Getting your forecast with the AccuWeather app's interactive map

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Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter highlights the AccuWeather app's interactive map, where you can view radar for precipitation, temperature and cloud cover in your area.

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00:00There are many tools on the AccuWeather app to help you to make the best decisions that

00:04are on weather-related items.

00:06One of those tools is the interactive maps that we have, and we'll delve into that on

00:10the free AccuWeather app today.

00:11I'll start over in Redding, California, but of course you can select any location around

00:16the country and around the world to look at your local forecast information.

00:20If you tap down on Radar and Maps down on the bottom tab, that will bring up the latest

00:26local radar.

00:27That's how it zooms into your area, and you're looking at the current view, but you can also

00:32scroll back with the scroll bar here on the bottom.

00:35You could scroll backwards to see what's happened over the last couple of hours, or scroll forward,

00:40and that allows you to see the next two hours and how the weather can evolve.

00:43Rain in the red, blue indicating the areas of snow, and of course you can, this is a

00:48fully interactive map, so you can actually just zoom back and pan around the country

00:53wherever you want in order to look at what's going on from coast to coast.

00:56There are many other maps available as well.

00:58If you click on the top, you can look at the clouds that are occurring, and another tap

01:03on Temperature, and you can look at temperatures across the country and your local area, and

01:07again, the temperatures will show up on the map as you pan and zoom, and you can see all

01:11the colors behind it as well, helping you get a sense of the different air masses that

01:16are around.

01:17Finally, tap on All Maps, and you're able to look at all of the different maps that

01:21are available on the AccuWeather app, including all the government watches and warnings that

01:26are available across the country.

01:28You can find an area that has one in effect, tap on it, and pull up more information to

01:32see that that's a red flag warning, and here's all the details.

01:35So these are just some of the few helpful map layers that are available on the AccuWeather

01:40app.

01:41AccuWeather has been proven to be the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings.

01:44Download the AccuWeather free app today.

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