Features

Every tool a chaser needs.

From dual-pol products to lightning density, Vortex Viewer packs professional-grade radar tools into an interface anyone can use.

Dual-Pol Products

Correlation Coefficient, Differential Reflectivity, and Specific Differential Phase all available with a single click.

Lightning Overlay

Live cloud-to-ground and intracloud strike data, with density heatmaps that update every 30 seconds.

Storm Cell AI

Our detection engine flags mesocyclones, TVS signatures, and hail cores before they hit the sirens.

Road & Terrain

OpenStreetMap-based tiles with terrain shading help you plan intercepts and escape routes in real time.

SPC & NWS Alerts

Mesoscale discussions, watches, warnings, and outlooks synced directly from official sources.

GPS Chase Mode

Center the radar on your live position, record your chase track, and export KML files after the event.

Severe signatures, instantly flagged.

Vortex Viewer's detection engine paints storm polygons, lightning strikes, and rotation markers directly on the radar — so you can read the danger at a glance.

Hook echo detection
Line of cells with strike arrows

Chase arrows and strike tracking.

Directional arrows pair with live strike counts so you always know which cell is intensifying and which way it's moving.

Built by chasers. Refined by meteorologists.

Vortex Viewer is developed in collaboration with field chasers and research meteorologists, ensuring the product you see in the viewer is the one you'd see on a workstation.

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