KCTV Stormtrack5 Weather app review: dedicated weather forecasting for residents of Kansas

Introduction

Those of you who happen to live in Kansas are going to absolutely love this weather forecasting app, which provides up to 10 days' of advance weather forecasts in addition to severe weather notifications, live radar map imagery, and plenty of other great features.

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I would say that if you live in or around the Kansas City region and you’re looking for an accurate and reliable source of weather information, then you really can’t go too far astray with KCTV Stormtrack 5 Weather app.

Dedicated Weather Forecasting for Kansas

The first thing I would recommend doing when you first start using KCTV Stormtrack5 Weather is to tap the house icon in the top right-hand corner of the Map section. From here, you can access the Locations menu which enables you to use your device’s GPS to find weather information for your local area.

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You’ll also notice that you can save multiple locations within this section. This is ideal for those of you who want to check the road conditions for your daily work commute, or perhaps for those of you who frequently visit relatives out of town.

The Map section also doubles up as the home screen for this app, and at the bottom you’ll see a summary of the Current conditions, as well as a slightly more abridged overview of what kind of conditions you can expect for today, yesterday, and tomorrow.

 

View 10 Days' of Weather Forecasts

If you want a little more detail then the 10 Day and Hourly sections should definitely do the trick. The Hourly section is particularly detailed, providing an hour-by-hour breakdown of conditions for the next 24 hours, including variances in temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and more.

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The 10 Day section doesn’t break down the forecasting by the hour, but you can find additional information by tapping on a specific day. Doing this will provide you with details such as the UV Index, sunrise and sunset times, and even a text summary of the weather for the evening.

Those of you who live in a storm-prone area will definitely want to check out the Alerts section, as it enables you to set up Push notifications informing you of any cyclones, tornadoes, flash floods, and so on, which might be headed in your direction.

 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Detailed weather forecasting for residents of Kansas
• Weather forecasts available across a 10-day timeframe in different visual formats
• Receive severe weather alerts via Push notification
• Detailed radar map imagery enables you to track weather fronts in your region
• Live and archived video content from the KCTV studios

 

Cons                                                     

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

Although KCTV Stormtrack5 Weather is far from being the most innovative development in the Weather category of the App Store, it does offer a solid combination of form and function, and I think you’ll find it to be more than adequate.