Radar Glance

About Radar Glance

Radar Glance is a field-friendly animated weather radar for iPhone and iPad. Open it to see precipitation moving across an Apple Maps base layer, switch to satellite infrared when cloud-top structure matters, save important places, and use built-in tools to understand what the radar is actually showing.

VERSION 2.1 PRO FIELD UPGRADE
Storm Desk turns the current map center into a practical radar brief:
* Range from your location or saved reference point
* Estimated arrival time using slow, typical, fast, or squall-line motion presets
* Manual storm-speed entry for local conditions
* Reflectivity sample with approximate rainfall-rate math
* Radar beam-height estimate so distant weak returns are easier to judge
* Copyable field brief for Messages, Notes, or trip planning

OFFLINE RADAR FIELD GUIDE
Radar Glance now includes a ten-page offline reference pack:
* Radar limits and why distant rain can be under-sampled
* dBZ intensity bands and approximate rain-rate interpretation
* Beam-height chart using the standard 4/3 Earth radar model
* Storm ETA examples
* Distance-ring usage notes
* Satellite IR reading guide
* Observed-vs-forecast timeline reading
* Saved-places workflow
* Offline checklist
* Sources and safety notes

CORE RADAR TOOLS
* Animated RainViewer radar loop with play, pause, and scrubber controls
* Short-term forecast frames when RainViewer provides them
* Satellite infrared layer for cloud-top context
* One-tap location recentering, with graceful fallback if location is denied
* Search by city, ZIP code, address, or landmark
* Saved locations stored locally on your device
* Optional distance rings for 25/50/100 mile or 50/100/200 mile ranges
* Precipitation Intensity Guide with NWS-aligned dBZ bands
* Four radar color palettes with matching paint guide
* On-device sharing of the current radar frame

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Radar Glance does not require an account, developer backend, third-party analytics SDK, advertising SDK, or tracking. Saved places, settings, and camera position stay on your device. Location permission is optional and used only to center the map.

Radar data is provided by RainViewer; the base map is Apple Maps. Radar Glance is for general weather awareness and planning. It does not issue warnings, detect hazards, or replace official watches, warnings, emergency alerts, national weather services, or local authorities.