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New Met Office iPhone App handy for those in the UK

Categories: Applications, UK News
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 5:21 PM

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So those helpful people at the Met Office (weather forecasting, for our non-UK readers) have delivered an App for the iPhone that lets you check out the weather in lots of lovely detail. Well actually, the work was outsourced to a mobile developer, but that’s fine – because all the content is there, and that’s what we need to see!

In this case the content is weather data, including:

  • 5-day weather forecasts
  • National severe weather alerts
  • Daily national and regional weather maps
  • UK rainfall radar and satellite imagery
  • Save and access your favourite locations

The best part, I suppose, is that the App is free – not always a good indicator of quality, but I think in this case it should be pretty reasonable.

Met Office Weather Application (£free) [iTunes link]

[Via: TechDigest]

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