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Amazing Weather HD updated with more beautiful live tiles

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By Sam Sabri, Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:04 pm

One of the highest rated weather apps on Windows Phone just picked up another update. Amazing Weather HD is now packing a few new aesthetic changes to one of the most beautiful apps. Some bug fixes and new features await you after the break.

Official Met Office App released for Windows Phone 8

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By robert brand, Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:31 pm

There are a number of weather related apps in the marketplace but this one stands out for a few reasons. The Met Office is the UK’s National Weather Service and is therefore the trusted supplier of weather information to everyone from the military or the man on the street.

They have released an official app for Windows Phone 8 that supports Live Tiles, double wide tiles in a super extensive and well-designed package. The app will only show weather for the United Kingdom but anyone can download it. Still interested? Read on past the break to find out more…

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Best Weather Apps for your Windows Phone

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By George Ponder, Friday, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:50 am

WPCentral's list of the best weather apps for Windows Phone

Your Windows Phone is a great way to stay in touch with what is happening in the world and with things that impact your daily grind. The weather is one thing most of us will have a need to keep track of. There are plenty of weather apps to choose from over at the Windows Phone Marketplace but which one will work out best with your shiny new Nokia Lumia 900 or trusty old Samsung Focus.

We've tossed together a small collection of weather apps we like that offers a wide range of choices. What might be useful for your needs might not match someone else's. We have the basic weather app that shows you the current conditions and extended forecast and the weather apps that would make your local weatherman jealous.

So hit the break and see out selection of the best weather apps out there for your Windows Phone.

WeatherMaster - App Spotlight

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By George Ponder, Monday, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:50 am

No argument here. There are a lot of weather apps available for your Windows Phone. You have the full gambit from Accuweather to WeatherLive. You can now add WeatherMaster to the pot and it ain't too shabby of an addition.

WeatherMaster's main page displays the current conditions for your current GPS location and a seven day forecast (includes the current day). At the bottom of the screen are button controls to:

View a detailed page on the forecast (breaks things down hourly)
Pull up a weather map with satellite and radar layers. You can even add cities to your forecast list from the map.
Add cities
Delete the current location

Additionally, from the "three-dot" menu you can access the apps settings, refresh the information and read about the application.

From the settings you can disable your location services, choose which forecast city shows up on your live tile, and choose your units of measurements. The App runs on Windows Phone 7 or higher so for now, only one live tile is possible.

All in all, WeatherMaster is a nice weather app for your Windows Phone. I liked the Weather Map but would have liked to have seen an option to animate the layers. There is a Mango version in the works which should bring multiple live tile support into the mix and maybe we'll see some animation to the map as well.

There is a free trial version available for WeatherMaster and the full version runs $1.99. You can find WeatherMaster here at the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Weather Channel App gets mangofied

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By George Ponder, Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:55 pm

We've received numerous tips this morning on the Windows Phone weather app Weather. Weather is the official Weather Channel app for your Windows Phone and it has been updated to version 1.7. The update Mangofies the app.

There are a few cosmetic changes to the app but the most noticeable change is the Mango fast resume and multiple live tile support. You can now pin any forecast city to your Start Menu and un-pin the tile from with the Weather.

From your location list, go into the edit screen and you'll see three options. One to give the location a nickname, one to set the location as your default location, and another to show as a live tile. Check the box to show the location as a live tile, save and the tile is created on your Start Screen. Un-check the box and the tile is removed.

The live tile has two sides. The front shows your current conditions and the back shows a radar thumbnail for that particular location. I'm a little surprised that the back side shows a radar image. If you've got clear skies, it seems a waste of resources. If there's a way to customize or change what's displayed on the back side of the live tile, I haven't found it yet.

All in all, the update improves things. Overall, Weather seems to have a little more zip to it and while the cosmetic changes are minor, they give the app somewhat of a cleaner appearance.

Weather is a free, ad-supported application for your Windows Phone and you can find it here at the Windows Phone Marketplace. Keep in mind you'll need to update your phone to Windows Phone 7.5 before you can use Weather v1.7.

Thanks to everyone who tipped us on this!

Accuweather.com brings Mango into the forecast

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By George Ponder, Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:15 am

The popular Windows Phone weather app, Accuweather.com, has gone Mango. The update gives the app the fast resume feature and, most notably, the ability to pin multiple weather tiles to your Start Screen.

Just go to your locations, tap hold on a forecast city and you can choose to pin the location to your Start Screen and give it a custom name. Tapping on one of these tiles launches the Accuweather.com app and sets the weather information to that location.

Accuweather.com is a free application for your Windows Phone and you can download it here at the Windows Phone Web Marketplace. If you happen to see any additional changes to Accuweather.com feel free to share in the comments.

Thanks goes out to Miguel for tipping us on this!

Windows Phone Weather App Roundup

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By George Ponder, Wednesday, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:20 pm

If you search the keyword "weather" over at the Windows Phone Marketplace it will yield you about one hundred results. Everything from Accuweather to Nude Beach Weather, the choices cover a lot of territory. But which one is the best?

You've got Windows Phone weather apps that will deliver the basics such as your current conditions and an extended forecast. You also have weather apps that will throw radar imagery, videos, and more weather stats into the mix. Then there are non-weather apps that have weather features.

After taking a look at a handful of the weather apps on the Marketplace, we've rounded up the ones that stood out. After the break, found out which weather apps we think should find their way to your Windows Phone.