FIELD MANUAL
Guides, Trackers & Maps
Everything you need to read the planet on one live map — how the radar and satellite layers work, live event hubs, and location pages. New entries are added regularly.
Guides
7 ENTRIESPlain-English field guides to reading the map.
FIELD GUIDE · Weather BasicsWhat Is an Atmospheric River? (And How to Spot One)A plain-English guide to atmospheric rivers — the ribbons of moisture that deliver the heaviest rain and mountain snow — and how to spot one on live satellite and radar.2 MINFIELD GUIDE · Weather BasicsHow to Read Weather Radar: What the Colors Actually MeanA plain-English guide to reading weather radar — what the green, yellow and red colors mean, how the dBZ scale works, and how to tell rain from hail or a gust front.3 MINFIELD GUIDE · Satellite & ImageryHow to Track Wildfires and Smoke from SpaceSatellites spot wildfire hotspots and trace smoke plumes in near real-time. Here's how fire detection works and how to follow a fire on a live map.2 MINFIELD GUIDE · Weather BasicsRadar vs. Satellite: Which Weather Map Should You Use?Weather radar and satellite imagery answer different questions. Here's the difference, when to use each, and why reading them together beats either alone.2 MINFIELD GUIDE · Tropical WeatherThe Saffir-Simpson Scale: What Hurricane Categories MeanCategory 1 to 5 explained — the wind speeds behind each hurricane category, what damage to expect, and why category alone doesn't tell the whole story.1 MINFIELD GUIDE · Satellite & ImageryWhat Is GeoColor Satellite Imagery? How Live Cloud Maps WorkGeoColor is the lifelike satellite imagery behind modern live cloud maps. Here is how it is made, why it changes between day and night, and how to read it.3 MINFIELD GUIDE · Weather BasicsWhy Is Weather Radar Empty When It's Raining?It's raining outside but the radar map looks clear. Here's why that happens — radar beam height, the curve of the Earth, terrain blocking and more.1 MIN
Trackers
2 ENTRIESFocused, live hubs for active weather events.
LIVE TRACKER · Tropical WeatherAtlantic Hurricane Season Tracker: Live Storms, Radar & SatelliteTrack the Atlantic hurricane season live — storm positions on satellite, rain bands on radar, and the flights and shipping in their path, all on one map.2 MINLIVE TRACKER · WildfireWildfire Tracker: Live Active Fire Map, Satellite & WindTrack active wildfires live — current named fire events, NASA heat detections on satellite, and the wind steering their spread, all on one map.2 MIN
Locations
15 ENTRIESLive radar and satellite for specific places.
LOCATION · United StatesChicago Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Chicago — track severe thunderstorms, lake-effect snow and fast-moving fronts across the city and Lake Michigan in real time.1 MINLOCATION · United StatesDenver Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Denver — track hailstorms, upslope snow, thundersnow and fast Colorado weather swings along the Front Range in real time.2 MINLOCATION · United Arab EmiratesDubai Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Dubai — track rare but intense desert rainstorms, dust and heat across the UAE in real time on one map.1 MINLOCATION · United StatesHouston Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Houston — track heavy Gulf downpours, flash flooding, severe storms and tropical systems across Southeast Texas in real time.1 MINLOCATION · United KingdomLondon Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive weather radar and satellite cloud imagery for London, plus flights, storms and more — all on one real-time map. How to read conditions over the capital.2 MINLOCATION · United StatesLos Angeles Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Los Angeles — track rare rain, the marine layer, Santa Ana winds and wildfire smoke across the LA basin in real time.1 MINLOCATION · United StatesMiami Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Miami — track daily thunderstorms, tropical systems and hurricanes across South Florida in real time on one map.1 MINLOCATION · IndiaMumbai Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Mumbai — track the southwest monsoon, intense downpours and flooding across India's west coast in real time on one map.1 MINLOCATION · United StatesNew Orleans Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for New Orleans — track Gulf thunderstorms, tropical systems, hurricanes and heavy rain flooding across southeast Louisiana in real time.1 MINLOCATION · United StatesNew York City Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive weather radar and satellite for New York City — track rain, snow, nor'easters and coastal storms over the five boroughs in real time on one map.1 MINLOCATION · United StatesPhoenix Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Phoenix — track monsoon storms, haboob dust walls, extreme heat and dry lightning across the Valley in real time.2 MINLOCATION · United StatesSeattle Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Seattle — track atmospheric rivers, marine-layer drizzle, the rain shadow and Pacific storms across the Puget Sound in real time.2 MINLOCATION · AustraliaSydney Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Sydney — track southerly busters, east coast lows and summer storms across New South Wales in real time on one map.1 MINLOCATION · JapanTokyo Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Tokyo — track the rainy season, summer downpours and typhoons across the Kanto region of Japan in real time on one map.1 MINLOCATION · CanadaToronto Weather Radar & Live Satellite MapLive radar and satellite for Toronto — track lake-effect snow, summer thunderstorms and fast-moving fronts across southern Ontario in real time.1 MIN
THE MAIN EVENT
All of this comes together on the live map.