Totally Redesigned Mobile Weather App Includes Exclusive Features and Alerting
Written by Earth Networks
Friday, 15 March 2013
WeatherBug 3.0 iPhone App Packs Lightning Alerts, Neighborhood-Level Conditions, and Better Local Forecasts from the World’s Largest Real-Time Weather Network
GERMANTOWN, Md.--Spring brings warmer temperatures and longer days, but it also means
more rain and the start of severe weather season for most of the U.S.
Just in time, WeatherBug®
is launching its totally redesigned iPhone app to help people stay safe
and informed. Featuring forecasts and alerts from the largest real-time
weather network – plus Spark™ by WeatherBug, the only tool that delivers
minute-by-minute, mile-by-mile lightning strike information – the new
WeatherBug for iPhone app gives you vital weather insight with a quick
swipe and a glance so you can plan your day and Know Before™ --
especially when the weather turns for the worse.
“Hands down, the best app I've used.”
Featuring brand-new slide-and-swipe navigation and customizable live
tiles, WeatherBug for iPhone makes it easier and faster to get
personalized information for your day and the week ahead across multiple
locations from the only neighborhood-level weather sensor network with
live data, forecasts and alerts available exclusively from WeatherBug.
Watch the overview video at http://bit.ly/XJ26R7.
Redesigned and Streamlined: Packed with extra content,
WeatherBug for iPhone features a sophisticated at-a-glance design that
presents in-depth data from the WeatherBug network quickly and easily.
The app’s enhanced interactive maps include multiple layers for radar,
humidity, air pressure, satellite images and more. View the most
current conditions from the largest weather sensor network, get
one-touch access to pinpoint visual forecasts, and see live tiles for
radar, exclusive live camera images, photos, pollen counts and more.
Customize the app’s background themes to suit your mood, change the
navigation tiles and check out the new content sections for your game
day, family and fitness forecasts to get the information you need
faster.
Better Forecasts and Content from Neighborhood-level Weather Data: Other
weather apps use data up to an hour old. WeatherBug refreshes data
every 2 seconds to deliver current information from 10,000
neighborhood-level, professional-grade sensors – the densest weather
network in the U.S. WeatherBug provides more real-time data on current
conditions, updated more frequently, from the world’s largest weather
network for better pinpoint hourly forecasts for locations in the U.S.
and around the world. WeatherBug also delivers data from the National
Weather Service, the World Meteorological Society and numerous other
sources. And only WeatherBug provides access to over 2,000 live
weather cameras and exclusive Spark alerts.
Spark Lightning Alerts: Spark, a unique and exclusive feature
to WeatherBug, delivers lightning strike information based on your
device’s GPS location, your favorite locations you regularly monitor,
or right on the spot where your family might be at that moment to help
keep them safe. Spark uses readings from the world’s largest and most
advanced Total
Lightning Network. Whether the nearest lightning strike is on the
other side of the world or right near you, Spark provides you with
minute-by-minute and mile-by-mile lightning information, with
recommendations for when to go indoors and seek shelter and when to
stay tuned. To check for lightning at a given spot where your loved
ones might be that moment, simply zoom in on the radar map and press
the exact location to get information on Spark lightning alerts and
all other weather information.
Faster Severe Weather Alerts: Minutes matter. WeatherBug
delivers watches and warnings issued by the NWS in addition to
WeatherBug’s exclusive Dangerous
Thunderstorm Alerts (DTAs). Powered by breakthrough technology and
live data from the world’s largest and most advanced total lightning
detection network, DTAs can provide warnings to thunderstorms and
other types of severe weather 50% faster, on average, than any other
weather app -- so you’ll know about high winds, hail, heavy rain,
lightning strikes and tornadoes even faster.
WeatherBug for iPhone is just one member of the WeatherBug app family.
WeatherBug apps are available for mobile phones and tablets on iPad, Android, Windows
Phone, and the new Windows
8. For computer users, the WeatherBug
website, popular desktop
app and Chrome
app provide up-to-the-minute information and alerts.
Pricing and Availability: WeatherBug
for iPhone is free to download. WeatherBug
Elite for iPhone, with no ads, is available for just $2.99 in
iTunes. Install WeatherBug today and find out why tens of thousands of
customers have rated it 5 out of 5 stars, calling it “The best of all
weather apps” and “Hands down, the best app I've used.”
For 20 years, Earth NetworksSM has been Taking the Pulse of
the Planet with the world’s largest weather observation, lightning
detection, and greenhouse gas monitoring networks. The company’s popular
WeatherBug® website, desktop
application and mobile apps
for smartphones provide real-time neighborhood-level weather and
advanced severe weather alerts to millions of consumers. Enterprise
solutions from Earth Networks enable organizations and markets,
including energy and utilities, agriculture, schools, sports and
recreation, emergency operations and government entities, to safeguard
lives, prepare for weather and climate events and improve business
operations. Founded in 1993, Earth Networks (www.earthnetworks.com)
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