Ken Garlock
12-16-2008, 6:33 PM
For the past 5 or so years I have been using a small software package called Weather Bug. It resides on your task bar, giving the current temp, next to your time of day clock. There are 2 versions of it, a free one with ads, and an ad free version that cost around $17/year.
When there is a weather alert, Weather Bug will blink the temp icon on the task bar, or will beep you through your sound card.
Another nice feature is that you can define a set of interesting locations and with one click call up the current weather at all those locations. Click on one location, and you get the detailed weather info. This not NOAA data, but rather reports from live weather stations located around the country. For example, I have 4 locations in my group, DFW airport, Dallas children's hospital, Juniper elementary school in Bend Oregon, and the county library in Akron Ohio, (my original home town.) In each case there is a set of weather instruments at the designated site along with a connection to the internet.
For more info, go to the Weather Bug (http://weather.weatherbug.com/) home page.
I have no connection to the weather bug company, I just like the product and thought that I would share it with you.
When there is a weather alert, Weather Bug will blink the temp icon on the task bar, or will beep you through your sound card.
Another nice feature is that you can define a set of interesting locations and with one click call up the current weather at all those locations. Click on one location, and you get the detailed weather info. This not NOAA data, but rather reports from live weather stations located around the country. For example, I have 4 locations in my group, DFW airport, Dallas children's hospital, Juniper elementary school in Bend Oregon, and the county library in Akron Ohio, (my original home town.) In each case there is a set of weather instruments at the designated site along with a connection to the internet.
For more info, go to the Weather Bug (http://weather.weatherbug.com/) home page.
I have no connection to the weather bug company, I just like the product and thought that I would share it with you.