WeatherBug
- WeatherBug
- iTunes
- Free
- iPhone, iPod touch
- Earth Networks, Inc.
Description
Demo vid: http://bit.ly/XJ26R7
“WeatherBug is unquestionably my #1 app. Easy to use and extremely accurate.”
Download WeatherBug to access the world’s largest network of real-time weather sensors for forecasts, alerts and more. Get the industry’s most accurate pinpoint forecasts for your neighborhood and around the world. Benefit from the fastest, most advanced early warning system, powered by the largest nationwide weather and lightning network. Know Before™.
NEW! Redesigned with you in mind, this is our best WeatherBug yet with slick new slide-side navigation, live customizable tiles and a boatload of extra content such as Spark lightning alerts and selectable background themes. WeatherBug now gives you even easier access to exclusive real-time weather data, forecasts and alerts from the only neighborhood-level weather and alerting sensor network (ours!).
Enjoy these unique features to Know Before™:
•NEW! Slide-side navigation – Get all your forecasts, conditions and alerts with our new one-touch navigation right from the home screen!
•NEW! Spark Alerts – Spark, an exclusive feature of WeatherBug, turns your smartphone into a personal lightning detector. Only WeatherBug can bring minute-by-minute, mile-by-mile Spark lightning strike alerts to you, in real-time, based on data from the WeatherBug total lightning detection network!
• NEW! Enhanced Pinpoint Hourly Forecasts for Domestic and International Locations – 25% more accurate forecasts for the next 24 hours when compared to other forecasts! Know Before™ you head out!
•NEW! Current Conditions Icon – You asked for it, and we brought it back, better than before. We now update the icons more frequently with a higher resolution model, so you get the most accurate depictions of conditions. That’s especially critical when weather conditions are quickly changing.
•NEW! Home Screen Customization – Customize your home screen with new background themes and rearrange your live tiles to get the info that matter the most to you at-a-glance.
•NEW! Photos Section – We’ve collected magnificent photography from our users for your viewing pleasure. Come see what others are sharing and enjoy the scenery!
•Pin-Point Visual Forecasts – The industry’s most accurate current, extended and hourly weather forecasts for your community in an easy to read, at-a-glance format. Only our network updates this information in real-time.
•Exclusive DTAs & Severe Weather Alerts – Minutes Matter. Our Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts (DTAs) provide you 50% faster warnings to severe weather than the competition’s weather alerts. Plus, you get National Weather Service (NWS) warnings and watches to stay informed of severe weather conditions at all your current and saved locations.
•Enhanced Interactive Maps – Press and hold anywhere on the map and drop a pin to view current conditions from our exclusive network of weather stations. Enjoy multiple map layers such as Doppler radar, humidity, pressure, wind speed, high/low forecast, traffic, satellite imaging and more!
•Lifestyle Forecasts – Can I take my family to the beach? Should I cancel tomorrow's picnic? Our new Lifestyle Forecasts identify and analyze specific weather parameters to advise you on how best to stay comfortable and have fun!
•Live Weather Cams – View live images from over 2,000 weather cameras across the U.S. to get a better picture (pun intended) of the weather at destinations near and far.
•My Location – Automatically updates your weather information based on the closest weather station to you in your neighborhood through GPS.
•Multiple Saved Locations – Save all your locations without any restrictions.
•Available across iOS operating systems, including iPad.
Be prepared. Know Before™. Download the app used and loved by millions, voted “Best Weather App Ever” and trusted as a “Best App for Moms”, WeatherBug!
Check out our new blog: http://knowbefore.weatherbug.com/
What's New
Version 3.0.1 (Apr 3, 2013)
-Hourly forecast increased to 7 days
-Hourly forecast includes 'feels like' temperature
-'Now' screen
font sizes increased for better readability
Version 3.0 (Mar 13, 2013)
-NEW User interface featuring left and right slide in menus, and quick navigation live tiles
-NEW Spark
lightning detection
-NEW Photos from our user submitted collection
-NEW Game Day Forecast for Major League
Baseball
-NEW Family Forecast helps you plan family activities
-NEW Fitness Forecast guides your fitness
decisions
Version 2.2 (Dec 13, 2012)
-NEW User interface refreshed
-NEW Spark lightning alerts
-NEW Enhanced usability
-NEW Improved
user interface
-NEW Home screen tiles for quick navigation to map and lightning alerts
Version 2.1 (Oct 17, 2012)
- Fixed "slow internet alert" issue
- Added Lifestyle Forecast section
- Support for iPhone 5 screen
resolution
Version 2.0.5 (Sep 11, 2012)
-Exclusive WeatherBug station camera views and video content now on a consolidated screen for easier accessibility.
