Cloudbase Weather vs Why Weather

Cloudbase gives you a smarter forecast — purpose-built for Canada and the United States, powered by ClipperAI: an AI model independently benchmarked to outperform GFS, the world's most widely used global forecast model. No account required. No ads. Just weather. — FORECAST & RADAR — Detailed daily and hourly forecasts with temperature, precipitation, wind, pressure, visibility, and cloud cover — tuned for North American conditions from coast to coast. Interactive radar with animated playback and immersive full-screen mode, automatically centered on your location. — AIR QUALITY — Real-time AQI with pollutant breakdowns — PM2.5, ozone, smoke, and more — so you know what you're actually breathing before you head outside. Coverage across Canada and the US. — HOME SCREEN WIDGETS — A large collection of beautifully designed widgets for your home screen and lock screen. Choose from minimalist, glassmorphic, terminal-style, radial, chart-based, and more. The free METAR widget shows live aviation weather right from your home screen — no app needed. Each widget can follow the app's current location or be pinned to any city you choose. — AVIATION WEATHER — For pilots and weather enthusiasts: live METARs and TAFs for nearby stations, VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR flight category indicators, winds aloft, and 24 hours of historical METAR observations — all in one dedicated tab. Covers airports and aerodromes across Canada and the US. — ALWAYS READY — Background refresh keeps widget data and offline forecasts current even when the app is closed. Severe weather notifications deliver local alerts the moment conditions change. — MORE — • Apple Spotlight integration — search any city from your home screen • Share extension — open Cloudbase directly from Safari • Multi-location search with instant switching • Fully configurable units: metric, imperial, or mixed • Optimized for iPhone and iPad • Dark mode throughout Cloudbase is built for anyone in Canada or the US who takes the weather seriously — whether you're planning a weekend hike, tracking a storm, or checking conditions before a flight.

Why Weather is the thinking weather app—for the weather-curious and the weather-nerdy. We explain the science behind the forecast, and the uncertainty behind the science. Most weather apps give you the play-by-play, we include the color commentary. MEET SKY Why Weather is the only weather app with an AI meteorologist you can actually talk to. Ask Sky why a front is moving in, what a radar pattern means, why pressure is dropping, or what a hook echo looks like. Sky explains the why, not just the what. TODAY'S WEATHER STORY Tap "Today's weather story" on the forecast screen—or your daily morning notification—and Sky writes a short narrative explaining what's actually going to happen. Not just numbers and icons: the why behind the day. What the front is doing, what to plan around, whether the rain is for real or just hedging. The same story that arrives in your morning notification is one tap deep into Sky's view. FORECAST IN FLUX When the National Weather Service explicitly hedges in their forecast discussion, we flag it. When a station nearby observes different conditions than the model predicts, we show the disagreement. The forecast isn't gospel; we don't pretend it is. GROUND TRUTH Forecasts lag reality. When the model says cloudy but radar at your spot shows rain—or the nearest weather station is reporting different conditions than the model predicted—we surface a "Ground truth" badge instead of doubling down on the wrong forecast. Tap it to see the disagreement spelled out, including the source we're trusting and why. ANIMATED RADAR + NOWCAST Watch precipitation move in real time. Premium unlocks the next-hour nowcast so you know what's coming before it arrives. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS THAT RESPECT YOUR TIME — A one-sentence weather story, every morning, links to today's full weather story — Severe weather watches and warnings, the moment they're issued — A heads-up before rain begins, with intensity context BUILT FOR WEATHER NERDS — Concept-of-the-day cards spanning core meteorology, named systems, planetary atmospheres, and climate science — Learn factoids that surface real atmospheric facts — Honest framing about model resolution ("rain in the area," not "rain at your house") — Ground-truth badge when live observations disagree with the forecast model PREMIUM Unlock all forecast sources, all map layers (wind, heat), the next-hour radar nowcast, 10 day forecast (from 7), and unlimited Sky responses. Monthly and annual subscriptions available. If you've ever wondered what's actually going on up there—not just what to wear today—Why Weather is built for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/