Oh The Weather Outside is Frightful

Well, as we get hit with a fairly bad storm and now freezing rain here in Souther Ontario I was exploring, of course weather tools.  Lots out there and mostly all the same.  And then I cam across an interesting one I though I'd share called Weather Bonk.  Yeah, weird name but cool site.  What do I like about it? 

Well first, they've leverage Google Maps and that is really well done.  With Google Map as the centre piece, they layer on after you select radar, real time weather info.  Temperature and precipitation, if I understand the map.
Around the map, they've made it very "portal like", aggregating data from other sources.  I like how they show traffic cams on the left that change as you zoom in or navigate to other parts of the map.  If there is no traffic cam in that area, they'll show you the closest one and tell you the distance from your location to that camera.  Nothing beats a good visual of a jammed highway with cars stuck in the snow to really drive home the fact that you shouldn't....well...drive home.

I also like how they have a feature called Route Weather.  You give it your starting and ending point (i.e., where you are leaving from and where you are trying to go) and it'll tell you when the best time to go will be.  Very neat feature.

Hopefully, if you're reading this in an area where you got hit by snow and ice, you got home safe and sound.

Comments

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Good news

thank you