-Pollen content moved to its own screen for one-touch access to check allergens and view a nationwide pollen forecast.
Version 2.0.4 (Jun 27, 2012)
*NEW* WeatherBuzz: Share weather alerts on Facebook
*NEW* Welcome screen introducing new features
Version 2.0.3 (May 8, 2012)
*NEW* Earth Networks' Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts (DTAs)
Version 2.0.2 (Mar 19, 2012)
NEW Expanded touchable area for map layer drawer
NEW Map pin to drop by location rather than station
NEW Ability to scroll through the 7-Day forecast in Hourly Forecast
Precipitation to two decimal points
Stability & bug fixes
Version 2.0.0 (Feb 7, 2012)
NEW redesigned UI.
NEW Feature: Automatically update and show weather data for your current location.
MORE Data: pollen and UV forecast.
Moved settings inside app.
Stability fixes.
Version 1.6.3 (Oct 25, 2011)
- General stability enhancements.
- Add sunrise and sunset time to current conditions.
- Scroll hourly
forecast to selected day.
Version 1.6.1 (Apr 28, 2011)
- Retina display icons added
- Improve scrolling performance in forecast screen
- Bug fixes for Map
screen
- Bug fixes for changing unit in settings
- Bug fixes for crashes when network is slow
- Bug
fixes for crashes during finding my location
Version 1.6.0 (Mar 23, 2011)
- Bug Fixes for crashes on returning to app.
- Bug Fixes for crashes on removing locations
Version 1.5.1 (Nov 12, 2010)
Fixed a bug that caused the application to crash at launch. The application is now iOS4.2 compatible.
Version 1.5 (Aug 5, 2010)
Bug fixes related to IOS4 and multitasking. Better memory management and map refresh.
Version 1.4 (Jun 24, 2010)
• Enabled overlays animation – including Doppler radar and IR satellite.
• Added support for IOS4.
• Optimized the map code to increase display speed and animation playback.
• Added Worldwide Satellite, Heat Index, Wind Chill, Dew Point and Canadian Radar overlays.
• Fixed the bug that caused the condition icons not to scroll properly.
• Fixed the bug with the range indicator that caused the map to zoom all the way in.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.
Version 1.3.0 (Mar 12, 2010)
The new version 1.3 of WeatherBug allows users to force an update of the conditions and forecast data without exiting the app. Simply, while in the current conditions screen or any forecast screen shake the device to refresh the data. In addition, we fixed issues related to the data update logic and frequency.
Version 1.2 (Apr 23, 2009)
(A special note to our customers: In order to keep up with the rising cost of developing and delivering this great weather service to your iPhone, we are now supporting our product via display ads. Rest assured, the ads are not intrusive and the app will still provide the great WeatherBug user experience that you are used to. In addition, we will soon offer a paid version of our application, WeatherBug Elite. WeatherBug Elite is 100% ad-free and comes with all the great WeatherBug features you know plus: radar animation, six (6) additional map weather layers and much, much more. WeatherBug Elite is currently under review and will be available for download in the App Store shortly.)
• Enhanced 7-day and hourly forecasts
• Full presentation of NWS alerts
• Time-lapse weather camera
animation
• Unlimited saved locations
• Temperature contour and satellite infrared maps
• Enhanced
current conditions with 12 distinct observations
• Touch anywhere map technology allows user to "drop a pin" and
view current weather conditions for that location
Version 1.1.1 (Jan 16, 2009)
Fixed an issue where GPS triangulation would not find a location
Added back in the arrows used to switch
between locations (this can be changed in settings)
Version 1.1 (Nov 3, 2008)
Celsius temperature units
Up to 10 saved locations
Cached observation, forecast and alert data for
offline viewing
Map now centers on the selected location
Daily National Outlook video (US only)
Bug fixes
and much more!
