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Rain Radar Australia - BOM on Windows Pc

Developed By: Six Seven Four Software

License: Free

Rating: 4,4/5 - 222 votes

Last Updated: April 19, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0.27
Size 11 MB
Release Date May 05, 24
Category Weather Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an app to access precise location. [see more (5)]

What's New:
Bug fixes, and performance improvements. The app icon is now the same as the iOS app. [see more]

Description from Developer:
Rain Radar Australia displays up to the minute rain radar weather data and wind radar weather data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Full screen mode, landscape supp... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Rain Radar Australia - BOM and install on Windows PC. Rain Radar Australia - BOM is free Weather app, developed by Six Seven Four Software. Latest version of Rain Radar Australia - BOM is 1.0.27, was released on 2024-05-05 (updated on 2024-04-19). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of Rain Radar Australia - BOM is 4,4. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 222 users, 16 users had rated it 5*, 150 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Rain Radar Australia - BOM on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Rain Radar Australia - BOM on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Rain Radar Australia - BOM on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Rain Radar Australia - BOM using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Rain Radar Australia - BOM" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Rain Radar Australia - BOM on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Rain Radar Australia - BOM" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Rain Radar Australia displays up to the minute rain radar weather data and wind radar weather data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Full screen mode, landscape support, pinch and pan zooming, favourites list, GPS location, nearest radars list, national radar, observation layers (wind speed, wind direction, rain since 9am), plus more.

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At start up choose to display the last radar viewed, your favourite radar, or the closest radar. No tapping, just get the radar you want to display instantaneously.

Displays animated radar images full screen, single tap to show or hide all associated controls.

Double tap to zoom in or out, or pinch and pan.

Updates the available list of radars, and ranges, automatically as they become available without installing version updates.

Displays an optional map pin at your current location if you have location services enabled.

Displays all available radar ranges; 64km, 128km, 256km, 512km, and doppler wind.

All available overlays can be turned on/off independently; current observations (wind speed, wind direction, rain since 9am), locations, range, districts, railways, roads, catchments, lakes & rivers, topography.

Displays the national consolidated radar & satellite images.

Caches static images for fast & efficient display.

Supports landscape mode in all screens.

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Note that although Rain Radar Australia uses data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), it is in no way affiliated with the BOM.

Note there may be times where data is unavailable for some part time radars. These times can be found on the BOM site at http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/part-time_table.shtml.

Radar data © the Australian Bureau of Meteorology – www.bom.gov.au
Bug fixes, and performance improvements.
The app icon is now the same as the iOS app.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.