AccuWeather
AccuWeather is an advanced weather application on the Palm Pre. In addition to showing basic current weather and weather forecast, it also does radar and satellite imagery. It defaults to 5-day forecasts, and shows wind, humidity, dew point, and the sunrise and sunset time for any given city. Tapping on the clock icon in the bottom menu bar brings up an hour-by-hour forecast.
AccuWeather also has a proprietary parameter called “RealFeel” that takes into account humidity, wind-chill, and other factors and displays a temperature that represents what it really feels like on the ground. As weather applications go, this one is pretty advanced, and there’s really not much else that can be added to it. It works well, with no noticeable lags as it pulls up maps and overlays radar images. If you travel a lot or need a solid weather application for other reasons (perhaps you’re a storm chaser), you can’t go wrong with this Pre app.
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Is it just me or are the Moon and Sun icons on the title menu are swapped? I see a crescent when it shows the daytime weather for my location, and a sun when it shows the night time. Also it’d help to put Tonight: and Today: instead of Today: in the bottom while switching the day/night from the menu at the top. Is there something I am missing here?
I noticed that too.
Also, I may be missing something, but is there a refresh button somewhere for the Radar display? The weather app on my Instinct had it, but with this one, I have to close the app and re-open it.
Missing in AcuWeather is chance of rain percent.
What it also needs is an animated map. It’s nice while traveling to have the option.