SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 12/20/11 — , the world-s first online weather service, announced today the availability of its new application for the , and . Available now for free in the and , this comprehensive weather app publishes data from the company-s network of over 22,000 personal weather stations, therefore providing the most localized weather conditions and forecasts for locations across the world. Weather observations from these stations are recorded as often as every 2.5 seconds and ingested into Weather Underground-s proprietary forecasting model, providing more granular forecasts than other weather sources.
The app also incorporates Weather Underground-s acclaimed interactive weather map (WunderMap®) that allows users to select from different weather overlays including current conditions from the company-s neighborhood stations, animated radar, satellite, webcams and severe weather updates.
“We have built our reputation upon providing the most reliable and in-depth weather data on the traditional web but recognize that weather is now the most consumed data among smartphone users,” said Alan Steremberg, President of Weather Underground. “Our new iPhone and Android application delivers our unrivalled weather content within a slick interface, optimized for the touch screen experience.”
In addition, the app displays an overview of local conditions including temperature, -feels-like- temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity, dew point, visibility, pressure, gusts and moon phase.
Other features include:
7-day forecasts including text summary
Hourly forecasts including sunrise and sunset
Saved favorite locations and recent searches
Twitter integration — share your weather with Twitter friends and follow the latest weather trends on the wunderground.com Twitter feed
Snow and winter sports reports — iPhone specific
Leading weather commentary from Dr. Jeff Masters — iPhone specific
Tropical Weather and Hurricane Coverage — iPhone specific
For more information please contact Shannon Magill, Press Manager, .
About Weather Underground
The world-s first online weather service, Weather Underground is committed to delivering the most comprehensive, reliable weather information possible. Home to more than 20 million web users and weather provider to partners such as Google, The Associated Press and CBS, the company-s state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for locations across the world. With more than 22,000 users contributing local observations from personal weather stations, Weather Underground is able to provide up-to-the-minute weather conditions for the most finely targeted areas. In addition to serving free online weather information to millions of unique users every month, Weather Underground delivers custom-designed weather page solutions to an array of businesses and media clients — both online and in print.
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For more information please contact
Shannon Magill
Press Manager
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