WSOC-TV Channel 9 Weather App app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Cox Media Group
First release : 19 Dec 2012
App size: 116.31 Mb
Chief Meteorologist Steve Udelson and Severe Weather Center 9 meteorologists have made the most accurate local weather app, “The WSOC-TV Weather App,” even better. Charlotte’s most powerful weather app includes the following:
Summary of Features:
- There is a new radar in the weather app that matches the radar found on other digital platforms and also includes future radar to provide you with a likely path and outlook of storms. The radar has 250 meter resolution, the highest available.
- New tracks - We added earthquakes and storm tracks as layers in the radar. Now you can track the location and magnitude of earthquakes as well for storms the speed, direction and type. Tap the “storm symbols” icon in the radar to see the list.
- Locally crafted forecasts. Select a location inside the Charlote market to see a local forecast created by WSOC-TV’s local weather experts. The app tells you which member of Severe Weather Center 9 crafted the local forecast. National applications that come pre-loaded on your phone don’t have local experts focused solely on getting the local forecast right every day.
- Push alerts are FREE for more than 25 alert types including everything from tornado warnings to winter storm warnings and tropical storm alert types.
- Now you can scroll through the home screen to access most of what you need or want on one tab.
- Place a location pin precisely where you want it for a specific address or any position on a map. When saving a location you can name it exactly how you want it.
- The app works with identical features on tablet and handset.
- Additional items added seasonally
The weather app also has these critical benefits and features:
- The radar zooms down to your neighborhood or zooms out to check radar anywhere in the country.
- The app provides Location-Based alerts. While many other apps offer alerts based on your county, This app supports a more precise type of alert issued for the most dangerous types of weather threats. More precision means you get alerts that matter to you, not false alarms.
- Current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts for any location you enter.
- High resolution satellite cloud imagery
- Ability to add and save locations
- A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness
- Additional items added seasonally
*Data and alerting available for the United States only.
Latest reviews of WSOC-TV Channel 9 Weather App app for iPhone and iPad
Since last update Ive had a heavy rain alert that wont go away. Its sunny with a 0% chance of rain today but I still have a heavy rain event alert.
The app is unreliable. Daily forecasts are not always updated properly. For example, the app displayed a 40% chance of rain throughout the day with a heavy flooding alert with no time table. However, WSOCTV News at Noon predicted a 10% chance of rain with no flooding threats. The entire day had almost no clouds and not a drop of rain. There have been other inconsistencies, but another issue with the app is that sometimes it will no give me the current days forecast. The seven day forecast will begin with the following day. I have closed and relaunched the app to see if it the issues would be corrected. I even tried installing and then re- installing the app. Its broken. Steve Udilson is wrong; the app is not mu best friend.
OK for what it is, but enough rough edges and malfunctions make it seem as a beta release.
I like this app but in the summer they can hardly prodict a weather forcast a day away and they say its not going to rain and yet it rains or they say its going to rain and it dosent rain at all its a 20 percent acuricy for the summer and spring time the good part is the notification they send out the alerts and sometimes there fucher cast so its good to have but watch out the acuricy needs to be a tad better
Glad I found this. Its really cool to look at, has all the weather and I can watch the newscasts. Great job!