# Weather Signal — Maine weather in plain words > Maine weather in plain words (iPhone/iPad app by Matthew Buttrick.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/weather-signal/id6759220548 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Matthew Buttrick](https://appshunter.io/developer/1877165182) - Category: Weather, News - Price: Free - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-02-18 - Data updated: 2026-11-13 ## What is Weather Signal? Weather Signal reads the National Weather Service forecast for your places and tells you in plain words whether the weather should change your plans. Built in southern Maine: read your local forecasters' own notes, see whether school is likely to close or open late, and find out what those sirens were. When a source can't be reached, it says so instead of guessing. Four tabs: Today, Radar, Plan and Nearby. Your place and the Settings gear are at the top of every tab. TODAY • The temperature and sky now, one line on whether the day needs a plan, and the next hours in a sentence and hour by hour. • A radar card with Radar's one-sentence answer, then the next 7 days. • Tap a day to read the forecasters' own day and night forecast, and hour by hour for the next two days. • Forecasters' notes: your local National Weather Service office's forecast discussion, when it's available, opening with a short summary of the forecasters' key messages. • When snow is forecast, a Snow card shows how much is expected. RADAR • Opens on the latest radar image, with a loop of the past hour, a play button and a time slider. • Says in one sentence whether rain or snow is on the way to your place. • National Weather Service alerts and lightning detected nearby, for your place or the middle of the map. PLAN • Only the days that need a plan, with advice for family, commute or both. • Getting around: late trains and airport delays near your place. In southern Maine it adds MaineDOT road reports for York County, I-95 and the Maine Turnpike. • School closure outlook: save a place as School to see whether a weather-related closure or delay looks unlikely, possible, likely or very likely on upcoming school days. These are estimates from the forecast, not official announcements. The track record of past estimates covers MSAD 60 in Maine so far. NEARBY • National Weather Service watches, warnings and advisories for the places you switch on. Tap one to read what to do, the area it covers, when it ends and who issued it. • If the National Weather Service can't be reached, Nearby says so instead of showing an all-clear. • Weather Signal doesn't send notifications yet, so open Nearby to see what's in effect for your places. Your iPhone's Emergency Alerts carry only the most dangerous warnings, such as tornadoes and flash floods, and only where your phone is. • What's that siren? Heard sirens, a boom or shaking? Check what's been reported nearby within the last hour: crashes, road closures and other reports from drivers, emergency and weather alerts, lightning and earthquakes. It says what was found, where and how long ago, and which sources didn't respond. • Nearby services finds an emergency room, urgent care, a pharmacy and more around your place, or near you if you ask. Forecasts and alerts cover the United States. Save places such as Home, Work and School. No account is needed; sign in only to sync your saved places. ## Is Weather Signal safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Weather Signal. ## Is Weather Signal legit? Weather Signal has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Weather Signal is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.4.1 — 2026-11-12 The alert count on the Nearby tab now shows up right after you sign in or out. Before, it could stay blank until you opened Nearby. ### 1.4 — 2026-11-11 Weather Signal 1.4 is redesigned around the National Weather Service forecast: each question has its own tab, and the answer comes first. • Four tabs: Today, Radar, Plan and Nearby. Your place and a Settings gear are at the top of every tab: tap the place to switch places or add one. • A new first screen: use your location, or search for a US city or ZIP code. A question about kids' school, a commute or both then sets what Plan shows first; change it in Settings or at the bottom of Plan. • Today reads top to bottom: the weather now, one line on whether the day needs a plan, the next hours in a sentence and hour by hour, a radar card with Radar's one-sentence answer, then the next 7 days. Times name their day when it isn't today. • When snow is forecast, a Snow card shows how much is expected. Rain and snow amounts come from the National Weather Service forecast; when it gives no amount, none is shown. • Tap a day to read the forecasters' day and night forecast, and hour by hour for the next two days. • Forecasters' notes, beside Today's one line, opens your local National Weather Service office's forecast discussion when it's available, starting with a short summary of the forecasters' key messages. • Radar is a full map with a loop of the past hour, a play button and a time slider, and says in one sentence whether rain or snow is on the way. Its colours run from green for light to red for intense, like National Weather Service radar. Reports stay off until you turn them on, and lightning is a line under the map. • Plan shows only the days that need a plan, then Getting around (trains, airports and, in southern Maine, roads) and the School closure outlook. • School closure outlook: save a place as School to see whether a weather-related closure or delay looks unlikely, possible, likely or very likely on upcoming school days, with its track record in one sentence. Choose between your saved schools, and open it from Plan, from Today in winter, or from Nearby. These are estimates from the forecast, not official announcements. • Nearby lists National Weather Service watches, warnings and advisories for the places you switch on, with a switch for each place. Tap one to read what to do, the area it covers, when it ends and who issued it. If the National Weather Service can't be reached, Nearby says so instead of showing an all-clear. Weather Signal doesn't send notifications yet. • Nearby also has a map of reports, What's that siren? and Nearby services. Report pins are red only for emergency calls from local dispatch. • What's that siren? checks what's been reported nearby and opens on what was found; add what you heard to sharpen the match. • Nearby services searches around your place; your location is used only if you tap Near me. • Swipe a place to delete it, and the place at the top of each tab shows its town. • A new app icon and launch screen, and one typeface. Light and dark appearance follow your device, or can be set in Settings. • A symbol and a word beside every colour, and better layouts at large text sizes and with VoiceOver. • More reliable loading on weak or busy connections. Removed • Percentage disruption odds and the disruption notification. School closure and delay estimates are now in words, in Plan and the School closure outlook. • Following your location while the app is closed. • The per-place alert threshold, which only applied to those odds. ### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-27 This update improves privacy and reliability: • Stronger protection for your account and saved places. • Delete your account and its associated data from Profile › Account. • More reliable weather and radar loading, with clearer unavailable or stale data. • Improved accessibility and updated privacy and support links. After updating, sign in to restore account-linked places. If you used the app as a guest, you may need to add your saved places again. ### 1.0 — 2026-02-18 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Weather Signal | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Weather Agent AI](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/weather-agent-ai/id6771266126) | — | Free | Weather | | [YAWA NOAA Weather](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yawa-noaa-weather/id6757626999) | 5.0 (2) | Free | Weather | | [Weather – Real-Time Updates](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/weather-real-time-updates/id6744177907) | — | Free | Weather | | [NWS Weather (Unofficial)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nws-weather-unofficial/id6790822706) | 5.0 (6) | Free | Weather | | [Stormora: Severe Weather Map](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stormora-severe-weather-map/id6772745654) | — | Free | Weather | | [NOAA Weather Radar: Unofficial](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/noaa-weather-radar-unofficial/id6771460673) | 4.9 (26) | Free | Weather | ## Related topics [my weatherby](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/my-weatherby) · [aaron tuttle weather](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/aaron-tuttle-weather) · [ats weather to go](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ats-weather-to-go) · [wlfi 18 weather](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/wlfi-18-weather) · [ng weather authority](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ng-weather-authority) · [wtaj your weather authority](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/wtaj-your-weather-authority) · [wdhn wiregrass weather](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/wdhn-wiregrass-weather) · [davis weather app](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/davis-weather-app) · [wndu weather](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/wndu-weather) · [weatherbunny](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/weatherbunny) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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