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StormWatch 7 Weather App from ABC7/WJLA app review: dedicated weather forecasting for residents of Washington

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Introduction

If you should happen to live in Washington then this is one iPhone and iPad app that you’ll definitely want to take for a spin as it provides dedicated weather forecasting for up to seven days in advance to help you stay one step ahead of the weatherman all the time.

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This is a very solid addition to its genre, providing more than enough detail and handy features to ensure you always know what to expect from the weather. You’ll find all kinds of different formats and timeframes covered here so let’s dig in and see exactly what’s on offer.

Dedicated Weather Forecasting for Washington

StormWatch 7 Weather App from ABC7/WJLA has been designed to act as a dedicated weather forecasting utility for those of you who live in Washington, with details of the current conditions visible at a glance and displaying things like the temperature, Feels Like temperature, humidity, dew point, and loads more.

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You can also use this app to set up Push notifications that will let you know whenever any severe weather conditions are headed in your direction. These alerts can even be customized to factor in everything from tornadoes to flash floods and storms.

 

StormWatch 7 screenshot 1
StormWatch 7 screenshot 1

Check Out the StormWatch 7 Weather Blog

I’m very pleased to see that the developer has been kind enough to include direct access to the StormWatch 7 weather blog as this provides more of a personal touch directly from the meteorologists themselves, rather than simply having you look at boring old numbers on a screen.

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All in all, I think you’re going to find this app to be very rich in content, and you can even find live radar map imagery which shows, you guessed it, a map of Washington with overlays for things like rain and other weather fronts that might be crossing through the region.

 

StormWatch 7 screenshot 2
StormWatch 7 screenshot 2

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Detailed weather forecasting for residents of Washington 
  • Provides the current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, and severe weather alert badges and text
  • Easily synchronize the app with your current location by using your device’s integrated GPS
  • Access one, two, and three-day outlooks from NOAA's Storm Prediction Center
  • Receive direct access to the StormWatch 7 blog feeds

 

Cons

  • There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

StormWatch 7 screenshot 3
StormWatch 7 screenshot 3

Final Words

Weather forecasting apps are a dime a dozen but StormWatch 7 Weather App from ABC7/WJLA is definitely one of the better examples on iPhone and iPad.

This isn’t exactly the most original app of its kind because a lot of developers are implementing exactly the same style of interface, or at least very similar designs, but if you’re looking for a source of weather information that you can actually rely on for consistently accurate coverage then I think you’ll do well with this one.

 

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MarkBangs

Mark is an opinionated writer who loves to review apps. In 2012, he started reviewing Apple apps on a regular basis and wonders how he survived up to that point without these apps.