Best News App
Information on Hurricane HD™ for the iPad®
Features
- World Wide Interactive Tracking Map with storm data, generated on your device as it becomes available, throughout the hurricane season.
- Tracking map that is not just an image, but an interactive tracking map which allows you move between tracks, viewing each plot’s detailed information including wind speed with the icon, and lat/lon, speed/direction, pressure, date and time in the tab bar.
- Learn more about past hurricanes like Camile, Hugo, Andrew and Katrina, just to name a few. All hurricanes back to 1851 in the Atlantic, and 1949 in the Pacific are available!
- Internet Connection required to receive new plots and view new satellite pages and text bulletins.
- News and Video feed, so you get the most relevant information possible about the storm
- Exclusive Video “from the field” and video outlooks from the hurricane research team at HurricaneTrack.com
- Each ACTIVE storm has:
- Interactive Tracking Maps Including:
- Exclusive Interactive 5 Day Forecast Cone
- Lat/Lon, Wind Speed, Pressure, Direction, Movement
- Standard / Metric Units
- Your distance from the eye of the storm (or center of circulation)
- Storm Centered Satellite Images
- Forecast Image Maps
- Tropical Advisories from the NHC:
- Storm Public Advisory
- Storm Forecast/Advisory
- Storm Forecast Discussion
- Storm Wind Speed Probabilities
- Radar (when available/within radar range)
- Data Feed which contains:
- Generic world wide satellite images and animated satellite loops
- Sea Surface Temps, SAL
- Tropical Outlooks, Discussions and Summaries produced by the NHC
- Detailed explanation of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
- Help / FAQ – Including preparedness tips, how-to information and educational information
- Interactive Tracking Maps Including:
*Atlantic Basin includes the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean and surrounding areas.
*Northeast Pacific Basin includes the west coast of North America – US west coast, Mexico, Central America and Hawaii
This application is great for:
- anyone with interests on the east or west coast of the US
- anyone interested in severe weather or meteorology
- studying tropical system history
- sailing, boating, diving and other water sport enthusiasts
- travelers to the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific Ocean
- anyone interested in watching these powerful storms
Hurricane™, the premier tracking application.
Top App Charts Ranking
Hurricane 3.0
Hurricane 3.0 is here!. We have created a great FaceBook photo album of screen shots of the application so you can see what to expect from Hurricane.
No Flash? No problem! You can also view the images from the embedded Flickr slideshow directly on Flickr here: Flickr: Hurricane 3.0
New Major Features
- Redesigned User Interface
- Google Tracking Maps for the Atlantic, Northeast Pacific and Central Pacific
- Calculated distance from each track point
- Satellite Image Loops
Hurricane 3.2
No Flash? No problem! View the slideshow images on Flickr: Hurricane 3.2
New Major Features
- Great new high quality Map layout
- Interactive Forecast Cones right on the Tracking Map
- Refined Data Page, splitting Atlantic and Pacific Data in a more logical way