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Download WeatherBug to access the world’s largest network of real-time weather sensors for forecasts, alerts and more. Get the industry’s most accurate pinpoint forecasts for your neighborhood and around the world. Benefit from the fastest, most advanced early warning system, powered by the largest nationwide weather and lightning network. Know Before™.


NEW! This is our best WeatherBug yet with slick new slide-side navigation, live customizable tiles and a boatload of extra content such as Spark lightning alerts and selectable background themes. Now with even easier access to exclusive real-time weather data, forecasts and alerts from the only neighborhood-level weather and alerting sensor network (ours!). 



Enjoy these unique features to Know Before™:



•NEW! Slide-side navigation – Get all your forecasts, conditions and alerts with our new one-touch navigation right from the home screen!

•NEW! Spark Alerts – Spark, an exclusive WeatherBug feature, turns your smartphone into a personal lightning detector. Only WeatherBug can bring minute-by-minute, mile-by-mile lightning strike alerts to you, in real-time, based on data from the WeatherBug total lightning detection network! 



•NEW! Photos Section – We’ve collected magnificent photography from our users for your viewing pleasure. Come see what others are sharing and enjoy the scenery!

• NEW! Enhanced Pinpoint Hourly Forecasts for Domestic and International Locations – 25% more accurate forecasts for the next 24 hours when compared to other forecasts! Know Before™ you head out!

•NEW! Home Screen Customization – Customize your home screen with new background themes and rearrange your live tiles to get the info that matter the most to you at-a-glance.

•Pin-Point Visual Forecasts – The industry’s most accurate current, extended and hourly weather forecasts for your community in an easy to read, at-a-glance format. Only our network updates this information in real-time.

•Exclusive DTAs & Severe Weather Alerts w/ Push Notifications – Minutes Matter. Our Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts (DTAs) provide you 50% faster warnings to severe weather than the competition’s weather alerts. Plus, you get National Weather Service (NWS) warnings and watches to stay informed of severe weather conditions at all your current and saved locations.

•Enhanced Interactive Maps – Press and hold anywhere on the map and drop a pin to view current conditions from our exclusive network of weather stations. Enjoy multiple map layers such as Doppler radar, humidity, pressure, wind speed, high/low forecast, traffic, satellite imaging and more!

•Lifestyle Forecasts – Can I take my family to the beach? Should I cancel tomorrow's picnic? Our new Lifestyle Forecasts identify and analyze specific weather parameters to advise you on how best to stay comfortable and have fun!

•Live Weather Cams – View live images from over 2,000 weather cameras across the U.S. to get a better picture (pun intended) of the weather at destinations near and far.

•Social Sharing – Knowledge is power, so share current conditions, forecasts, live cam images and severe weather alerts with your social network to empower your friends and family with meaningful weather information so they can make the right decisions.

•My Location – Automatically updates your weather information based on the closest weather station to you in your neighborhood through GPS. 



•Available across Android smartphones and tablets! (Also available on iPhone, iPad, Windows 8, Kindle Fire, Nook and Chrome.)

Be prepared. Know Before™. Download the app used and loved by millions, voted “Best Weather App Ever” and trusted as a “Best App for Moms”, WeatherBug!

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