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FOX8 Weather Center app review: comprehensive weather forecasting for your local area

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Introduction

FOX8 Weather Center is a fully-fledged weather forecasting app that will provide you with all of the standard reporting details you would expect including weather conditions in your local area, radar map imaging, Storm Prediction Center Outlooks, and much more.

As far as free weather forecasting apps go, you really can’t go wrong with this app. You’ll get all of the usual details including temperature, humidity, and a general overview of conditions. You can view weather reports in anything from an hourly to weekly timeframe.

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It's A Beautiful Day

This app offers more or less everything that I personally like to see in a weather forecasting app, which usually boils down to the bare essentials in terms of functionality but without any unnecessary clutter which can sometimes affect the smoothness of operation and even overall stability.

None of these issues are present in FOX8 Weather Center because the weather information is neatly, and rather esthetically presented in a single-page format so you can see the current temperature and weather conditions in addition to the high and low temperatures and humidity for the coming seven days.

 

The Sun is Shining

Tapping the screen will bring up an hourly breakdown of what you can expect in terms of humidity, wind speed, and temperature, so I’m glad to see a nice balance between general weekly overviews and more detailed hour-by-hour information.

If you take a look at the sidebar on the left, you’ll notice a few other cool features such as the iMap Radar which displays precipitation and cloud cover. You can also share the details of these maps online via Facebook, Twitter, and email.

Those of you who live in areas which are prone to harsh weather conditions will definitely want to take a look at the Storm Prediction Center or SPC Outlooks section which will show you written reports for the next three days so you’ll be able to plan accordingly and make sure your loved ones are safe.

 

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Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Full coverage of weather conditions on an hourly or weekly timeframe
  • Radar map imaging shows precipitation and cloud cover
  • Save multiple locations in addition to your current locality
  • Share map details online via Facebook, Twitter, and email
  • Set up alerts for various conditions and subscribe to a Maps and Radar RSS feed

 

Cons

  • There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

All in all, I think FOX8 Weather Center is a very solid app.

 It doesn’t follow the most common formula of how many other weather apps are laid out but it keeps all of the things that really matter while offering a slightly fresh new spin on weather reporting.

I much prefer to see apps like this which have been developed largely with functionality in mind, and I think FOX8 Weather Center achieves this wonderfully while at the same time still looking great.

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MarkBangs

Mark is an opinionated writer who loves to review apps. In 2012, he started reviewing Apple apps on a regular basis and wonders how he survived up to that point without these apps.