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Google Earth

Display Weather

SUMMARY: Display clouds and weather patterns from within Google Earth.

Using Google Earth and need to check out the current weather for your home town or the forecast for where you're traveling? Curious if rain or snow is on the way?

There's no need to open your web browser and check the weather reports when you can view cloud cover, radars, and forecasts from within Google Earth itself. Here's how:

In the sidebar on the left side of the Google Earth window, you should see a "Layers" section near the bottom. Next to "Weather" check the box to check the entire category of weather-related boxes:

* Clouds
* Radar
* Conditions and Forecasts
* Information

Google Earth will now display weather information, where available. You can even click on the weather icons to display detailed reports from The Weather Channel.

Weather information for Jacksonville Beach from Google Earth

If desired (and the display is too cluttered), you can turn off individual weather layers such as clouds or conditions and keep the radar displayed.

Note that the "Information" layer underneath Weather is a hyperlink that displays detailed information about the weather providers. From here you can also download a 24-hour cloud animation or 6-hour radar animation.

Note that this tip was written for Google Earth v4.3 Beta for Windows. Information and screenshots are subject to change between versions and operating systems.