The Weather Channel -
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Seller: The Weather Channel (
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Category: Weather Reviewed Version: 12.8
Download: iOS Android Other Similar Apps: - AccuWeather
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Price: Paid Options The app is free to download from the app store. The app comes with different premium plans as well. Premium pro have exclusive features in it. The users gets Premium radar by which they enjoy clearest way to visualize rain’s potential impact on precise location with 24-hr future radar. The premium version removes all the ads in your weather forecast. You can see 192 hours into the future with 14 days of detailed forecast. Premium Pro Annual charges $29.99 while Premium Pro Monthly charges $4.99.
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The Weather App for Android is for true weather enthusiasts who want a full view of the weather with the expertise, technology and scale of The Weather Channel. The app keeps its users updated about all the weather forecast in details. You can deeply examine weather conditions of your city through this app.
You stay updated and prepared with the live radar, weather maps and accurate forecasts on the app. You can check weather forecast up to two weeks in advance on this amazing app. It is world’s leading weather provider app so that you can be prepared for any severe weather at any time of the year.
App Features and Capabilities Weather widget: The weather widget offers more weather in detail at a glance and one-tap access to the most accurate forecast. The live radar keeps you informed with all the weather patterns minute wise. Storm radar let you track rains and tornados coming in your city. This feature helps you check your local radar to get severe weather updates on time.
Weather forecast: The app has unique and updated forecast system. You can check forecast for the next three hours on your home screen. Not only this, it helps you to check weather forecast up to two weeks in advance.
Personal alerts: The app has this feature where you can manage personal weather alerts so that you can receive notifications that are important to you. This helps you plan your outdoor activities accordingly. The app lets you plan what to wear before you step out of the house.
Dark Mode: The app is dark mode compatible. You can turn on dark mode for better view of the app. This app also offers you detailed information on sunset times, allergies and pollen forecast.
Weather tracker: You can plan ahead with local hourly and daily weather forecast with this feature. You get real time rain notification on your home screen. This feature helps you to get through tornado seasons, rain seasons and extreme weather warnings.
Pros
- The Weather Company is the world’s most accurate forecaster available in the form of android app.
- Weather patterns with live radar keeps you updated about the weather with each minutes updates.
- The app offers live alerts so that you can prepared during extreme weather and earthquakes.
- The app covers all the health and activities related to weather conditions like allergy updates and dust storms.
- The app keeps you informed about the latest weather updates.
- Apple podcasts helps you check out warming signs with Kait parker
- The app design and interface makes it easy to use the app.
Cons
- Weather app has the limitation of not being able to detect fog. This creates a gap in weather forecasting where an area that is likely to receive fog is not properly profiled.
- The weather analysis done through weather radar is not always instant and therefore the information is not real-time.
- The estimates obtained from weather radar are not 100 percent accurate. This means that the data may be wrong in some cases and this may impact the final decision making.
- The forecast is correct up to some extent but still it’s not 100 percent sure.
- There are a lot of adds on the app which cannot be skipped
Other Information to Know This app is owned by The Weather Channel group. The Weather Channel app combined had over 50 million monthly active users worldwide each month from January through December 2019, over 2M total 5 star ratings and was downloaded 155 million times. The app has rating of 4.7 stars on app store. The size of the app is 220.6 MB. The app ranks at no. 01 in the category of Weather. The app has been awarded as the world’s most accurate forecast.