New Features Released for the Finnish Meteorological Institute's Local Weather App
As the summer season begins, the Finnish Meteorological Institute's Local Weather app gets an update. Most of the new features are related to the Map tab. These updates enhance the user experience and forecast accuracy.
Key Updates
Radar Image Update: The color scheme of the radar images will change to a blue-dominant scale, improving the visibility of precipitation on the maps.
Radar Image Combination Selection: Users can choose between the Finnish radar image combination (15-minute intervals) or the Scandinavian radar image combination (1-hour intervals).
Extended Forecast Period: The forecast period for radar precipitation extends to either four hours or 24 hours, depending on the selected radar animation.
Lightning Data: The highly requested lightning data will be overlaid on radar observations. This information indicates how much time has passed since a lightning strike. Lightning is classified as follows: red lightning struck at most 15 minutes ago, and yellow lightning struck 15-30 minutes ago. In the Scandinavian radar composite, yellow represents lightning that struck 15-75 minutes ago.
New Map Layers: New map layers include temperature and wind forecasts, with options for either one-hour or three-hour intervals. With one-hour intervals, the forecast length is 24 hours, and with three-hour intervals, the forecast length is three days.
Temperature Forecast: The temperature is displayed with color areas and numbers that scale according to the size of the area being viewed.
Wind Forecast: Wind data is shown using wind arrow direction, size, and color. The wind forecast arrows also scale according to the size of the area being viewed.
Weather Observations: Graphical daily observations, extending up to a month back in time, have been added to the weather data. This includes daily precipitation, the lowest ground temperature, and the daily extreme temperatures.