WeatherBug is an app that is the lightning monitor and flash flooding monitor for Hubbard Family Swim School. It provides a 10 mile radius to your specific location and will track the nearest lightning strike to you.
- Search for and download WeatherBug by Earth Networks, it is free, and offered for iOS and Android.
- Open the app and accept the terms and conditions.
- Allow WB to access your location.
- Allow for notifications.
- Top and center of the screen it says Phx, AZ with a side arrow...this is your locations list. Click on it.
- Drop down menu appears and to the top right is a plus sign. This is where you add locations.
- Click the plus sign. Enter Zip Code. Use your specific site/camp zip code as listed below.
- Select the city, which is the first name listed for weather station below.
- A map appears. Line with the blue antennae and a blue i...select that. select the nearest weather station.
- Make sure the blue check is in the correct weather station. Hit it again and Done appears in top right. Select Done. Return to the Location page.
- Hit the small grey X….it will blank out the line and you can rename the location to your camp name. PV, TB etc. “Enter nickname.”
- Selecting the location on the left where the red pin is uses it as your main location. Selecting it to the right lets you edit the info.
| Location | Zip Code | Weather Station |
| 32nd Street | 85032 | Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
| Peoria | 85381 | Challenge Charter School |
| Riverview/ Mesa | 85201 | Montessori House Charter School |
| Goodyear | 85395 | Littleton Elementary School District |
- Close out of manage locations...upper left.
- You will return to the homepage. Middle top will show which location is your current focus.
- Click on the WeatherBug icon top left corner. Drop down menu appears. At the bottom is Spark, the lightning monitor. Click on it. Accept terms & conditions.
- Scanning the sky…..it will show you the nearest lightning strikes to you and give the distance.
- Zoom in on the map. You will see a red and blue pin
- BLUE is where you currently are, RED is your entered location. Notice the circles around the red pin: 10, 20, 30 mile radius. That’s important - if lightning is inside the 10 mile radius circle...then Lightning EAP.
- WeatherBug icon in upper left of home page...manage your account.
- Exclamation point inside triangle in upper right...weather alerts listed here