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[Tim McCulloch]

Tim, not to hijack the thread... Seems like wind events, sometimes connected with storms, sometimes not, are a real problem for outdoor, summer festivals.  What is being used to get early warning of sudden wind events?  All I've found is http://hint.fm/wind/ .Great for seeing what is going on, but not really useful for any type of prediction.

frank

The best data is from areas surrounding airports with wind shear detection systems and TDWR, and NOAA has a new terrestrial wind product that is based on satellite observations.  Nothing "app-level" yet.

That said, Pykl3 Radar can be configured to display a wide variety of watches, warnings and special weather conditions.  The problem with any service that uses common carriers (like cellphone data or public wifi) is that when the weather starts looking iffy, everyone starts using data.  And then nobody has data.

[Michael Robertson]

I use rta pro. The paid version lets you calibrate and change the number of bands. Is it perfect, no, but it sure is handy.
AV tools is good.
A good scientific calculator
Box
Tapatalk
Tasker


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[Kevin McDonough]

hey

I've found Audio Tool to be fairly handy.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.julian.apps.AudioTool&hl=en

While you wouldnt obviously trust the built in mic on a phone for anything mission critical or anything, the SPL meter is good for ballpark figures once you set it roughly to match a meter, the RTA is good enough for picking out feedback frequencies when ringing out wedges, and its got a good selection of different options in the tone/noise generator.


Ultimate Guitar Tools
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ultimateguitar.tools&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS51bHRpbWF0ZWd1aXRhci50b29scyJd

Much like the drum key that constantly lives as a keyring on my keys so I've always got it with me, something like this also comes in handy in a pinch as a guitar tuner when your working with less pro acts who forget/break/cant use theirs.


k

[Matt Collins]

The best data is from areas surrounding airports with wind shear detection systems and TDWR, and NOAA has a new terrestrial wind product that is based on satellite observations.  Nothing "app-level" yet.

That said, Pykl3 Radar can be configured to display a wide variety of watches, warnings and special weather conditions.  The problem with any service that uses common carriers (like cellphone data or public wifi) is that when the weather starts looking iffy, everyone starts using data.  And then nobody has data.

For weather, the best that I have found is WeatherTap (but on the computer, not the phone). It's $7/month but gives you access to ALL of the radar data, the same level data that the news and NOAA gets. 

It has saved me a few times - www.WeatherTap.com

[Justice C. Bigler]

For weather, the best that I have found is WeatherTap (but on the computer, not the phone).

The best weather radar software out there is Gibson Ridge Level 2 or Level 3 are both $79. The Level 2 is a data hog, and only really used by people who are uber nerds about high resolution weather radar. GR Level 3 should be more than enough for most people in our industry. They both allow you to access all of the NWS NexRad weather radars all over the country. That said, I run GR Level 2, just because

On Mobile devices, Pykl3 or Radar Scope (which is available on either iDevices or Android) , both give you rel time access to the NexRad Level 3 data.

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