CENTRAL WEATHER ANALYZER / WINDOWS DESKTOP
Radar, forecasts, official alerts and HRRR guidance belong in everyone's toolkit. CWA brings them together for free—with a Premium tier for deeper analysis.
Private-beta downloads open October 23, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Public launch and subscriptions are scheduled for November 1, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Checkout remains subject to launch activation.
CHOOSE YOUR DEPTH
No Premium subscription is required for core weather information or HRRR. Go Premium for the full analysis toolkit.
TIER 4 / BASIC
Free
Follow conditions, track storms, and look ahead with HRRR.
TIER 3 / PREMIUM
$4.99 / month
or $49.99 / year · USD · planned pricing
Everything in Basic, plus:
Subscriptions open November 1, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST. One account works on your desktop and laptop.
INSIDE THE WORKSPACE
Connected tools, with clear access at every step.
Explore radar products including reflectivity, velocity and correlation coefficient, with playback and the data sampler in Basic. Premium adds Split to compare products with linked maps and shared playback.
Basic includes radar-integrated storm tracking, estimated arrival information, and distance and bearing measurements directly on the map.
Current conditions, daily and hourly forecasts, the seven-day outlook and relevant official alerts stay free. Personalize your home location and units.
Explore HRRR products, runs and forecast hours without a Premium subscription. Premium opens the rest of the available model catalog, soundings and gridded observation analysis. Product availability depends on the selected model and run.
Official warnings, watches, forecast discussions, storm reports, severe-weather outlooks and excessive-rainfall outlooks are included in Basic.
DudeAlerts are separate, unofficial, owner-issued polygons—not National Weather Service warnings. Subscribing does not grant permission to issue alerts.
Official tropical tracks and cones stay free. Premium adds supported HAFS-A, HAFS-B, HWRF and HMON model imagery, Full Area and Storm Focus views, and published wind, pressure, precipitation and simulated-infrared products.
Explore forecast playback, optional storm-center lock, automatic field loading, zoom-aware wind barbs and contours, and H/L markers on MSLP products.
Model imagery is forecast guidance, not observed satellite imagery. Availability varies by model, storm, run and hour.
BEFORE YOU START
CWA is a 64-bit Windows application. Internet access is required for sign-in and weather data. Use the download button above starting October 23 at 10 a.m. EDT.
Private-beta testers must be approved. Creating an account, downloading CWA, or purchasing a subscription does not bypass approval. Accounts are for ages 13 and older.
Use your existing CWA account in the subscription area to check access or manage your subscription through Stripe. Payment details are entered on Stripe, not in CWA.
A FEW QUICK ANSWERS
No. The existing single-map radar products and sampler, official alerts, forecasts and HRRR remain in Basic. Premium adds deeper analysis tools and the full model catalog.
Yes. Your tier follows your account, so you can sign in on your desktop and laptop.
Not yet. Subscriptions open November 1, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Checkout remains disabled until launch activation.
The prepared subscription portal lets subscribers cancel renewal at the end of the paid period. Premium then expires and the account returns to Basic, while free weather tools remain available. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled.
No. Subscription access does not include administration, diagnostic access, DudeAlert publishing or Owner-only radar auto-rotation.