Oz Radar Weather4.68 - App Store

AUSTRALIAN WEATHER RADAR. This app only shows radars and weather for Australia.

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WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS APP. What the other apps don't have.
1) It uses GPS to show your location on the radar.
2) Oz Radar supports full screen landscape view.
3) National cloud and synoptic charts.
4) Local weather and rain forecasts
5) Rain notifications
6) BOM weather warning notifications

(But don't believe me, read the reviews)
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Oz weather radar allows you to view the BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) weather radar information located through Australia. Each radar image can be panned and zoomed to get a better look at the area you are interested in. Approximately 50 radars cover a large proportion of Australia to bring you the most up to date weather information.

The information cycles through the last few images so you can get a good look at what is happening around you.

All views show the latest feeds directly from the BOM web site. Dedicated weather watch radars provide the most up to date weather information every 10 minutes and in some cases every 6 minutes.

You can also view the last 6 hours of satellite cloud imagery that is taken every hour on the National view.

Features not seen in other apps include;
* Showing YOUR GPS location on the radar map.
* Listing nearby radars
* Cached backgrounds for faster loading and less data usage
* Pinch zoom with drag panning
* Selection of surrounding radar by direction
* LANDSCAPE View
* Animated national weather chart
* Animated national synoptic chart (The one with the lines ad arrows)
* Weather readings from hundreds of weather stations.
* Weather forecasts for all over Australia

Note : This app uses background location to generate alerts of rain in your current area.

Version History Fixed radars and refreshed tides 4.68 Jul 17 Update tide data for 2024 4.58 01/22/2024 Fix bug where no weather stations appear 4.52 11/23/2023 Update offline tide data to 2022 4.51 05/12/2022 Load new tides for 2019 (Better later than never) 4.50 03/30/2019 Support for latest OS 4.49 06/14/2017 * We support the Apple Watch.
* Tried to fix the mystery crash bug 4.48 04/10/2015 * Fix crash on startup bug 4.41 01/27/2015 * Fix bug where can't add warning tile from edit menu. 4.40 01/15/2015 * Fix bug in loading certain radar data
* Extend tide data from December 2014 to December 2015
* I have added 3 hourly forecasts. Just select Edit > Add Tile > Short Range Forecast to see, Temperature, Hymidity and Chance of rain in 3 hour intervals for the next 7 days. 4.39 12/15/2014 * Fix bug in loading certain radar data
* Extend tide data from December 2014 to December 2015
* I have added 3 hourly forecasts. Just select Edit > Add Tile > Short Range Forecast to see, Temperature, Hymidity and Chance of rain in 3 hour intervals for the next 7 days. 4.38 11/26/2014 Fix the abundance of bugs in the last release.
Make it clearer on how to customise the display. 4.28 11/10/2014 This is a whole new release it fixes the national radar and add tides and UV in a whole new design. Let me know what you think.

Note : This app uses background location to generate alerts of rain in your current area. 4.18 10/31/2014 Fix the problem where the app wont run on iOS 5 or earlier 3.68 08/15/2013 * Added a chance of rain prediction for the comming days.
* Added 3 hourly forecasts of wind and temperature.
* Fixed a problem for users that don't have notifications turned on. 3.66 07/31/2013 * Fix bug where app does not load in iOS 4 & 5. Sorry.
* Add weather history graph. 3.62 06/27/2013 * After much frustration and hair pulling out, I have fixed the crashing problem. It was a silly mistake in the end.
* More exciting is the addition of posting to twitter and Facebook to show your friends the crazy weather you are experiencing.
* Added Newcastle extra ranges also. 3.58 06/21/2013 * Add Synoptic radar forecast
* Add rain to national radar
* Add option to hide radar playback controls
* Fix some startup bugs 3.38 05/05/2013 * Added 5 days of rain forecasts
* Added another wind direction indicator pointing in the direction the wind is blowing to.
* Fixed some niggling bugs.
* Added support for iPhone 5 longer screen. 3.16 12/21/2012 Nothing special.
* Wind direction indicator
* New radar locations 3.15 09/23/2012 * Added push notifications for BOM warnings
* Added push notifications for nearby rain. (This feature is still in development so I need your feedback to help improve the alerts)
* Added sunrise and sunset
* Added moon phase
* Changed the wind arrow to an animated wind sock
* Added arrows to indicate the temperature, pressure and wind trend (changing up or down)
* Added option to select units of wind speed 3.11 05/31/2012 Current weather and forecasts. This feature was added due to popular demand. I'm not sure if it is a good idea so let me know what you think. All feedback welcome, good or bad. 3.06 12/17/2011 * Rearranged radar list to be alphabetical
* Fixed bug where some phone models did not work 2.93 11/01/2011 WARNING : There is a problem with the app and iPhone 3G. If you have a 3G do not upgrade. I will work on a fix in the coming days. Sorry :-(
* Improve load speed by predictive image selection.
* Update the Townsville radar
* Correct small layout problem when changing from landscape to portrait. 2.92 10/18/2011 This is not a significant release. If you do not live near Sydney you can wait for the next release which will have some cool new features.
* Added extra radar views to the Appin radar.
* Added notes to the contact email to help answer peoples questions. 2.91 08/03/2011