Many of our viewers have enquired about some of the Google Earth tools/hacks that I have showed over the last few days. If you have a broadband connection there are some really cool tools that you can use to track the weather, storms and offshore data. First you need to download the latest version of Google Earth that now includes sky and astronomical information. This stuff is a must have for any weather nerd, sportsman, etc or if you have kids interested in weather, earth science, astronomy and/or geography. You will certainly kill a lot of time playing! There are some great mash-ups out there for Google Earth; check out google ocean at justmagic.com for great worldwide offshore data and satellite imagery-there’s a host of links at the bottom of the page. Also visit the real-time radar and satellite page that is an experimental site for severe weather watchers. My favorite is guiWeather.com that hosts offshore data and Hurricane Hunter flight information and even nearly live lightning. Hopefully you’ll have as much fun as I have with this stuff!
Get Your Google Earth!
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