Shows the forecast Australian weather patterns over the next few days, with zoom and save controls.
Simple and easy to use.
Puts a vast number of moving weather forecast maps at your fingertips.
Each set of maps consumes about 2MB of data so be aware of your data plan if using Mobile connections.
The app remembers your last selection and re-opens into that last selected Area and Weather/Wave type.
You can pinch/zoom and drag the images around the screen.
The images are copyright Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
oze-apps OzForecasts
Category:
Weather
Product #:
ozforecasts
Regular price: $1.00
$1.00
Available from: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ozeapp.ozweathermaps
Condition: New Release
In stock
Many maps are available:
Weather Locations are: Australia, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic/Tas, SA, WA, SE Asia, Tropics, Southern Hemisphere, World, SW Pacific.
Wave Locations are: Australia, NE Aust, NW Aust, SE Aust, SW Aust and Bass Strait.
| Weather Type | Weather Sub Types | Locations | >
| Temperature | Surface,1500,3000,5500 & 11000m | All Weather |
| Wind Direction and Speed | Surface,Gradient,1500,3000,5500 & 11000m | All Weather |
| GeoPotential Height | 1500,3000,5500 & 11000m | All Weather |
| MSLP and Thickness | n/a | All Weather |
| Relative Humidity | n/a | All Weather |
| Surface Pressure and Rainfall | n/a | All Weather |
| Dew Point | n/a | All Weather |
| Wave Type | Locations |
| Combined Sea Swell | All Waves |
| Primary Swell | All Waves |
| Secondary Swell | All Waves |
| Wind Waves | All Waves |
| Peak Wave Period | All Waves |
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INSTRUCTIONS for USE:-
Refer to the Legend in the picture above for the location of the various controls.
The 'save' button appears in the bottom right-hand corner above the zoom button.
The Weather or Wave types are in a drop-down box at the top Left-hand corner of the screen.
If a 'Sub Type' of the selected weather type is available, then another drop-down box is displayed in the top right-hand corner.
The map location (eg Australia, NSW, World..) can be selected from a drop-down box at the top centre of the screen.
A toggle at the centre bottom of the screen allows you to switch between Weather and Waves.
A Pause/Play control is available at the bottom Left-hand corner, just above the zoom button.
Zoom controls are at the bottom corners of the screen.
The latest location selected becomes the default location and will be used when you re-start the app.
If you have a touch screen, you can pinch, expand and drag the image to get a better look.
The "SAVE" button saves the current sequence of images to your Picture folder in "OzWeatherMaps" sub-folder.
The pics names are like: "location.type.dateHour.png"
eg: Aus.temp-3000m.2013062303.png
means: "forecast temperature for australia at 3000 metres at 3am on 23/6/2013".
