It covers the United States and starts with an overview of the country followed by a picture map of the U.S.,with all the Radars hyperlinked. Each view is updated every 15 minutes, which means that you can access what is essentially real-time data. Extras contains information on satellite looping and highlights the latest model developments, a quick view forecast and outlooks. Satellite Loops provides a moving picture of the U.S. weather. You can select your preferred number of frames to view in your loop with a minimum of four frames.
Area forecasts presents an abbreviated outlook of a state's weather.
Finally, there is a turbulence data display which allows the user to select a time period and pressure altitude from 2,000 to 42,000 feet, graduated in thousand foot increments. Forecasts for Freshmen begins with Current Weather which is an analysis of the U.S. weather patterns for the past hour. Today's Forecast presents a surface analysis forecast for the next 24 hours while Tomorrow's Forecast presents the same data for the next 48 hours. U.S. Forecast Highs and Lows are the current day's temperature extremes for the nation. Please be alert for a presentation on Heads-Up Displays coming to the SafePIC site soon.