Storm Timer app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Thomas Clulow
First release : 17 Dec 2009
App size: 1.57 Mb
Storm Timer provides a quick and easy way to calculate the distance and direction of nearby thunder storms.
APP FEATURES
• Allows time measurement of thunder storms
• Accurate calculation of distance
• Uses current temperature for greater accuracy
• Displays distance in miles and kilometres
• Shows increases and decreases in distance
• Custom artwork and animations
• Sound and vibration effects
• Completely ad-free
APP DESCRIPTION
Tap once when you see the lightning, tap again when you hear the thunder.
Storm Timer uses this timing information along with the air temperature of your current location to very accurately calculate the proximity of the nearby storm.
When multiple readings are taken, Storm Timer uses this information to indicate whether the storm is moving towards you or away from you.
Tapping the on-screen reading switches Storm Timer between mile and kilometre display modes.
Latest reviews of Storm Timer app for iPhone and iPad
I think this is a cool app :)
This app would be really great if it used the light sensor that controls auto backlight dimming or the camera on an iPhone to detect the lightning. As well as use the microphone to listen and detect the thunder. This would be great for setting up a lightning auto detection logging ability that would log the time, location and estimated distance. It could also pull weather data off the net to determine the local temperature to increase accuracy. You could also use the compass of the 3gs to input the heading of where the lightning was spotted. Then you could actually plot the estimated location of the lightning on a map in the app.
Nice little free app. Cute animations. Its very basic: touch the screen once to start the timer, it starts counting. Touch it again, it makes a little thunder sound and vibrates, tells you how many miles away the lightning was. some easy enhancements: report in both english and metric keep a history of the date/time and the distance recorded.
Cute app.