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What is Baron Threat Net?
Threat Net is a web and mobile tablet weather briefing site designed to keep people and assets safe. The subscription site includes patented weather data designed to inform and help organizations make decisions ahead of impactful weather conditions.
What web browsers/devices are supported?
We currently support the latest versions of Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari, as well as iPad 2 and above. It’s available on computers and tablets with compatible browsers. There is no mobile phone browser support at this time.
How do I sign up?
Select the industry that fits you best. Pricing options are available on each industry-specific page.
Can I use Baron Threat Net on multiple computers at the same time?
Yes. Each subscription is licensed for (2) two devices.
Does or can Baron Threat Net use my GPS location?
Yes, as of the February 2016 update, Baron Threat Net can pinpoint your location on the weather map. Please note that this feature requires a 3G or 4G-capable tablet.
What kind of data can I get from Baron Threat Net?
In addition to essentials like nationwide radar, satellite imagery and more, we’ve created industry-targeted packages for specific applications. Please visit the page for the industry that most applies to you to learn more about everything available.
Are any subscription discounts available, and if so, under what conditions?
Organizational discounts are available. Please email [email protected] for multi-license subscriptions or special packages.
Does or can Baron Threat Net send weather alerts to my smart phone or e-mail?
No, this feature is not currently supported.
What kind of customer support is available?
Support is currently available via email, at [email protected].
What are the sources for the weather data?
The sources of weather data include Baron, the National Weather Service, and various other industry-leading weather data providers.
How often does the data refresh?
For “live” radar products, update times range from 5-15 minutes. For forecast model products, update times are every 6 hours. All products are immediately updated as available.
How is the data delivered?
All data products are delivered via the Internet, so your broadband Internet or cellular data connection will work fine.
What is U.S. Future Radar?
The Future Radar product provides a glimpse into the future, incorporating NEXRAD reflectivity data and projecting the growth, movement and decay of storms up to 60 minutes in advance. The entire process is powered by a series of complex algorithms supplied by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
What is High Resolution U.S. Radar?
This product is created from reflectivity radar data, which is then quality controlled to remove any false returns. A composite of all NEXRAD radars is taken which then provides a mosaic image covering the United States. This product has a resolution of 250 meters and contains 256 colors. It refreshes every 5 minutes.
What is Canadian Radar?
Canadian Radar delivers an image of current precipitation intensity that covers the majority of Canada.
What is the Lightning product?
The Cloud to Ground Lightning product displays real-time lightning strikes. You can click on a strike to display its position, intensity, and the time the strike was recorded. This data is provided by Earth Networks Total Lightning Network.
A few notes about this data:
  • Lightning data is pinpoint-accurate. When the map is zoomed out, a group of strikes will be presented as a smaller cluster. Zoom in to see individual strikes at street-level.
  • The data is displayed in real-time as strikes occur.
  • White lightning icons indicate a positive strike, which is the more destructive type. Yellow icons indicate a negative strike.
  • Click a lightning icon to see the intensity of the strike. For positive the strikes, the higher the value, the stronger the strike. For negative strikes, a larger negative value (e.g., -25) is stronger than a smaller value (e.g., -5).
  • The size of each icon is based on its intensity. The higher the intensity number or the larger the icon, the more powerful the strike.
What are NWS Watches and Warnings?
The National Weather Service issues watches and warnings based on either pre-defined county outlines, pre-defined offshore marine zones, or short-lived, unique polygons outlining a specific weather system. The county and marine zone alerts warn everyone within the county or zone borders, while the polygon-based alerts are more specific, alerting only those affected by the weather inside the polygon.
What are NWS Storm Tracks?
These color-coded arrows show the speed and direction of severe weather, like strong storms, hail, and rotating storms (Meso/TVS). The storm track originates from the center of the storm. Click a Track to get a detailed breakdown of expected conditions. With the slider, you can project a storm cell’s movement up to an hour in advance.
There are five types of NWS storm tracks. Each indicates a different type of weather threat:
  • TVS – The Tornado Vortex Signature, indicated by a pink storm track, means that an intense concentrated rotation in an area of a storm has been detected. This indicates an increased probability of a tornado.
  • Meso – This purple storm track indicates a region of rotation, typically around 2-6 miles in diameter that has been detected within a storm.
  • Severe Hail – Dark blue storm tracks indicate that possible hail has developed within a storm that is 3/4 inch or larger in diameter.
  • Hail – A light blue storm track indicates that possible hail has developed within an area of the storm that is more than pea size in diameter.
  • Storm – Grey storm tracks indicate a disturbed state of the atmosphere ranging in scale from tornadoes and thunderstorms to tropical cyclones to synoptic-scale extratropical cyclones. These are generally weaker storms than what you see with other NWS storm tracks.
What is the Temperature product?
The Temperature product shows the current and forecasted temperatures across the U.S.
What is the Dew Point product?
A forecast of dewpoints at the surface at a specified time in the future based on the Baron model.
What is the Relative Humidity product?
A forecast of the relative humidity at various altitudes based on the Baron model.
What are SPC Outlooks?
