Category: mobile applications
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Changes at MWN mean a new web app and moving your MWN weather alerts to our refreshed StormWatch+ app!
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In a previous blog post, we outlined a series of changes that are in the works or recently completed in our organization. These include the addition of Richard as co-owner and meteorologist at Cirrus Weather Solutions, introducing new live streaming coverage via YouTube during inclement weather, and updates to the MWN and StormWatch+ apps. All…
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A lot has been going on behind the scenes this year for MemphisWeather.net. While most changes take place “under the hood,” some will manifest themselves to our followers and friends over the coming few months. We thought it would be a good time to shine the light on a few of them: Staff addition to…
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You are probably familiar with Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), the push notification-based alert you receive on your smartphone when a Tornado or Flash Flood Warning has been issued in your area. These alerts are defaulted on from the cell phone companies, but can be disabled in your phone’s alert settings if you wish. They are…
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As we come to the end of the 2010’s and get ready to start messing up the 3rd digit when we write or type the year 201 2020, I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at the last 10 years at MemphisWeather.net (MWN). From weather website to trusted weather source The past…
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The wireless industry, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) now disseminate Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to cell phone users across the nation. The National Weather Service (NWS) utilizes WEA to push select extreme weather bulletins using this platform. WEA, also known as Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) or Personal Localized Alerting Network…
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As many of our loyal readers know, a couple years ago we “un-bundled” the StormWatch+ severe weather alerting technology from the MemphisWeather.net brand and created a national iOS app called, aptly, StormWatch+. The centerpiece of the app was the push notification alerts, but it also included a basic radar display, local conditions, and the NWS…
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After weeks of above normal temperatures, spring officially begins with – what else – snow and Freeze Warnings! After an unusually warm winter, astronomists deem it spring and “the lost winter” shows up! Today – cold and “snow”? What may be the last gasp of winter arrives with accumulating snow on the northeastern seaboard and…
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I’ve ranted before on the uselessness of “crap apps” and that ALL weather is local, therefore your weather information sources should also be as local as possible. A classic example was placed in my lap last night. As many of you know, MemphisWeather.net is the official weather partner of the Memphis Redbirds. So it goes…
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I’ve been asked this, or a variation of it, many times so I figured I would unravel the mystery behind the forecast data on most weather-related mobile apps/websites (from here on I’ll just refer to them as apps). Two categories of forecasts Forecasts that you see in weather apps basically fall into one of two…
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The Memphis metropolitan area could experience part of the first major severe weather outbreak of 2013 tonight as a very potent storm system plows into a moist, warm, highly-sheared, and somewhat unstable atmosphere. The “somewhat unstable” part of the equation is the only thing that is inhibiting in any way. Wind at the surface and…
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MWN for iPhone users: Last night (July 11), we submitted a fantastic mobile update to Apple for the MemphisWeather.net app. We’re proud to announce that StormWatch+ is getting a makeover! (Learn more about StormWatch+ here). While many of you have had great things to say about the app and the push notification-based alerting system we…
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Earlier today I got an e-mail I have been looking forward to for 3 months! The contents of the e-mail were really not as important as the sender and no, it wasn’t from Publishers Clearinghouse. If you have been following the saga of the MWN iPhone app, you know a major update was submitted to…
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Many of you who are regular blog of social media followers of ours are aware that we have been waiting an eternity on the “re-release” of our iPhone app. So many of you ask about it on a regular basis, I figured a mass update was probably in store. The MWN Android app was updated…
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Yesterday on the blog, we began the “Top 11 of ’11” series in typical Dave Letterman fashion, counting down #’s 11, 10, and 9. If you missed it, you can find part 1 of this series here. Today we resume with #8 and #7, as we head towards #1 on New Year’s Eve. So without…
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Everybody does Top 10 lists to end the year (or daily if your name is David Letterman), so MWN decided we should too. Only once we put together the list of Top 10 Mid-South weather stories of 2011, the list was 10+1, or 11 if you are up on your 1st grade math! So we…
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