/NOAA-Animator

View real time level III radar images in Google Earth

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NOAA Animator GUI

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View real time level III radar images in Google Earth.

Operation

This Python 3.X program lets you view near real-time Level III radar gif's in google earth. It parses radar.weather.gov for the requested transparent gifs then creates a time based animation of the images in Google Earth.

Generates a KML file based on a timer you select the interval for. Load this KML file into Google Earth as a "Network Link" under "Add" and select a refresh interval.

Dependencies: urllib, os, tkinter, itertools, decimal, glob, time, bs4

DATA direcotry is required for correct image placement.