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Yes, it was developed by MeteoGroup, one of the worlds largest weather agencies.
And no, I'm not affiliated to them
I've got the MeteoGroups' apps on my iPhone and iPad. Very nice so far, had them for a while really.
I used Clear Day HD exclusively up until recently. I then purchased Accuweather due to its precise minute by minute forecasts. However, i also recently downloaded BeWeather (which i used to have for my blackberry years ago and loved it). BeWeather and Accuweather are almost identical, in information and layouts, and both appear to be very accurate with the minute by minute forecasts. Ive now decided to use BeWeather as my main weather app. Their notification center widget is better and more informative than Accuweather's widget, which was my main selling point.
+1 on this.
It gives VERY localized weather, like within a few blocks or maybe 1/4 mile of your location. It uses reports from mini weather stations, like at fire stations, libraries, etc. Works around the world just as well as at home, and has a great selection of displays for fronts, precipitation, wind, hurricanes, fires, even crowds!
You can see where there's fog or high winds, and even has locations and links to webcams. Very fast and easy to use. I think the pro version is a few bucks to kill ads, but worth every penny.
Check it out and you'll see what I mean.
Another vote for BeWeather 2. It's solid... and there is also a free version that is only limited in the number of locations that you can add.
Oh yeah, I knew that. I bought BeWeather long ago. Was just surprised that people are actually using the custom theme options.
Yes, I have several custom sets from my BB days that I converted to iOS BeWeather2. I'm still a HUGE fan of BeWeather
I'm digging also BeWeather 2 but don't use the customisation as far as text/icons are concerned. I do like that you can choose which features you want to show in the app or widget.
I’ve only now realised the rain amount is animated in BeWeather. Nice touch.
Oh and I really like the basic Sketchy icon set. Would be better if we could set custom colors though.
Oh and I really like the basic Sketchy icon set. Would be better if we could set custom colors though.
Which weather icons set do you use? I'm not seeing it with 'Abstract Weather'.
Is it raining right now where you are? Right now it’s not here so the graph isn’t showing up, but when it does it goes up and down as if water was accumulating.
It's raining indeed but don't see an animation. What weather icon set in BeWeather2 do you use? I'm using 'Abstract Weather'.
"Sketchy" It's not the icons itself though, I was talking about the Forecast.io graph on the widget.
I thought your were talking about the app itself. I didn't look at the widget this morning and the rain now has stopped and it has changed to dry with only a cloud image.
I'm still hoping to see that the minute by minute rain forecast will also become available in the Netherlands. I do see the rain on the radar in the app but not minute by minute.
It's not related to the weather icon set - it's a function of the BeWeather 2 app.
The only location that shows the "Minutely Forecast" (BeWeather's term for that information) is the GPS location. It does not appear for the locations that you manually add. It's the "Minutely Forecast" that shows weather forecast (including rain) for the next hour.
The "Minutely Forecast" is also available as an option for the Notification Center, but again, only for the GPS/My Location location.
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Thanks for the explanation. I still don't get why the Minutely Forecast keeps saying Next Hour: No Data Available (both i the app and in the widget) while i have only one location set which uses GPS/My location. Do you know if this functionality is limited to the US only? I asked this before via an e-mail to BeWeather but never received a response.
The odd thing is that the radar in the app shows rain and when i look outside ofcourse too. This is in the Netherlands. I now use a different Dutch widget for this which does actually show the minutely forecast and shows the amount of rain.