SiriusXM Travel Link will also display NWS warnings (e.g. tornadoes, thunderstorms, flash floods) across the top banner if you're in the vicinity. An unexpected but really useful feature.With the remnants of Hurricane Ida passing through my area recently, I had a chance to play around with the Sirius XM weather app and I’m pretty impressed. Not only did it show fairly recent radar data, but it overlaid that on top of a surface analysis map. It‘s tough to see in the picture, but it also marked a few areas that were under tornado watch (one eventually did touch down in Maryland).
Since emergencies (disasters) are part of my job, I LOVE THIS! I need to go check it out closer. Thanks for the info!
The only problem I've had is that the warnings sometimes don't clear, even after you manually dismiss them. So I'll be driving along and get an outdated alert -- maybe the current Sync update fixes this but overall a minor issue. Considering what flash floods can do to clueless motorists, I think weather alerts are one of the best features no one talks about.
Okay, I tried searching how to get this function, but it's probably faster to ask you guys... how does one get this app?With the remnants of Hurricane Ida passing through my area recently, I had a chance to play around with the Sirius XM weather app and I’m pretty impressed. Not only did it show fairly recent radar data, but it overlaid that on top of a surface analysis map. It‘s tough to see in the picture, but it also marked a few areas that were under tornado watch (one eventually did touch down in Maryland).
Make sure CarPlay isn't connected > Apps > Weather (or maybe it's Travel Link) > the key is to click the top right and change to the map display. On mine it defaulted to text-only weather forecast. The app in question is included by default and I didn't have to install anything or even set my location manually.
Thanks for the help, I've realized that I don't have a Travel Link subscription, so that's what I am missing. Not sure it's worth the extra fee...
