Here's how to follow the latest developments of Typhoon Wipha

People can monitor the storm's progress on devices. Photo: Anh Quan .

Natural phenomena are becoming more unpredictable, with a high level of impact. In the digital age, tracking the path of a storm is no longer entirely dependent on traditional weather reports.

From mobile apps to online satellite maps, a range of modern tools serve the purpose of accessing weather information quickly, intuitively and accurately every hour, every minute. Below are some tools that people can refer to to track the development of storms right on their phones or computers.

Vietnam Natural Disaster Monitoring System (VNDMS)

This system was launched in 2018, operated by the Center for Policy & Technology for Natural Disaster Prevention. The platform integrates multiple data, including hydrometeorology (rain, wind), water level, dike and reservoir cameras, fishing vessel monitoring, landslides, traffic incidents, based on online maps with diverse information layers (wind, rain, salinity, seismic).

VNDMS provides authentic, multi-dimensional data from monitoring stations, radars, cameras, EVN, and the General Department of Irrigation, ensuring accuracy and diversity. The system is also connected to the Provincial Disaster Monitoring System (PDMS), providing local databases, ready reports, and quick connections to management units for timely direction.

The Disaster Monitoring System reports the events that followed. Photo: VNDMS.

The system is equipped with powerful GIS features, meaning you can easily look up by administrative area, radius, query incident points on satellite maps/combined street view. However, the interface looks quite specialized, not friendly to most users. In addition, detailed storm simulations are still limited, not showing dynamic storm paths or replaying international forecasts.

This is still an accurate platform to help people grasp the overall situation, but it needs to combine international tools to visually track the storm's path and hourly developments. The system has two versions, web and VNDMS app, available on both Android and iOS.

Windy.com - the leading hurricane tracker

Launched in 2014, Windy.com is a globally renowned online weather map platform, developed by a team of programmers in the Czech Republic. The platform's data is compiled from leading meteorological models such as ECMWF, GFS, ICON, JMA, and especially supports real-time satellite images.

The tool's strengths lie in its vivid visuals and ease of use. The beautiful multi-layer map interface simulates wind, rain, and storm movements in real time. Each element comes with a symbol for users to distinguish. Users can choose to turn on/off the map layer to see all information or specific items.

Platform providing diverse and detailed weather information. Photo: Windy.com.

Windy combines many powerful forecasting models (ECMWF, GFS…), updated regularly every 6-12 hours. Therefore, people can still use it for reference purposes, but should still seek information from VNDMS first.

The free version provides most of the important features, users can pay to get premium forecasts. Windy is also easy for ordinary people to use thanks to its simple interface, available in Vietnamese, but needs to get used to the features to read the map. Windy has a website and a phone application (Android/iOS).

Accuweather - suitable for everyone

AccuWeather is one of the world's largest weather forecasting services, headquartered in the US and operating since 1962. Unlike Windy, which specializes in meteorological maps, AccuWeather focuses on detailed local forecasts.

Accuweather’s strength lies in its ability to provide super-detailed hourly, daily, and minute-by-minute forecasts (MinuteCast), which are useful for knowing when the weather is changing. The system also has warnings for storms, strong winds, lightning, tornadoes, etc. based on its own model and national data.

The main interface provides a variety of information to users. Photo: Accuweather.

The app's main interface displays current weather conditions, including wind speed, UV index, visibility and pressure, and provides hyper-local forecasts. The app is useful for planning with up to 45-day forecasts.

Accuweather focuses on quick warnings, does not display detailed data layers like Windy, and is not as accurate by region as the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Therefore, this application is suitable for non-professional users, just need to quickly see the sunshine/rain forecast, weather for the day.

The platform operates on the website and mobile applications (Android/iOS), supporting many languages including Vietnamese. However, many advanced features are currently in the paid version and the main interface still has many annoying ads.

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