Free accounts, new plans at Stormpulse

As Tropical Storm Ida was rapidly intensifying, we were rapidly putting the finishing touches on a new release of Stormpulse.

Please welcome Stormpulse Free.  With a free account:

• We automatically keep track of your preferences in the layers menu, so you don’t have to keep turning your layers of interest on and off.
• You can add 1 custom map label to the map.  You can set one by browsing to your city using our severe weather maps, or by entering the latitude and longitude manually in the account screen ‘Manage Locations’.

We’ll continue to add free services to these free accounts, so sign up and stay tuned!

Other changes to the site:

• In addition to monthly subscriptions, we now offer 6-month (perfect for storm season) and 12-month plans (for storm tracking all year-round with our severe weather maps).  This was a popular request, so here you have them.  Monthly subscriptions are still $3.95/mo., and the 6-month and 12-month plans are discounted by 1-month and 2-months repectively ($19.95 for 6 months, $39.95 for the full year).
• Performance improvements–we reduced the amount of data that loads initially by making some of our files smaller.
• We auto-sense your location on our severe weather page.  Look for “Your Location” on the left.  This is not 100% accurate, but we believe it’s a step in the right direction for the Stormpulse experience.

We hope you find these updates useful and enjoyable to use.  As always, please let us know what you think.