  • Outlook Day 1 - The Storm Prediction Center's projected likelihood of severe storms in an area, valid for the first 24-hour period. Descriptions are defined in terms of general storms, marginal risk of severe storms, slight risk of severe storms, enhanced risk of severe storms, moderate risk of severe storms, and high risk of severe storms.
  • Outlook Day 2 - The Storm Prediction Center's projected likelihood of severe storms in an area, valid for hours 24-48. Descriptions are defined in terms of general storms, marginal risk of severe storms, slight risk of severe storms, enhanced risk of severe storms, moderate risk of severe storms, and high risk of severe storms.
  • Outlook Day 3 - The Storm Prediction Center's projected likelihood of severe storms in an area, valid for hours 48-72. Descriptions are defined in terms of general storms, marginal risk of severe storms, slight risk of severe storms, enhanced risk of severe storms, moderate risk of severe storms, and high risk of severe storms.
What is the Tropical Path Forecast product?
The Tropical Path Forecast product shows the most current National Hurricane Center forecast, including location and intensity for existing tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes.
What is the Wind Speed product?
The Wind Speed product is a forecast of the wind speeds at various altitudes. It functions best when used in conjunction with the Wind product.
What are Local Storm Reports?
Local storm reports are issued by the National Weather Service when it receives significant information from storm spotters.
What is the Fog product?
The Fog product identifies areas where surface visibility has been reduced due to fog, along with the amount of distance that one can see at that location.
What are Baron Storm Vectors?
Based on Baron’s exclusive severe weather processing algorithms, these color-coded arrows show the speed and direction of severe weather, like high winds, hail and possible tornadoes. The storm vector originates from the actual threat location (not the center of the storm like NWS Storm Tracks). Click a Vector to get a detailed breakdown of expected conditions. With the slider, you can project a storm cell’s movement up to an hour in advance.
There are five types of Baron storm vectors. Each indicates a different type of weather threat:
  • Tornado Likely – This bright red flashing storm vector indicates that there is rotation in the storm and there is a likelihood of the storm to produce a tornado near the location of the storm vector at any moment.
  • Tornado Possible – A dark red storm vector means that the storm is strong enough that it could possibly produce a tornado near the location of the storm vector at any moment.
  • High Winds – Yellow storm vectors mean damaging winds of at least 60 mph have been detected within a given area of the storm.
  • Extreme Hail – This dark blue storm vector means possible damaging hail, estimated to be at least 2 inches in size or larger, has been detected within a storm.
  • Hail – Blue storm vectors mean that possible hail, estimated to be at least 3/4 inch in size, has been detected in an area of a storm.
What are Critical Weather Indicators?
Critical Weather Indicators measure the precise amount of shear to detect rotating winds—a strong indication of possible tornadoes.
What are METARs?
METARs are current conditions—like temperature, dew point, sky conditions and visibility—collected from the official Aviation Routine Weather reports. They are highly standardized around the world and are used to generate forecasts and weather reports.
What are the various Satellite Products?
Satellite imagery is available in either visible or infrared, and gives an accurate depiction of cloud cover globally, and over North American, Atlantic, or Pacific domains. Visible imagery is only available during the daylight hours and infrared is available at all times.
What is the Cloud Cover product?
The Cloud Cover product is a forecast of the percentage of total cloud cover at a specified time in the future.
What is the 24-Hour Rainfall Accumulation product?
This product is based on radar data derived from all NEXRAD radar sites and indicates the 24-hour accumulation total.
What is the Surface Analysis product?
The Surface Analysis product displays the current location and projected 48-hour movement of high and low pressure systems, as well as cold, warm, occluded and stationary fronts and troughs.
What is the Accumulated Precipitation product?
A forecast of total liquid event precipitation accumulations at a specified time in the future based on the Baron model.
What is the Accumulated Snow product?
A forecast of snow accumulations at a specified time in the future based on the Baron model.
What is the Categorized Precipitation product?
A precipitation forecast which can distinguish between areas of rain, freezing mix, and snow, along with an idea of the intensity of the given precipitation type.
What is the Tropical Track Forecast product?
These are various model forecasts of projected tracks for tropical storms and hurricanes. These are often referred to as “Spaghetti Plots”.
What is the Roadway Current Weather product?
Roadway Current Weather delivers the current road conditions across the U.S., pinpointing areas of heavy clouds, freezing rain, heavy freezing rain, light rain, and ice.
What is the Roadway Threats product?
The Roadway Threats product monitors roadways for the greatest threats that could be encountered en-route with indications of twisting storms, hail, fog, lightning, dangerous winds, and moderate winds.
What is the Roadway Conditions product?
Roadway Conditions shows the current conditions one would encounter on the roads. It includes data on roads that are flooded, slippery, icy, and snowy.
What is the Current North American Heat Index map?
The Current North American Heat Index map is derived from surface observations depicting current surface heat index temperature. The product is updated every 20 minutes.
What is the Current North American Wind Chill map?
The Current North American Wind Chill map is derived from surface observations that depict the current surface wind chill temperature. The product is updated every 20 minutes.
What is the North American 24-hour Surface Temperature Change product?
This product uses surface observations to show the temperature changes over the next 24 hours.