Weather or Not
Plan your day with these sky’s–the–limit apps
By Robin Roberts
Don’t let bad weather rain on your parade – or picnic, or camping trip, or ball game – this summer. Forecast the elements with these top 5 weather apps. Have a nice day!
1) Yahoo Weather – The best all–around app, with the basics (current temperature, highs and lows) front and centre on one screen, but easy access to more detailed info (humidity and UV index, as well as hourly forecasts and up to 10 days ahead) a downward scroll away. Winner of the Apple Design Award for 2013.
Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Free
https://itunes.apple.com/app/yahoo!-weather/id628677149?ls=1&mt=8
2) WeatherBug – Everything you ever wanted to know and more (pollen forecasts!), featuring deeper information tools, interactive maps of Doppler radar, real–time updates (every few seconds) on humidity, wind speed, as well as live weather cameras in a slide–side navigation. The Spark Alert function features a live lightning map showing strikes locally and around the world.
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android
Free
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/weatherbug-weather-forecasts/id281940292?mt=8
3) Weather+ – Features the standard conditions and temperatures, but also allows for basic layout customization, such as the ability to toggle widgets for daily and hourly forecasts and even a flip clock with your current location. Five–day worldwide forecasts on one page.
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
$2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/weather+/id403692190?mt=8
4) Haze –Tilt and slide through five–day forecasts with animated, coloured backgrounds that show current temps as well as weather trends. Touch the temperature in the centre and five circles expand outward giving you the high and low for the day. Also tracks wind speed and direction using a gyro–driven wind compass. Background animation moves up or down depending on the following day’s temps.
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
$2.99.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/haze/id594476963?mt=8
5) Intellicast HD – Impressive high–def wind motion with particle animation and computer modeling tracks in real time large storm systems with its Early Warning Storm Detection overlay to keep you out of the path of disturbances. Upgrade for the professional–grade storm tracking tools or marine charts and forecasts.
Free
iPad
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/intellicast-hd-weather-radar/id408451987?mt=8
Robin Roberts 