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Dark Sky Creators Launch Acme Weather for iPhone With Alternate Predictions

The iPhone launch introduces a $25-per-year service that shows ranges of possible outcomes to convey confidence.

Overview

  • The app is available now on the App Store with a two-week free trial at $25 per year, with an Android version planned.
  • Its core feature displays multiple forecast lines alongside a primary forecast to make uncertainty and confidence explicit.
  • Forecasts draw on numerical models, satellite data, radar, and ground observations, which the team says improve on Dark Sky’s method.
  • Users can submit real-time condition reports, complemented by map layers for radar, lightning, rain and snow totals, wind, temperature, humidity, cloud cover, and storm tracks.
  • Notifications include minute-by-minute rain warnings, government severe weather alerts, nearby lightning, and experimental rainbow and beautiful sunset alerts.