Boating

FIND

YOUR

ESCAPE.

HOW TO FLOAT

ON CLOUD NINE

TTT SERIES RT SERIES

LARSONESCAPE.COM

PHOTO: COURTESY MYRADAR

MyRadar NOAA

Weather Radar

Mobile App

My brother and I were on a hot streak,

catching one lake trout after another

aboard his 16-footer in the upper

reaches of Lake Michigan. Then the rain

closed in.

We debated whether or not to abandon

the fish and head for cover. I pulled out my

iPhone and opened the MyRadar NOAA

Weather Radar app. “According to this,

it’s just light rain and should be done in

less than a half-hour, and there’s nothing

behind it,” I reported.

Armed with that information, we

suited, booted and endured the brief

summer shower. Just as MyRadar indi-

cated, the storm passed through within

20 minutes, and we were back to fishing

for the rest of the day.

Being a weather geek, I’ve come to

enjoy using MyRadar, even when I am not

boating. Developed by Aviation Data

Systems, the 5-star-rated, free app has

been downloaded 17 million times. Light

rain shows as blue and progresses to

green, yellow, red, pink and purple for

heavier precipitation in high definition.

There are three background choices,

including gray, roads and aerial imagery.

You can enable a number of layers that

include animated real-time winds and

temperature shading. Turn on the NWS

Warning, and MyRadar will push out alerts

of dangerous weather. Download it at the

App Store for iOS devices or Google Play

for Android devices. — Jim Hendricks

Making Wave s

App of

the Month