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Paid $300 for the hardware, software is hidden
The hardware is $300 but when I open the app, there is no way to display that data. Instead, it shows you the general weather. If you click another button, you can EVENTUALLY get to the weather station that you just dropped $300 for, but there is no display upon opening the app. This could EASILY be fixed with a setting that says “ what would you like to display when opening the app: the weather or your weather station data” such a shame
Update:
App developer replied saying the weather shows is from my station. Clearly the person replying does not use the app. it is in fact, not from my station, but an aggregative data which it clearly says when you open. For example, how can my personal station “predict” weather for the next 10 days. That’s not possible. Get better product support people that have actually use the app! unfortunately, this review will go nowhere because the person receiving the interview is the problem and there’s no way to get in contact with the company itself.Show lesstmdaman
Developer Response
Hi tmdaman, the current conditions displayed on the home screen are from your weather station. You can tap that box for even more data and graphs/charts, etc. If you saved other forecast locations, the app will show you the last location you were viewing.Wonderful app and device
Love them both!! I knocked one star off because it doesn’t have a radar map. Would be the perfect addition so I can ditch my other weather app completely!! Tempest - Please seriously consider adding the radar map and air quality reading to this app. Also, severe weather alerts (storms,hurricane,tornado,air quality,etc) are desperately needed! I love that your app shows it, but never alerts me to any warnings or watches. I would finally be able to ditch my other weather app if these were added. I wouldn’t pay a subscription, as I do use your weather station and love it!! I think this is an important addition(s) to your app. Besides that, it works great!Show lesssMyNickname
Developer Response
Thanks for your great review! We hear you loud and clear on the radar suggestion.Not very accurate
Update Aug 8: On Aug 6 I deleted the app and redownload it. I had to sign back into it. After doing so, the app detected the "heavy rain" we were getting along with the lightning. The rainfall showed nearly 4 inches on Aug 5 which sounde more in line with what I was observing. It seems to require the extra effort to delete, download and sign back in instead of just clicking the Update button.
Aug 5, 2024: Its been pouring down rain, street flooding and made national news as we are experiencing Hurricane Debby weather conditions since yesterday. App says we received 2 inches today and 3 inches yesterday. Its 11pm. There is a good foot of water covering the road in front of our house and up into our driveway. As I am typing this it is pouring down buckets, thunder and lightning yet app is showing "none" (rain) with the last rain captured as being 27 min ago and lightning 3 hours ago. The Tempest online map shows hundreds of Tempest stations down our FL west coast and about 40 stations within 15 miles of us. I clicked on the UPDATE button for the app and that didn't help. I find it strange the app cant offer more accurate information about the amount of rain that is falling and has fallen since yesterday.Show lesssandimacd
Developer Response
Hey Sandi, thanks for the review. Please contact our support team if you haven't already, we can help with this. You can submit a ticket here: https://help.tempest.earth/hc/en-us/requests/newNot very accurate
Its been pouring down rain, street flooding and made national news as we are experiencing Hurricane Debby weather conditions since yesterday. App says we received 2 inches today and 3 inches yesterday. Its 11pm. There is a good foot of water covering the road in front of our house and up into our driveway.
As I am typing this it is pouring down buckets, thunder and lightning yet app is showing "none" (rain) with the last rain captured as being 27 min ago and lightning 3 hours ago.
The Tempest online map shows hundreds of Tempest stations down our FL west coast and about 40 stations within 15 miles of us. I find it strange the app cant offer more accurate information about the amount of rain that is falling and has fallen since yesterday.Show lessDeveloper Response
Hey Sandi, thanks for the review. Please contact our support team if you haven't already, we can help with this. You can submit a ticket here: https://help.tempest.earth/hc/en-us/requests/newGreat hardware, some poor forecasts
The hardware is amazing, and in most respects the app is too. But there is a very consistent hourly temperature forecast glitch on days when the current temperature rises higher than the day’s overall forecast high. It happens with great regularity and is reproducible/predictable. If I had to guess, I’d say the hourly temperature forecast algorithm attempts to plot a smooth curve from the current temp to the forecast high, which the algorithm places an hour or so before sunset. Reasonable, but it breaks down if the current temp exceeds that high, which is happening more and more often these days for obvious reasons. When this condition occurs the app will stubbornly insist on plotting the curve back down from the current moment to that forecast high, pinned at that hour or so before sunset, absurdly suggesting that the temperature will drop from its current high, when common sense suggests that adjusting the forecast high is called for. This doesn’t seem like it would be a very hard problem to fix and other apps, like the Apple weather app, do it just fine. So fix that!
But overall great app and highly recommended weather station.Show lesscowboydirtydan125
Developer Response
Thanks so much for your valuable feedback! Please contact customer support on this issue if you haven't already. https://help.weatherflow.com/hc/en-us/requests/newDon’t waste your money
I owned several of these weather stations and this one was the most expensive. I like that the battery stays charged and no moving parts. The station is not accurate with rain fall and don’t get me started on wind speed, we have had 50 mph winds only to see 13 or 14 mph on the sensor. This station for what I paid is highly disappointing! I was looking for a more accurate one and still haven’t found one except the National weather service. Save your money and use the National Weather Bureau!Show lessskully312991680
Good weather app, but…
This is a good weather app (and I have their weather station, which is excellent) but I do have a few suggestions.
1- as in many apps, the font of many of the fields is too light to read well. Simply making it a bolder font would make it MUCH better.
2- it has no weather radar view. It would be nice if it had a view like Dark Sky which is the best I’ve ever used.
3- it would be nice to have a rain rate field. It could be the average rate over a few seconds interval.Show lessjerryshields
Close to perfect
Love the hardware itself - not having to ever worry about battery life is wonderful. Agreed with others about the rain sensor’s inaccuracy, however it’s good enough for a ballpark number. Infrequent connectivity issues but still probably 99.9% uptime. Overall highly recommended vs other weather stations. I have tried the major competitors and this is my favorite.
The app is fine, however I have a big gripe with the visualizations. I would love to see an auto scale/resize on the time series data. Just resize via pinch to zoom like with financial apps for example. I’m sure you can do better! Or is there an API and I can do it myself? All this data not being put to use within an app that is perfect for it!
Everything else is great - it always works and the minimalist UI is fast and very readable. Thanks for keeping the updates coming!Show lessWegmans
Can not use without buying hardware
If you dont own a tempest wx station you actually cant use this app AT ALL. Im not sure what the point of crowdsourcing weather information is if others can’t take advantage of all the details gathered in the surrounding communitys. Its currently a scary severe thunderstorm and I was hoping this app could help me out. But now Im just disappointed and upset. Your greed from hoarding this data is abhorrent! I refuse to contribute to the problem so now Im not buying a station! I would have been an easy sale! I thought this would be like the Neighbors app from ring.Show lessLogan1057
Latest Update Issues
I have run the system previously with no issues. After app update to v 5.0 I only have access to current weather information, no history even from 5 minutes ago. I need this history functionality so Weatherflow please restore it or advise how to revert back to previous version. I am not a fan of new color scheme either but will tolerate it if I can get access to my data. I’m still very pleased with the device and it’s capabilities overall, just the app update needs fixed immediately!!!Show lessGulf Weather
