Settings as of July 22 2023

Layer Opacity:

Live Mode: When turned on IW Pro will auto load new frames as they become available.

Velocity Color: Velocity 1 is red/blue (Environment Canada standard) and Velocity 2 is red/green (more commonly used)

Radar Placement Accuracy: Use a lower value if your device is slow (8) otherwise we recommend 11.

Labels and Boundaries:

Canadian Radar Noise Reduction: Turn on to remove the radar interference spikes (laser beams). Turn off to see features such as hail spikes and faint outflow boundaries.

Lightning Data: Turn off to see more town and city names.

Alerts: Turn on to see the ECCC alerts and Instant Weather updates.

• Examples
  • Jul 22, 2023 Example of bow echo-type storm with counter-rotating vortices Jul 22, 2023
  • Jul 23, 2023 Hail spike example Jul 23, 2023
• Features
  • Jul 17, 2023 Canadian Alerts Jul 17, 2023
  • Jul 24, 2023 Requested features - Updated Aug 10 Jul 24, 2023
  • Sep 9, 2023 Measurement tool in single mode Sep 9, 2023
  • Jul 9, 2024 Settings as of July 9 2024 Jul 9, 2024
  • Jul 10, 2024 IW StormRisk preview Jul 10, 2024
  • Jul 10, 2024 Mosaic Radar Layer Jul 10, 2024
  • Jul 10, 2024 U.S. alerts Jul 10, 2024
  • Jul 30, 2024 IW StormRisk is live Jul 30, 2024
  • Aug 26, 2024 IW StormRisk storm track arrows and colour key Aug 26, 2024
  • Aug 26, 2024 Listing and full description of alerts Aug 26, 2024
• Getting Started
  • Jun 3, 2023 Introducing Instant Weather Pro Jun 3, 2023
  • Jul 23, 2023 Settings as of July 22 2023 Jul 23, 2023
  • Jul 23, 2023 White screen on mobile - Update Aug 15 Jul 23, 2023
  • Nov 6, 2023 Settings as of Nov 6 2023 Nov 6, 2023
• How-to
  • Jul 22, 2023 Live Mode vs Regular Mode vs Historical Mode Jul 22, 2023
  • Jul 22, 2023 How to read radar Jul 22, 2023
  • Sep 6, 2023 Adding IW Pro to your Home Screen Sep 6, 2023
• News
  • Aug 16, 2023 Canadian Radar outage (Aug 16) resolved Aug 16, 2023
  • Sep 6, 2023 Recent Improvements as of Sept 6 Sep 6, 2023
  • Sep 9, 2023 Improved experience for Android mobile users Sep 9, 2023
  • Sep 9, 2023 Measurement tool in single mode Sep 9, 2023
• Resources
  • Jul 24, 2023 The Anatomy of the Life of a Supercell Jul 24, 2023
• Troubleshooting
  • Jul 22, 2023 Data errors Jul 22, 2023
  • Jul 23, 2023 White screen on mobile - Update Aug 15 Jul 23, 2023
  • Jul 24, 2023 Tip for map on mobile devices Jul 24, 2023
  • Sep 6, 2023 Adding IW Pro to your Home Screen Sep 6, 2023
  • Sep 9, 2023 Improved experience for Android mobile users Sep 9, 2023