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Location data (manual or automatic) and App Instance ID for core warning functionality Data controller is Michael Diener - Software e.K.; data is pseudonymized, stored in the EU, automatically deleted 180 days after last use
Cookies and similar for storing settings All settings for the app will be saved in the browser.
Cookies & Advertising ID for showing advertisement Data controller is Google; More Info & Settings
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App Instance ID, Advertising ID, and Cookies for analytics Data controller is Michael Diener - Software e.K.; data processor is Google Analytics; data is pseudonymized, might be stored outside of EU via Privacy Shield, automatically deleted after 14 months
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This weather app alerts you when rain is approaching. The alerts are a reliable short-term forecast based on near real-time data. This app is more precise and reliable than a traditional forecast.
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The original precipitation radar images of the mentioned weather services are used indirectly. Their data is extracted and processed before the Rain Alarm server generates a new radar image for this app. This means that the radar data displayed by this app might not be the same as of the originating weather service.
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3rd Party Libraries
The application uses the following libraries and is required to mention them:
Leaflet (License),
SoundManager 2 (License),
Dragdealer (License)
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This weather app alerts you when rain is approaching. The alerts are a reliable short-term forecast based on near real-time data. This app is more precise and reliable than a traditional forecast.
The data used originates from governmental weather services. Works in the USA (including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam), Canada, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, India, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Finland, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, Spain (including the Balearic and the Canary Islands), Slovenia, Croatia, Belarus, Ukraine.
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Map
A gray overlay indicates that there is no radar coverage. Light gray means temporarily no coverage and dark gray means permanently no coverage.
Notification
Example: ≈15mi (intensity 10%, area 50%)
Displays how close precipitation currently is. Additionally intensity and area are given as percentage. 100% for the intensity is the heaviest one measurable and for the area it is the full circle coverage defined by the search radius from the settings.
Defines how easy an alarm can be triggered. The lower the sensitivity the harder an alarm can be triggered.
Search interval
Defines how often a search is run and thus how often an alarm could be triggered.
Search radius
Defines in which distance around the current location we should search for precipitation. The larger the radius the earlier precipitation can be found and you'll be warned.
Sound
Volume
Reset to defaults
Acquire
A new location will be aquired by the method selected.
Remove
Your currect location will be removed from map and cache.
Options
Time format
Animation rate
Animation interval
Transparency
Radius visible
Reset to defaults
You can find more settings directly at your Rain Alarm extension.Extension settings
Quick how-to
This weather app alerts you when rain is approaching. The alerts are a reliable short-term forecast based on near real-time data. This app is more precise and reliable than a traditional forecast.
Extensions
If you don't want to keep the page in the background all the time just use one of the convenient extensions:
Extension
Download
Warning
Chrome is ending support for classic web apps and thus this app will stop working by June 2021 (on Chrome OS by June 2022). We strongly suggest you switch to our Chrome extension instead, that provides the very same functionality and will continue to work.
Follow these steps to switch: 1. Install our Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store 2. Remove our old Chrome web app: In a new tab, open "chrome://apps", right-click the app, select Remove from Chrome, and confirm
Manual location
Enter a place, location or address.
For this app to work a location is needed. This location can be cached anonymously on our server side and is NOT disclosed to any 3rd party. You are also able to set it later in the settings.
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