I've been using Weather Underground alongside weather.com for a while now as it gives an alternate view on things, even if not particularly more accurate.  Just today, though, I followed a link that generated a great Google Maps view with lots of overlays that can be turned on and off.  It's quite wonderful -- they call it the WunderMap.  Also neat is that you can create links to it -- the one I got this screen shot off of is right here.

One great feature is the ability to turn animation on and off as well as the "storm track" feature -- you can see it in the shot as the long white arrows.  These seem most accurate for figuring out of a particular piece of weather will cross your area or not.

Additionally, at their iPhone site (simply i.wund.com), they have a nice summary page for zip codes that can even animate the radar image. The whole page is nice, quick, and designed well for the iPhone. Their "tab bar" is pretty well done, too, even if it isn't a "real" one.

The iPhone site works great in Firefox but draws more accurately in Safari, of course.

Anyway, I just found these to be interesting, even if well known to others.

Posted by Shane on June 24, 2008 4:18 PM | Permalink