The Alert Marquee plug-in sits quietly in the background until a weather alert has been issued for your area. Once a new weather alert is detected, the Alert Marquee will pop-up on your Windows desktop to alert you. The plug-in also contains an audible alert, a configurable sound for you so that when your not at your computer, you will hear the alert too. There are lot's of options for you, such as position of alert, colors for the marquee text, background, interface, etc.