Features

Features you will find in the KCCI School Net 8 Desktop Weather Client:

Downloads School Net stations and data from the Internet
Automatically updates School Net data every minute (can be changed in the options)
Downloads Super Doppler 8 Radar and Super Doppler 8 Forecast image
Automatically updates Radar image ever five minutes (can be changed in the options)
Makes an icon in the system tray to allow the program to run in the background
Automatically updates weather and radar when minimized
Updating radar while minimized can be turned off in options
Provides full details of the current weather data formatted in a readable format like seen on the Weather Channel
Run when Windows starts
Provides six radar images: Metro, Statewide, Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast
Can cycle through any of the six radar images (downloads each one when selected) or any of the School Net stations
Support for HTTP proxy servers (required by some corporations and schools, proxy authentication not supported at this time)
If started while not online, sits in the background waiting for an Internet connection before starting
Support for station web cameras and the Iowa SkyCam Network
Support for data plots currently available from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet
Specify default view to go to on startup (School Net, Radar, or Forecast)
Specify how old data must be to display in red (one hour is default)
Change where the control panel is - on the right, left, or bottom of the window