The NWS Radar Monitor was written in visual basic 6 to give people faster desktop access to their local weather radar information provided by the National Weather Service thru the internet. Gives the user instant access to radar imagery from any of the National Weather Service's 178 different U.S. weather radar installation's. Has 6 different map styles to chose from as well as automatic refresh every 2 minutes so that you are always looking at the most current set of imagery available from that location.