WMTV15 First Alert Weather

This app has a lot to recommend it. It gives severe weather warnings ahead of the Apple weather app by a lot. But it also gives false information enough to be annoying—for example I just got a notification of “heavy rain near your location” and it’s sunny. I also frequently get alerts for places I no longer am, such as when I return from vacation. And because it doesn’t seem to know where I am, I need to check severe weather alerts against reality if they seem wrong.

I was using another local station's weather app for the longest time, but I dumped them when they started advertising products on it that align with discord and hate. Channel 15's app is better--the video segments are a plus, and it just seems friendlier. I'll stick with it as long as it doesn't become another cheap avenue for sowing discontent.

Like this app a lot, but here is the downside… Very spammy app, sends a dozen low value weather notifications a day. We’ve got a wind storm incoming, and the app has been warning me with low value notifications for 3 days. These are very clearly intended to drive views of their adverts. Blocking these notifications specifically (while still allowing in meaningful NOAA warnings) is also not obvious. Other than that, I really like this app and would recommend based on the last year of usage. Wish the developers would consider displaying the daily and hourly temps on a plot instead of spreadsheet style.