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Legal notices, data sources, and contact information for map.tektinkers.com.
Important disclaimer
US Weather Globe is provided for general information and exploration only. It is not for the protection of life or property and must not be used as your primary source for emergency weather decisions.
- Weather data on the map refreshes about once per minute and may lag behind actual conditions.
- Radar and satellite products are typically several minutes behind real time.
- The satellite pictures in the base map are a static photo mosaic and may be months or years old in some locations.
- NWS alert polygons cover official warning areas; your exact address may fall inside, outside, or on the edge of a zone.
- Wildfire layers show active incidents from public feeds and may not include every fire.
- Browser notifications, if you turn them on, can be blocked, delayed, or missed.
- You need an internet connection. The service is provided as available, with no uptime guarantee.
For warnings about immediate danger, use a NOAA Weather Radio receiver, Wireless Emergency Alerts on your phone, trusted local media, and weather.gov. Call 911 for emergencies.
Data sources and attribution
This site uses publicly available weather and map data, including:
- NOAA / NWS: active alerts, forecasts, MRMS radar, and related map layers from NOAA OpenGeo and related services.
- NOAA nowCOAST: GOES and global geostationary longwave (infrared) cloud imagery, so clouds show in daylight and at night.
- NIFC WFIGS: active wildfire perimeters, limited to fires above a minimum size.
- Esri World Topographic Map: optional topographic base map.
- Esri World Imagery: imagery hybrid base map. If Esri imagery is unavailable, the map uses NASA GIBS Blue Marble, along with Esri boundaries, places, and roads.
- Esri World Street Map: optional street base map.
- OpenStreetMap: address search and driving routes, using Nominatim and OSRM.
- Natural Earth: country and US state boundary lines.
- Cesium: the 3D globe.
Satellite images load in your browser from Esri and NASA, so an internet connection is required. Weather data comes from this site, which keeps recent NOAA and NWS responses so the map can load faster.
Trademarks
National Weather Service, NOAA, and related names and logos are used for descriptive attribution. NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards is a registered trademark of the National Weather Service, used here only to describe the type of public weather information available from official sources.
Esri, Cesium, Maxar, and other provider names are trademarks of their respective owners. US Weather Globe is a TekTinkers project and is not endorsed by NOAA, NWS, or Esri.
Privacy
Saved locations, alert preferences, and similar settings stay in your
browser (localStorage). They are not sent to this server unless you
use a feature that needs a network request, such as looking up an address or a forecast.
If you turn on browser notifications, alert checks run in your browser and use NWS data for the places you choose. The web server may keep standard access logs.
Weather radio towers
Purple tower icons on the map are online NOAA weather radio streams from public sources. Click a tower to listen. Streams may be delayed, and they are not for the protection of life or property.
Contact
US Weather Globe is part of TekTinkers.com. Questions and feedback about this map can go to tektinkers.com or the TekTinkers portal at portal.tektinkers.com.