NOAA Weather Radio

[LesCimes]

Has anyone gotten into re-broadcasting your local NOAA Weather Radio stream? I've been rebroadcasting to the Internet NOAA for several years.

Here is a link to the Weather Underground site, not so easily found via their main page.
http://www.wunderground.com/wxradio/index.html

Fun to listen to weather reports from around the country, e.g. Hawaii (Maui), California, etc. Or for those in Californian you might find Georgia weather reports interesting. I have seen upwards to 30 listeners on the broadcast during bad weather. So, it does have a community service aspect to it. Try it out.

[Felix]

Didn't even know WU supported this.

I use a little $2 iPhone/iPad app (HD) called NOAA Weather Radio written by Chris Coudriet. Like most other similar NOAA apps, it rebroadcasts some 200+ NOAA Radio Stations but what I like is that it pushes alerts (and quickly) to your Apple mobile device even if the app isn't opened or even if it is locked or asleep. The alerts come accompanied by a very distinctive tone which can't be missed.

Like having a weather radio in your pocket!

http://crushedboxsoftware.com/nwrapp/index.html

[Blicj11]

LesCimes:

Thanks for the list.

Felix:

Thanks for the heads up on the app.

I haven't really paid much attention to the NOAA forecasts. Because of the remote location where I live, I have found the most accurate forecast is actually the Wunderground forecast modified for the latitude and longitude of my weather station. Their modified forecast is far more accurate that the same from NOAA.

[Felix]

I can see why that would be your case, Blick.

I'm within 10 miles of a NOAA station and it's nice to get timely push alerts about tornados and other extreme weather conditions. Even info on an earthquake and the effect on a state nuclear power plant (a controlled shutdown was initiated since the quake caused ground movement at nearly twice the level the plant was designed to safely withstand).

[LesCimes]

I use a little $2 iPhone/iPad app (HD) called NOAA Weather Radio written by Chris Coudriet. Like most other similar NOAA apps, it rebroadcasts some 200+ NOAA Radio Stations but what I like is that it pushes alerts (and quickly) to your Apple mobile device even if the app isn't opened or even if it is locked or asleep. The alerts come accompanied by a very distinctive tone which can't be missed.
Like having a weather radio in your pocket!

Might the app you mention be pulling the broadcast off of WU? NOAA doesn't send its broadcast over the Internet, so someone local must be re-broadcasting the over-the-air transmission to the Internet. I don't know if there is another web site that is aggregating re-broadcasts of NOAA weather radio.
Note, the WU app for iPhone has a radio feature as well which enable listening to NOAA radio via your iPhone.

PS I enjoy having Internet access to the radio via iPhone as well. Pretty handy.

[elagache]

Dear LesCimes, Felix, Blick, and WeatherCat fans,

I used to listen to the NOAA Weather Radio a lot.  I would turn it on typically while shaving and that was a quick way to find out what was going on with the weather.  During my scuba diving days I would always have my weather radio with me so that we could get updates on conditions while in route and during the diving day.

Now-a-days I usually just check my local National Weather Service website.  There is more information there than you can get on the radio.  In particular, I start with the forecast discussion and that gives me most of the information I need to know.  Quite often there is little point to look at the actual forecast once I understand what the weather models are depicting.

I suppose once my trusty wagon is healthy once more, perhaps I would return to using my weather radio while on trips.

I use a little $2 iPhone/iPad app (HD) called NOAA Weather Radio written by Chris Coudriet. Like most other similar NOAA apps, it rebroadcasts some 200+ NOAA Radio Stations but what I like is that it pushes alerts (and quickly) to your Apple mobile device even if the app isn't opened or even if it is locked or asleep. The alerts come accompanied by a very distinctive tone which can't be missed.

Like having a weather radio in your pocket!

http://crushedboxsoftware.com/nwrapp/index.html

Hmm, very interesting app indeed!  I just went ahead and bought it!

Cheers, Edouard