| You can find just about all the weather | | | | videos, maps, a "lifestyle" forecast, or settings. |
| information the lay user needs using Accu | | | | The hourly forecast is an intuitive and delightful |
| Weather for iPad, and if you know a trick or two, | | | | way to check the changing weather at different |
| you can find it with minimal frustration. The key | | | | times. You drag your finger around a little analog |
| to the Accu Weather app is understanding the | | | | clock face, and Accu Weather displays the likely |
| apparent objectives of the app's design: | | | | conditions, graphically and in text. |
| | | | Accu Weather's "lifestyle" forecast tells you |
| 1. Generally, it seems set up to drive traffic to | | | | whether the day is good for activities like cooking |
| the Accu Weather website, and | | | | out, biking, fishing, or beachgoing, or for hazards |
| 2. Its developers expect the user to be fairly | | | | like allergy attacks and hair frizz. It's a smart, |
| stationary. The Initial screen is covered with | | | | one-glance departure from the usual weather |
| forecasts, starting with your current day, and | | | | metrics. |
| scrolling down to show two more weeks in | | | | The maps and videos are standard fare, but well |
| horizontal strips. Each forecast displays a graphic | | | | presented, with only tolerably lagging animations. |
| depiction of the day's weather, a text equivalent, | | | | The settings menu is the hidden key to adding |
| high and low temperatures, the "RealFeel" | | | | locations. |
| temperatures, wind, and humidity. A little triangle in | | | | The Accu Weather app for iPad is good for |
| the upper left corner of a strip displays chance of | | | | planning that barbeque, knowing what to wear in |
| precipitation. Tap a forecast strip to go to the | | | | the morning, or even planning vacation activities, |
| website for more in-depth information, or -- and | | | | based on current and future weather conditions. |
| this is important to learn -- don't. | | | | It's somewhat less perfect, though far from |
| Now, here's how to find the good stuff. Look for | | | | useless, for "whirlwind tour" travel, where your |
| the venerable "overlapping pages" icon in the | | | | current location may change daily. |
| lower right corner of your front screen. It sends | | | | Fortunately, Accu Weather is available in a free |
| you to a slide menu, from which you can find all | | | | version. Download it, disregard the ads, and try it. |
| the best information in the app. The slide menu | | | | This app's too good for its interface, and if you |
| navigates to the initial daily forecast page, or to | | | | can learn it, you'll love it. |
| pages showing the hourly forecast, weather | | | | |