I-RAD: Interactive Radar

The spring has been full of bad weather, and this evening is no different. The KC metro area is under a tornado watch until midnight. The local meteorologists here are very sensational and down right ridiculous about the weather. Any time there is even a chance of severe weather in the area you can count on having normal television interrupted for hours and hours of live coverage from weather centers on all local channels.

But lucky for me, I can now take the anxiety inducing weather people (especially Katie Horner on channel 5, she is the WORST) out of my life with I-RAD, the new interactive radar that KMBC-9 rolled out this week:


It is way cool! If you zoom in, you can click on the weather icons that tell you what kind of weather to expect from each cell. If you hover over the icons, it will show you a time line for the storm and where it is expected to go. Click on the picture above to check it out for yourself in your area.