Hurricane Watch for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 9, 2008

This user-friendly application provides basic information about hurricanes both past and present. When you launch Hurricane Watch, you'll see a map that's centered on the East Coast of the United States, though you can zoom in to see specific states or out to view the entire planet. A toolbar helps you navigate the globe, but you'll do most of your important work via the FindStorms menu item. Once there, you'll locate hurricanes by specifying different criteria, including wind speed, location, month, and year. Then you simply select the storm you want to learn about, and the application will map it for you, displaying its path and wind speed at various times. You will find a few tools for customizing the appearance of the interface, including one that lets you add your own locations to the map. Science buffs, storm chasers, and users with an interest in meteorology are bound to find Hurricane Watch a valuable resource.

Hurricane Watch for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: April 25, 2002

Latest update: November 9, 2008

Version: 2.4

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows ME
Windows 95
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows 98

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/XP

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Total Downloads: 53,390

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3.5/5

2 User Votes

not to easy to navigate, but ok over-all
kncerdocAugust 16, 2009
Pros
Free, ok graphics. Can be customized to your preferences. once you master the quirks it becomes pretty straight forward.
Cons
Takes a while to get info you are interested in. No user instruction. It took a while of trial and error to get the information of the latest storms and the relationship to my home town. Does not have a predicted storm path feature.
Summary
easy to use once you get it customized, you must manually update the latest data, no screen saver capability, no storm path prediction capability. But it's free.
well worth the download.
May 20, 2002
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Developer’s Description

By Joel Graffman

Record and track hurricanes on your PC.

With this easy method for recording and displaying hurricane information, storm tracks are displayed on a world-view, high-resolution globe on which you can easily zoom in to any location. Bearing, distance, and ETA to any geographic location can be instantly displayed. The globe display also can be used as a general geographic aid for countries, cities, states, rivers, and lakes. A database of all Atlantic hurricanes from 1950 through 2001 is included, and you can easily get updates on current storms via FTP.