The weather can cause a lot of headaches, and due to its questionable reliability, a new weather-related update to Google Earth might also become a source of frustration. But with options like “Clouds,” “Radar,” and “Conditions and Forecasts,” the update’s cool factor is likely to outweigh any complaints.
Google’s own Chris Castello explained some of the features in a
Castello then continued, “The ‘Radar’ layer contains a near real-time Doppler radar image of the United States, updated every 15 minutes. This data is being fed to us by the folks at Weather.com. We will shortly be rolling out radar for Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, and Europe as well.”
And as for that last option, “Weather.com is also providing us with observation and forecast data for nearly 50,000 cities worldwide; that’s what you see in the ‘Conditions and Forecasts’ layer.”
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