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How to Use Weather Hub

A quick walkthrough of every section in the app — what it shows, where the data comes from, and what to watch for during severe weather.

Searching for a Location
How to load weather data for any US city

Type a US city and state (e.g. Nashville, TN) into the search bar and press Go — or tap Use My Location to load weather for your current GPS position.

Your last-searched location is remembered automatically, so it reloads the next time you visit. You can also save favorites by clicking the star icon after searching.

Including the state abbreviation (e.g. Paris, TX vs Paris, KY) ensures you get the right city when the name appears in multiple states.
Morning Briefing
A quick daily summary at the top of the page

The collapsible Morning Briefing card gives you a fast rundown before you scroll: today's conditions and high/low, tomorrow's outlook, current alert status, and a plain-English clothing suggestion.

Tap anywhere on the card header to expand or collapse it. The briefing updates automatically whenever weather or alert data refreshes — every 5 minutes for weather, every 60 seconds for alerts.

Your Day at a Glance
Current conditions snapshot

The hero card shows the current temperature, feels-like, and a short description of today's outlook. Below it, the conditions grid breaks down wind speed and direction, humidity, dew point, UV index, and visibility — all updated every 5 minutes from Open-Meteo.

The Past 24 Hours precipitation chart shows hourly rainfall totals from the last day so you can get a sense of what's already fallen.

Active Severe Weather Alerts
Real-time NWS warnings, watches, and advisories

Alerts are pulled directly from the National Weather Service every 60 seconds. When multiple alerts are active, they're sorted by severity so the most critical warning always appears first.

Tap any alert card to see the full NWS report text, including the affected area, effective and expiration times, and the issuing forecast office. A link to the complete report on weather.gov is included at the bottom of each detail view.

Tornado Warning Tiers
Tornado Emergency
Extremely rare. Confirmed violent tornado with catastrophic damage expected. Take shelter immediately.
PDS Tornado Warning
Particularly Dangerous Situation. A large or very strong tornado is occurring or expected. Highest urgency short of an emergency.
Confirmed Tornado
Tornado confirmed by spotters or radar. Radar-confirmed debris signatures or spotter reports indicate a tornado is on the ground.
Radar Indicated
Tornado-producing rotation detected on radar. A tornado has not yet been confirmed visually but conditions are highly favorable.
Alert Priority Order

When multiple alerts are active simultaneously, they appear in this order: Tornado Emergency → PDS Tornado Warning → Observed Tornado Warning → Tornado Warning → Destructive SVR Warning → Severe Thunderstorm Warning → Flash Flood Warning → Flood Warning → Tornado Watch → SVR Watch → Flash Flood Watch → Flood Watch → Flood Advisory.

Polygon-based warnings (Tornado Warnings, SVR Warnings, Flash Flood Warnings) are filtered to your exact coordinates — if you're outside the warned polygon, the warning won't appear even if it covers part of your county. This is intentional and matches how the NWS targets these products.
Live Radar
NWS NEXRAD radar for your area

The radar panel loads the nearest NWS NEXRAD radar station automatically based on your location's forecast office (WFO). You can open it full-screen on weather.gov using the button below the radar view, or navigate to the full WFO page for additional products.

Radar data has a built-in delay of a few minutes. For rapidly moving storms, always use the NWS full radar page alongside this tool rather than relying solely on the embedded view.
The Week Ahead
7-day forecast with expandable detail cards

Each day shows a high/low, precipitation probability, and a condition summary. Tap any day card to expand it and see additional detail: feels-like range, total precipitation, rain and snow breakdown, max wind and gusts, UV index, and sunrise/sunset times.

On days forecast as thunderstorms, the expanded view shows the SPC Convective Outlook risk level for Days 1–3, pulled directly from the Storm Prediction Center. For Days 4–7, SPC categorical data isn't available, so only the model-derived condition is shown.

SPC Risk Levels
TSTM General Thunder Storms possible, low organized severe risk
MRGL Marginal Isolated severe storms possible
SLGT Slight Scattered severe storms expected
ENH Enhanced Numerous severe storms likely
MDT Moderate Significant severe weather event expected
HIGH High Particularly dangerous situation — rare
⚠️ Forecast data comes from Open-Meteo weather models. Precipitation totals and storm labels are model estimates, not official NWS forecasts. Always monitor the NWS and check active alerts for the most accurate severe weather information.
Data Sources
Where the information comes from

Weather Hub pulls from multiple public, free, no-key-required data sources:

Open-Meteo — current conditions, hourly forecast, 7-day daily forecast, precipitation history. Updated every 5 minutes in the app.
National Weather Service (NWS) — severe weather alerts, radar, forecast office data. Alerts refresh every 60 seconds.
Storm Prediction Center (SPC) — convective outlook risk levels for Days 1–3 on storm days. Fetched on each location search.
BigDataCloud — reverse geocoding for the Use My Location feature only. Not used for any other requests.

Weather Hub is a personal project and is not affiliated with NOAA, NWS, or the Storm Prediction Center. Data is provided as-is. Always confirm severe weather information with official NWS sources.

Beta Tool — Important Disclaimer
Please read before relying on this tool for safety decisions

WeatherBen's Weather Hub is a personal project currently in beta testing. It is not an official source of weather information and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), NOAA, the Storm Prediction Center, or any government agency, news organization, or official weather provider.

Data displayed in this tool is sourced from publicly available third-party APIs including Open-Meteo, the NWS API, and the NOAA MapServer. While every effort is made to display this data accurately, no guarantees are made about the completeness, timeliness, or accuracy of any information shown.

This tool is intended as a supplementary reference only. Do not use Weather Hub as your sole source of information during severe weather events. Always consult official NWS products, your local forecast office, and emergency management authorities when severe weather threatens your area.

By using this tool, you acknowledge that it is provided as-is without warranty of any kind, and that the developer assumes no liability for decisions made based on information displayed here.

Official severe weather information is always available at weather.gov and through the NWS wireless emergency alert system on your phone.