Free weather games and tools built for southern Alberta. Several use live readings from our West Lethbridge station.
Weather games and tools
Daily Prairie PuzzlesA mini crossword, phrase puzzle, five-letter word and four groups, new every day. Weather and ham radio themes. Just for fun.Chinook TrackerOur last 20 hours of temperature, wind and pressure, with a plain-language chinook check.Wind RoseWhere the wind has blown from in the last hour, and how hard, from our station.Crosswind CheckerPick your highway and vehicle. Uses our live wind readings to show how hard the wind is pushing sideways.Frostbite ClockHow long until exposed skin freezes, using our live temperature and wind.Lightning Distance CounterCount from the flash to the thunder to find how far away the storm is.Dew Point Comfort MeterWhy some summer days feel sticky and others feel fine.Hail Size CompareFrom pea to softball: see hail sizes to scale and what each can do.Lethbridge DaylightSunrise, sunset and day length through the year, on Alberta time.Feels-Like ExplainerSlide temperature, wind and humidity to see wind chill and humidex the way Environment Canada does.Snow to WaterHow much water is really in that snowfall, from wet spring snow to dry prairie powder.Frost and Growing SeasonTypical Lethbridge frost dates, and the frost risk for the day you want to plant.Cloud IdentifierAnswer a few questions to name the cloud you’re looking at and the weather it brings.
Ham radio games and tools
Daily Prairie Puzzles (ham edition)The daily mini crossword and word games with a ham radio theme. Just for fun.Morse Code ChallengeLearn and practise Morse code letters by sight, at your own pace.APRS Packet JourneyFollow a position report from a radio to the internet, step by step.
See all ham radio tools on VE6DOK.net →
Other weather visualizers we like
- Windy
Animated wind, rain and temperature maps - Ventusky
Weather maps and forecast layers - Earth (nullschool)
Global wind and weather globe - LightningMaps.org
Live lightning strikes - Zoom Earth
Live satellite and storm tracking - NOAA Aurora Forecast
Northern lights outlook for the next 30 minutes - FireSmoke Canada
Wildfire smoke forecast
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