One of the great things about the iPhone is being able to get current weather conditions for my current location. In the past I’ve used Weatherbug Elite for current conditions and forecasts but that has changed over the last week. My new favorite weather app is My-Cast Weather ($3.99) which is visually beautiful and loaded with information in an uncluttered format.

My-Cast features include:

• Real-time, animated radar
• Weather Map with conditions, temperatures, dew points, wind direction and wind speed overlays
• Animated Visible and Infrared Clouds
• Interactive StormWatch map with National Weather Service alerts
• Complete severe weather warnings, watches, and advisory alert text
• 7-day forecast with high/low temperatures and chance of precipitation
• Hourly forecast with temps, wind speed/direction and chance of precipitation
• Forecast graph including past, present and forecast wind, dew point, temperature, and sky conditions
• Save your favorite and recently viewed locations for anywhere in the U.S.
• Shake for live data refresh
• One-button push for GPS positioning
• No ads!

When you bring up the radar map you pinch the screen to zoom in and out which is nice having the iPhone gestures incorporated.

The chart shows wind, dew points, temperature and sky. I like the sky graphic showing whether it is sunny, cloudy, snowing or raining.

Forecast can be viewed daily or hourly. High and low temperatures as well as chance of precipitation are shown. Living in a snow area I wish the forecast had snow total amounts. Those are found though under Alerts.

Alerts are given from the National Weather Service and are fairly detailed for current location.

I really like My-Cast. Visually it is one of the nicest complete weather apps in the iTunes store. It could have a more detailed forecast but other than that I have no complaints.  I’m glad I spent the $3.99 for My-Cast Weather.

(4.5/5)