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.
But muh free market!
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.
Even AccuWeather is saying they’re going too far now.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/07/accuweather-rejects-project-2025s-national-weather-service-noaa-plans.html
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.