If you’re like me, you probably have several weather apps on your phone. Why do we do this? Well, we could write it off as a weird app obsession, or maybe deep down we hope that if we don’t like the local weather forecast, we’ll find a better one somewhere else. Or maybe it’s because my Pixel 6 Pro has 512GB of storage and I want to justify the extra expense.
The Weather Channel gets its weather information through a partnership with IBM. AccuWeather is a service used by many commodity traders who base their investments on fundamentals (as opposed to charting). Of course, this information does not matter whether you are trading currency futures or financial futures. But if you buy and sell corn or rice contracts, the weather for the next few months might be good to know.
The AccuWeather app is getting some new features
By default on iOS and Android, the app now displays a horizontal graph that tracks the current temperature and the hourly forecast for the next four hours. You can see this by tapping the Hourly tab at the bottom of the screen. Make sure the button in the upper right corner of the screen is set to Graph. At the bottom of the screen you can see the current temperature, what it really feels like when wind chill and other factors are taken into account, and what it really feels like in the shade. Select List to see the hourly forecast in a list view.
AccuWeather has also added a “Watch Live” option to the app. Tap the three-line menu icon in the upper left corner of the screen. In the Video menu, you’ll see a list with a red pill-shaped icon with the word “LIVE” in white. Tap it and the stream will appear at the top of the screen.