What's the best weather app?

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I don't know which weather app is 'best' because that is subjective, however, a popular weather app is Fahrenheit. It displays the current temperature on your home screen and is pretty accurate, in my experience.


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I don't know which weather app is 'best' because that is subjective, however, a popular weather app is Fahrenheit. It displays the current temperature on your home screen and is pretty accurate, in my experience.


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JMD,

Do you happen to know what they use as their source for current conditions.
I looked it up on the app store and didn't see any mention. I like the idea of having the temp on the icon.

As I mention in the post above, I like like how Weather Underground uses neighborhood weather stations for current conditions. There could be 3-5 degrees difference in one's local area vs. the airport or other major sources.

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Weather Underground for me.
I like how it uses neighborhood weather stations for current conditions.
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There's a disadvantage to neighborhood weather stations too... ones that are improperly sited and poorly calibrated can be misleading.
 

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JMD,

Do you happen to know what they use as their source for current conditions.
I looked it up on the app store and didn't see any mention. I like the idea of having the temp on the icon.

As I mention in the post above, I like like how Weather Underground uses neighborhood weather stations for current conditions. There could be 3-5 degrees difference in one's local area vs. the airport or other major sources.

TIA

According to the app itself, the source of weather is provided by FORECA. Very little 'specific' information is provide at http://corporate.foreca.com/en/


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I don't know which weather app is 'best' because that is subjective, however, a popular weather app is Fahrenheit. It displays the current temperature on your home screen and is pretty accurate, in my experience.


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My favorite is fahrenheit too. Just seems to be much more elegant and easy to use.
 

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There's a disadvantage to neighborhood weather stations too... ones that are improperly sited and poorly calibrated can be misleading.

I agree. I have heard others complain their stations update infrequently.

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones whose neighborhood station is on the ball. Updates frequently and seems to be fairly consistent with other neighborhood stations nearby.

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For those of you with iPads, the WunderMap app dispalys a full screen map with radar of your local area. A lot less clutter than the map on the Weather Channel App

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My favorite is fahrenheit too. Just seems to be much more elegant and easy to use.

Sorry for the slow response. I'm down to the final 40 or so pages of Vince Flynn's book, "Memorial Day". I read it a few years back via paperback and decided to re-read it via my Nook Simple Touch ereader. Anyway, I agree with your assessment that Fahrenheit is elegant and easy to use. Of all of the ones I've tried, it is my favorite. I also enjoy the Intellicast HD app for weather radar. I use it on my iPad.


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I switched to Weather Underground this week. I have a local weather station 1 mile from home which updates every few minutes.
 

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Something else. I was watching the Weather Channel Saturday night (Kansas tornados) and one person mentioned the use of Twitter. They said Twitter allows people to get ahead of storm updates as far as how fast updates are given. I only follow people on Twitter when it's something I NEED to know. As of Saturday night, I follow our top two weathermen in Columbus on Twitter. I have Alert USA which is great for receiving severe weather alerts and iMap Weather radio (among other apps), but Twitter has the ability to produce updates even faster.
 

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