My new favorite weather app

My Radar Pro

Basically just radar with a bunch of other overlays you can add to the map. I use the radar with a wind overlay.

The wind overlay is cool because you can see exactly which shorelines are well protected and which ones are truly windblown.

There’s a really cool wind pattern happening on Lake Superior right now. All the wind on land is blowing a different direction as it is on the water.

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Have you noticed any differences between the free and pro version?

I never thought about using the wind to id wind blown shores. Then again, I am boatless so it doesn’t really matter.

munchy wrote:

Have you noticed any differences between the free and pro version?

I never even considered the free version and I don’t remember why.

I was just really interested in a good weather radar that I can access without having to navigate through ads to use.

This app must be for iPhones …

biggill wrote:

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Have you noticed any differences between the free and pro version?

I never even considered the free version and I don’t remember why.

I was just really interested in a good weather radar that I can access without having to navigate through ads to use.

It’s only a $1.99 but after having apps being allowed to discontinue support of the paid version after a year or so and go only with the ad version or make a new paid version, I am sour on paying for any app now. From what I notice so far the pro version has no ads, a “professional radar pack”(the free one suits me just fine), Apple Watch enabled(don’t have one), hurricane tracker(don’t recall Pug being my neighbor), and an Aviation tracker(not currently a pilot). I think I can live with a couple ads at the bottom of the screen.

Thanks for the heads up though, very nice setup that loads the radar lightning quick!

ski junkie wrote:

This app must be for iPhones …

Nope, just looked and it is on Android as well.

Search “MyRadar”

It’s on Android. I have the free app. I might like to add on local radar for Doppler, although Doppler isn’t really a big deal down here.

I have the pro version, not really needed in my opinion.

I see MyRadar, but no MyRadar Pro

On Android I think it is just MyRadar and you buy subscriptions to the add on that the pro version has.

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Mine has the same options though. If times are tough I could probably loan a few people $2 to buy the app.

Lol, I find the pricing ecosystem of apps laughable. I mean if a guy made an app that allowed people to catch a limit every time they went out, if it was more than $4.99 no one would buy it.

Not that I pay for many apps and certainly nothing over that except navionics.

I’ve been running myRadar on my phone almost since I got it… there may be one or two reasons I haven’t upgraded… the first is the free app is really the best radar I have found anywhere, along with the mapping/gps that it comes with… Up here in cell phone never never land, it does quite nicely most everywhere I have been. Second is I prefer not to put too much of my info on line any more than I have to. I know most of these are paid for with a paypal account which I have, but…

At any rate, for the $2 I am a wind nut for fishing, it might be interesting to see what it can do… I usually use WindAlert, but am always looking to get the best info I can get when I am looking for it. Usually with the radar, if things look interesting, I might check out the local forecasts using nws.noaa.gov and now you are getting the weather from the horse’s mouth…

Mark

Does this app have barometric readings/forecasts? Will have to look into this one, sounds like it can be very useful

weedis wrote:

Does this app have barometric readings/forecasts? Will have to look into this one, sounds like it can be very useful

No, but if you find an app with barometric readings, please pass it along! All I ever see is readings from the last 12-24 hours.

By the way, the wind overlay on Android is free.

i use it for wind only really as well. its pretty awesome.

mplspug wrote:

No, but if you find an app with barometric readings, please pass it along! All I ever see is readings from the last 12-24 hours.

Weather underground. But not the App, use it in the mobile web browser, then it shows the BP of past, current and future (all hourly)

I saved the mobile browser page to an icon on my home screen so I access it just like an app.

Its by far the best weather program for fishing IMO

I do use WU desktop and app all the time, just not mobile (website). The barometer is not as big of a deal because we don’t get deep lows unless it’s winter and a rare front or a hurricane.

I use MyRadar literally at least a dozen times a day this time of the year. Because it jumps right into the radar, I get the info I need right away without dicking around..

Wunderstation on iPad has baro. It actually forecasts for 7 days.

I tried downloading the free version and a it was split second then it said it was installed .
No indication what so ever on my tablet that it was installed. Navionics app did this also.

1hl&sinker wrote:

I tried downloading the free version and a it was split second then it said it was installed .
No indication what so ever on my tablet that it was installed. Navionics app did this also.

Go to the App Store and try to open it from there. May need to restart the device and then try to reinstall.

So, I got the App, and applied the wind screen. I don’t seem to get wind speed? Is there a way to do this?

Buzz wrote:

So, I got the App, and applied the wind screen. I don’t seem to get wind speed? Is there a way to do this?

I haven’t noticed. I still use other weather apps for forecasts in addition to this one. I use this one only for current wind direction and radar.

If you notice though the wind line get longer and more bold where the wind is stronger. Personally I find wind to be very relative and really depends as much on your location as does the actual mph anyway. This app gives another dimension and really helps me see the windblown and wind protected shorelines with much more accuracy. It also gives me some idea how the wind is reacting on Lake Superior. Some odd things happen on that water that you can’t see on a forecast.

I use weather underground as well. I do like the baro forecast on the website, wish they would add it to app. Also would be nice if this app could add baro, cover all the weather details us Fishing folk are looking for.

My new Favorite also,I am up on Devils Lake ND. We have been getting our rear ends kicked by the wind.
I down loaded the app while having breakfast yesterday, it saved our bacon you could say.
There are not many places a guy can fish out here when the wind is howling across
the praire.
This app helped us find a few spots to fish.
Fishing has been slow,mostly smalls,far too many spots are unfishable.
Devils Lake Chamber tourney has been canceled so far do to the wind.

I also use The Weather Network out of Canada. They have a radar out of Dryden that fills in the gap from the US radars.

Does anyone know how to activate multiple favorites in My Radar. My version only allows one favorite. Yes, I’m new to the app.