WHAT’S NEW:
• New Data Source Support
Leverage a variety of new local and global datasets to provide viewers with greater insight to weather impacts in your areas.
- US/Canada, Alaska, Hawaii Composite Radar – updated every 5-10 minutes, 1km resolution, with reflectivity and type.
- National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) – official forecast from the US National Weather Service.
- XWeather (a Vaisala Company) observations, forecast, maritime, and air quality data.
- High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) – hourly updated model known for its ability to provide detailed forecasts, particularly for short-term, high-impact weather events.
- Global Surface Analysis for current condition visuals anywhere in the world.
- Mercator Global Ocean for sea surface temperatures, anomalies, salinity, sea ice, currents, and tides.
- Global Forecast System (GFS) Wave for wave and swell data.
WHAT’S IMPROVED
• Voyager Raiden Plugin – Design Tools
Provided as simple drag-and-drop tools, Designers are able to build DataLinq-driven weather assets in Voyager without manual scripting or blueprints. This feature set enables Designers to quickly create and deploy virtual weather productions.
• Model Cycle Update Control
Control whether your Stories or Templates remain fixed on the user-selected model cycle, retaining your data choices and forecast edits, or if they automatically update each time you open a Story. Model cycles now display as available once they have successfully processed.