New in Forecast Bar 11.9.
Precip Type on Smooth Radar, and the Precipitation 24 Hour and Snow 24 Hour totals up to three days ahead, arrive with version 11.9, which is on its way to the App Store. The Winter radar View, road layers and winter alerts are in the app today.
Winter weather in Forecast Bar, in short
- Precip Type
- Precip Type colors Smooth Radar by rain, snow, ice and freezing rain in the contiguous US, on the 2 Hour or 18 Hour timeline.
- Totals
- Precipitation 24 Hour and Snow 24 Hour show the total for the 24 hours ending at each frame, up to three days ahead.
- Winter View
- The Winter radar View sets Precip Type and turns on snow and ice road conditions, road alerts, road temperatures and cameras in one tap.
- Roads
- Road conditions, temperatures and cameras come from transportation agencies, so coverage varies by location.
- Alerts
- Severe weather alerts are delivered at the moment of issue for the United States (National Weather Service) and Canada (Environment and Climate Change Canada). Other features have their own regional coverage limits.
- Snow alerts
- A custom notification can tell you when forecast snow accumulation passes the amount you choose.
- Platforms
- Precip Type and the 24-hour totals are on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
- Plan
- Precip Type, the totals, road layers and custom alerts are part of Gold on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, and Pro on the Mac. Severe weather alerts start at Silver, or Plus on the Mac.
Rain, snow or ice, on the radar you already use.
Choose Precip Type and Smooth Radar colors itself by what's falling, with the same motion, forecast and scrubbing as the regular radar. Drag ahead to see when the changeover reaches you. Rain keeps the radar's usual colors, as in this frame from a rainy day.
- Four kinds: rain, snow, ice and freezing rain
- Stays on the 2 Hour or 18 Hour timeline you're on
- Snow, ice and freezing rain each get their own colors
- More on Smooth Radar on the radar page
Snow totals on the map and in your forecast.
Snow 24 Hour shades the map with the total for the 24 hours ending at each frame, so you can drag ahead to see where the heaviest band ends up. Your forecast says how long it lasts, and how much the day's forecast expects.
- Snow 24 Hour and Precipitation 24 Hour map layers
- Totals up to three days ahead, every 6 hours past the first 18
- A temperature-based snow ratio, so wet snow and powder aren't counted alike
- A custom alert when forecast accumulation passes your number
One tap for the whole winter map.
The Winter radar View sets the map to Precip Type and turns on snow and ice road conditions, weather road alerts, road and air temperatures, and cameras. Tap a camera to look at the road itself. More on the road conditions page.
- Set everything from the Views row in Overlays
- Road surface and air temperatures in pins on the map
- Cameras along the road, as live video or snapshots
- Save your own View for your commute
An honest note: what these maps can't promise.
Precip Type coloring covers the contiguous US. Outside it, and at the closest zoom levels, the radar draws in its normal colors. In Low Data Mode, the 24-hour totals stop at about 18 hours ahead.
Totals ahead of now are forecasts. Past hours of Precipitation 24 Hour use NOAA's MRMS observations over the contiguous US. Past snow, and past precipitation elsewhere, comes from the forecast at the time, so read it as an estimate and not a measurement.
Road information comes from transportation agencies. A road with no report isn't necessarily clear, and a temperature on its own doesn't confirm ice.
Questions about snow and winter weather
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Get ahead of the next storm.
Try Precip Type and snow totals free for 7 days with a new Gold subscription on iPhone or iPad.
Free to download; live weather requires a subscription. On iPhone and iPad, every subscription includes a 7-day free trial for new subscribers; Mac plans do not. Mac and iOS plans are separate; Apple TV is included with Forecast Bar Gold on iOS.
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