ThisweatherappisnotaffiliatedwithNOAAortheNationalWeatherService.ProductsprovidedbyNOAAareinthepublicdomain,andthisapp'suseofthoseproductsiscompliantwithNOAA/NWStermsofuse.
Thisappprovidesforecasts,animatedradar,hourlyforecast,andcurrentconditions,allinanintuitiveandeasytouseinterface.Justtheinformationyouneed,providedaccurately,quickly,andforyourexactlocation.
★"Ano-nonsenseapproachtoshowweatherdataonyourphone,butdonewellandgreatlooking"-AndroidCentral
ThisappusesNOAApointforecastsfromyourGPSlocationtogetthemostlocalizedweatheravailable.Pointforecastsaregreatforclimbing,hiking,skiing,oranyoutdooractivitywhereweatherfromanearbycityisn'taccurateenough.
GPSonthephonewillprovidethemostaccuratelocation,butusuallyisn'tneeded.NearbycelltowersandWi-Finetworkscanalsoprovidethisinformation,andwillbecheckedfirsttosavetimeandbattery.Youcanalsoenteralocationmanually.
Toprovidedhighlylocalizedforecasting,thisappusespointforecastsfromtheNationalWeatherService(NOAA/NWS),andisthereforeonlyavailableintheUS.
Ifthereissevereweatherthiswilldisplayatthetopoftheforecast.ThisappcurrentlydoesNOTsupportsevereweatheralertsornotifications.NOAAisprovidingthisservicedirectlythroughcellcarriers.Youcanreadmoreabouttheserviceathttps://www.weather.gov/wrn/wea.
Therearealsoseveraldifferentlysizedwidgetsavailablewhichcanbeplacedonyourhomescreentoprovidesomebasicweatherinformation,withouttheneedtoopentheapp.
Forecastdiscussionisavailablethroughthemenubutton.
Permission:Location
Thisapprequiresyourlocationtoprovideyouwiththemostaccurateweather.Thisisfundamentaltohowtheappworks.Youcanstilladdmanuallocationsaswellifyouprefer.
Permission:Photos/Media/Files
ThispermissionisrequiredbyGoogleMapssothatitcancachemaptilesforfasterloading.Itsoundsliketheappisdoingsomethingwithyourphotosormedia,butitisnot.Thepermissionmeansthattheapphaspermissiontoaccessyourfiles(whichincludesphotosandmedia),butdoesnotmeantheyareactuallybeingaccessed.Itisasubtlebutimportantdistinction.Contactmeifyouhavefurtherquestionsaboutthis.
Thesearethenon-simplifiedpermissionsaslistedintheAndroidmanifest:
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"(locationaccesslistedabove)
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"(checkfornetworkconnection)
android.permission.INTERNET"(downloadweather)
android.permission.VIBRATE"(forzoomfeedbackonoldradar)
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"(thisisPhotos/Media/Fileslistedabove)
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"(requiredbygooglemaps)
FAQ(Frequentlyaskedquestions):
http://www.graniteapps.net/noaaweather/faq.html
Pleasecontactmeifyouhaveanyfurtherquestionsorproblems.
ThisistheadsupportedfreeversionofNOAAWeather.Youarealsolimitedto3savedlocations.Upgradetoremoveadsandthisrestriction.
NOAAWeatheronTwitter
https://twitter.com/noaa_weather
BetaChannel(fornewestfeatures)
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nstudio.weatherhere.free