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Radar 5.16 Release

Richard Brown
Richard Brown
CTO & Founder

Summary​

This release is about the weather. Official weather warnings now cover eleven countries instead of one, a new Rain & snow layer shows the rain radar now and the forecast for the days ahead, and every planned route shows the weather on the way, for the time you will actually get there. All of it is free.

Weather warnings in eleven countries​

The weather warnings layer used to cover Spain alone. It now draws the official warnings from each country's own national forecaster in the United Kingdom (the Met Office), Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Norway and Sweden.

Each warning is shaded over the area it applies to, in the forecaster's own colours, so yellow, orange (amber in the UK) and red mean the same on the map as they do on the local news. Tap one for what is expected, any advice given and when it runs until, in the forecaster's own words. UK warnings refresh every two minutes and link to the Met Office's own page.

Rain and snow​

Switch on the new Rain & snow layer to see where it is raining now, from the weather radar across most of Europe, refreshed every five minutes. Drag the slider to step through the forecast an hour at a time, or press play to watch the next 24 hours go by. The forecast shades snow separately from rain, so you can see where a pass might turn white. The layer is off until you switch it on, and Radar remembers your choice.

Weather on the way​

Plan a route and a strip underneath shows the forecast along it, from start to destination, for the time you reach each point: the temperature, any rain, and a one-line summary of the lowest temperature, strongest wind and heaviest rain. Any official warning in force where you will be, when you will be there, tints the strip and is listed in the forecaster's own words, with roughly how far along the route it starts.

Smaller changes​

  • Route here on a place now plans the route straight away, from your live position if you are following it, or from the middle of the map if not.
  • Searches over a wide area are noticeably faster.

See Map layers & hazards and Routing & your vehicle for the details.