Everyone’s favorite little digital planet, Google Earth, recently received an update including new layers to display real-time weather information, including radar, clouds and forecasts. I, along with most everyone else it seems, has been wondering what took so long.

Although I didn’t find it right away, this update also includes looped radar and cloud animations. You can find it by clicking the “Information” tab under the Weather grouping, which offers links to download the 24-hour cloud animation or 6-hour radar animation. I’ve noticed these animations aren’t as fluid or high resolution as can be found directly on Weather.com, but its a good feature I hope they eventually refine.

Either way, this should make your Google Earth flight simulator adventures all the more realistic!

Google Earth 

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