The app is Clime Pro on iOS, they lock full access to Hurricane Milton data behind a $10 USD per week paywall.
If you’re in the area impacted by Milton, you can find publicly available resources at the National Hurricane Center’s website: National Hurricane Center
There is nothing more tech-bro libertarian than taking free public data, wrapping it in a slick package, and selling it.
I used to think that TV weather people were obsolete, but now I’m nostalgic for the public service that survived in the old capitalistic ad based broadcast TV era.
In a hypothetical world where everyone has every comfort available and every need met,
in that world at least,
I could say:
“There is some room for wrapping something in a sleek package!“
(Maybe I’d pay a dollar if someone remade those graphs really beautifully)
I only ever check my weather on NWS, but a year or two ago they went from having easily read hourly forecast data to those obnoxious graphs. I have zero clue why they did that.
If you click on the graph, it’ll turn into a data table showing ~48 hours worth of information. Is that what you’re looking for?
Holy shit, you’re awesome! Seriously, thank you haha, that makes readability so much faster.
But muh free market!
Even AccuWeather is saying they’re going too far now.
They realize they need that government data too.
AccuWeather’s business model relies on “adding value” to government-provided data, and monetizing it. Maintaining a fleet of satellites isn’t cheap.
Project 2025 wants to disband NOAA and give its functions to Accuweather instead, directing taxpayer funding to a private company while also locking all weather data behind a paywall, so they get paid twice to provide the same info NOAA currently provides with a single payment (taxpayer funding). The Accuweather founder, Joel Myers, and his brother, Billy Lee Myers (unsuccessfully nominated by Trump to be the head of NOAA), are major Republican donors, but I’m sure that is completely coincidental.
Holy fucking shit, Accuweather?! TIL
Catch me dodging that site from now on
Weather.gov had the front page downgraded during the Trump administration.
However, if you take a second and put in your ZIP Code and poke around some, it is really freaking good.
And it’s free.
It’s like my Canadian colleagues complaining that they can’t find any info about big weather events on Facebook and I’m like “You realize your taxes pay for info available to all?”
noaa.gov. for sat images go to the goes image viewer
Free coverage from Ryan Hall Y’all on youtube. He’s livestreaming for the foreseeable future with no ads.
LightningMaps is my favorite real time weather map site.
NOAA’s National Hurricane Center is the gold standard and updates regularly.
I came in here to link Ryan Hall. He and the ring of meteorologists, storm chasers, weather enthusiasts do fantastic work.
Mike’s Weather Page is a hobbyist page that aggregates a ton of info.
AccuWeather is free and provides up to date hurricane info.
If you care about having your taxpayer-funded weather accessible without going through a private, corporate middleman, you should never use AccuWeather.
Why you’d get any weather information from anyone but Frankie MacDonald, with his very own weather station, is beyond me
God bless capitalism
“Get the fuck out of Florida” -free
