet analyzes high-resolution radar, satellites, ground-based sensors, and weather forecast models in real-time to find complex patterns that lead to severe weather. The model updates every 2 minutes to provide 14-day forecasts for lightning, hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes. Super-Res Radar is the highest-resolution NEXRAD radar data available from 159 stations across the continental United States. Each radar station updates every 3-4 minutes and measures the intensity of precipitation based on how much energy the radar signal receives back from objects in the atmosphere. Combined, StormNet + Super-Res Radar provides a first-of-its-kind, multiple-component severe weather forecast system for the United States. StormNet Map Overlays • Radar: The highest-resolution radar available for the United States from each radar station. • Radar + Risk: NEXRAD radar, alongside StormNet risk probabilities, for the next 4 hours. • Risk Forecast: The StormNet risk probabilities from real-time to 14 days into the future. StormNet Risk Forecasts • Lightning • Hail • Damaging Winds • Tornado Super-Res (NEXRAD) Radar • Radar Reflectivity • Radar Velocity • Spectrum Width National Weather Service Warnings • Tornado • Severe Thunderstorm • Snow Squall • Flash Flood StormNet vs. National Weather Service The National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, and other government agencies are the official sources for watches, warnings, and severe weather information. StormNet should serve as a trusted and automated guide for severe weather risk, but StormNet should not be treated as an official source. StormNet vs. Traditional Weather Models Existing weather forecast models are incredible feats of engineering and predict the ingredients for severe weather, but they are not designed to excel at severe weather forecasting and are not real-time tools. StormNet was trained and optimized to provide severe weather forecasts. StormNet vs. Other Weather Apps Existing weather apps and companies usually pass along official government watches and warnings, and often communicate if lightning or hail is already close by. While these are valuable features, we are not aware of another weather app or company that matches StormNet’s ability to provide real-time updates for lightning, hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornado risk. Powered by OpenSnow In 2011, OpenSnow began predicting snowfall for skiers and snowboarders. OpenSnow has since become a global leader in mountain weather forecasts and expanded to provide forecasts for every type of outdoor activity. Since lightning is a risk to outdoor activities, especially on longer mountain-based adventures, OpenSnow created a weather forecast system that would provide both lightning forecasts to support real-time decisions and multi-day outlooks to support trip planning. Meteorologist Andrew Brady built StormNet to predict the risk of severe weather. OpenSnow acquired his technology in 2024 to help people stay safe and enjoy the outdoors. — Terms & Conditions — StormNet is free and available in the United States. We'll never track you, sell ads, or collect data. We only ask for your location to show the most accurate radar and severe weather forecast. Full terms and conditions can be found here: https://support.opensnow.com/legal/terms | https://support.opensnow.com/legal/privacy