I’m not so sure whether love is predictable, but weather?? Why not?? Our forefathers had predicted weather with the movements of sun and by glancing through the clouds. Our fathers relied on the television and radio news. And we?? What do we do?
I could almost hear you whisper that we never care about the weather. But if we did care about it, our daily plans would flow seamlessly in. You needn’t take the pain of tuning into your TV or radio sets. Let’s shun them marking them for the older generations and let’s tap these free android apps to get ourselves educated about the weather.
Best Android Weather Apps are:
1. AccuWeather
The name tells us that the app predicts the weather accurately and that’s what it does. The app has customizable features and gives minute-by-minute weather forecast. The attractive feature here is that, you not only learn about the global weather here but also will be able drill down to your localized street address and find the weather condition there. So the next time you want to avoid that annoying aunty coming to your come, you can check the app and tell her that the rains are going to flood your street and ask her stay at her home!!
2. Local weather
This app lets you check the weather conditions throughout the world. Apart from learning the big details, this app furnishes us with minute details as well like the range of precipitation and even the direction of the wind. Next time when the wind doesn’t allow to play flying discs with your buddies, you can check its direction with the app and plan for a better game. That’s how you play, LIKE A BOSS!
3. Yahoo Weather
Even if you aren’t so keen about the weather updates, this app would make you so. It has a beautiful UI. The animated sunrise and sunsets, Flickr photos matching your areas of search and interactive maps are the features which make this app a top favorite. It gives away the most accurate hourly, 5-day and 10-day forecasts.
4. The Weather Channel
The name says it all. Tap this channel to learn about hourly, 36-hour and 10-day forecast options. It also has fast, accurate and localized radar maps which offer severe weather alerts to the users. You can also provide your weather inputs with pictures through the social weather reports. If you are a travel freak, get this app and this will avoid all your disappointments and you are sure to have a merrier trip.
5. 1Weather
Now that’s a personal favorite. Simple yet beautiful! This app should be appreciated for the design and user interface. It also has a robust set of tools which work for the job the app is designed for. The app has “follow my location” feature, wherein the weather information gets automatically updated when you are in the move. The next time before you plan your beach volley ball the app would alert you for those heavy down pours!
You will never know what the weather can do to you until it ruins your day. God forbid! Let those things remain unknown to you with the help of these apps.
So go ahead.. have joy.. have fun and have seasons in the sun!!
Pavithra Ranganathan
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