Get up and running quickly with these step-by-step video guides that will teach
you how to use Weather Defender’s most powerful features:
Learn how to navigate the map in Weather Defender using your mouse and keyboard
as well as a quick overview of the main interface buttons and toolbars. (4:30)
Considered to be the most important feature in Weather Defender, Alert Perimeters
are customizable "safe zones" that can be used to receive advanced notification
of approaching weather threats. (4:24)
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Learn how to place custom locations on your map, representing friends or family
in other locales. With this feature, you will know exactly where dangerous weather
is in relation to their locations. (3:19)
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Know when to sound the "all-clear" by observing where the storms have been and where
they are likely going using the Animation feature in Weather Defender. (3:52)
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Learn how to create the perfect Weather Map, one suited to your exact needs because
it is built custom using our full library of Weather and Geographic Layers. (4:32)
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Position reporting, real-time chat, and integrated map-sharing are a few of the
unique features that enable you to interact in real-time with the growing community
of Weather Defenders. (3:55)
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Extend your storm-tracking abilities as you take advantage of Weather Defender's
more powerful features by learning the following
tips & tricks:
Learn how to add local county and neighborhood streets to your map and track real-time weather down to the street-level. (2:59)
Learn how to use the Palette Editor to customize contour layers in Weather Defender. In this tutorial, we create a Freezine Line on the Temperature layer, indicating the precise
location of freezing temperatures. (8:01)
Weather Defender can be configured to deliver weather alerts in a variety of ways.
Learn how to send weather alerts to an e-mail address or cell phone text message.
(7:32)
The
Add Point tool is the easiest way to add custom locations to your map -- and keep tab on family or friends.
But what if you have a long list of locations? This tutorial shows how you to import a table of locations
to your map in one fell swoop. (9:26)
Download 'Mountains' CSV file (sample list)NOTE: Download is in ZIP format, extract before using
A series of tutorials providing in-depth instruction on the most powerful weather
monitoring tool avialable in Weather Defender: Radar.
Learn how to track multiple doppler radar sites at the same time in your Weather
Defender map. (4:09)
You understand the basics, now learn about the more advanced Radar Products available in Weather Defender. (3:59)
Whether averting disaster or responding to hail-damage, these tutorials will teach
you the hail-tracking capabilities in Weather Defender.
Learn how to enable Hail Tracking features in Weather Defender, including Real-Time
Hail Indicators and Hail Damage Reports. (5:03)
Learn how to automatically receive notifications whenever severe hail is detected near your home or business
-- or any other location of your choosing. (4:02)
Predict what regions will be impacted by severe (damaging) hail using
Probabilistic Layers in Weather Defender (4:26)
Predict, detect, and guard against the most dangerous of all weather elements: Tornadoes.
Get up to speed and discover the essential Tornado tracking features available in
Weather Defender. (5:11)