![]() ![]() The new default layout - the weather tab’s “now” view - positions the locales and temperatures center-screen in large font with a drop-down option to view details like wind speed, UV index, visibility, etc. ![]() Launch it and you’re greeted by a picturesque shot of a cloud-filled blue sky that yields to an interface tutorial. The Weather Channel just overhauled its TWC app for the iPhone, describing it as “the first major redesign since initial launch in 2008.” It basically wraps the same underlying information in a cleaned up interface. ( MORE: The Mobile Web: Dead or On Hiatus?) humidity, sunrise/sunset, the radar maps and severe weather alerts. I can’t vouch for TWC’s accuracy over anyone else’s - the cable/satellite network predicted storms last weekend through today, and all I saw where I’m vacationing in southeast Florida was sun until last night, but then I use the TWC app more for general information, e.g. The forecasts are as accurate as you’ve come to expect from weather stations that slap storm icons over 10-day readouts whether the chance of precipitation is 30% or 60%. I’ve been using that, along with Shuksan Software’s NOAA Radar US (it has a better high-res radar/map display) when I want to know what to expect. I started with the basic freebie version, then opted for the $3.99 version to scrub the ads. My wife has the requisite weather Dashboard widgets on her MacBook Air and knows as well as I do how to find weather forecasts from half-a-dozen online forecast sites, but for whatever reason, she likes to ask me what the day’s prospects are, weather-wise.įor the past year-and-a-half, I’ve answered her using The Weather Channel’s iPhone app. Follow about meteorological accuracy aside, I’ve morphed into my family’s weatherman in recent years - partly because I’m the only one with a smartphone, partly because I’m obsessed with severe weather-watching. ![]()
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