Forecast Bar - Weather + Radar

Higher Bar, LLC · Weather

4.5 2.8K ratings Free
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Aug 26, 2026
New version 11.2 → 11.5.1

Storm Intercept • A severe storm heading your way runs on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: how likely it is to turn severe, how far out, and a countdown to arrival — mirrored to the Apple Watch Smart Stack. • When a storm is going to miss, it says so — the closest it will come, then it gets out of your way. Storms on the radar • Storm Cells draws every tracked cell on the map with its probability of turning severe — NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere guidance, updated every two minutes. Tap a cell for severity trend, hail, wind and tornado breakdown, lightning rate and echo top. • Severe Storm Alert and Large Hail Alert ship ready-made, or build your own rule on severe probability or hail size. Severe weather on your widgets • Widgets now show a warning badge when a severe weather warning is active for their location. Tap it on a medium or large widget to see every active warning, then tap one for full details. • Weather alert notifications open details right in the app, and overlapping alerts of the same type appear separately, ordered by severity. Severe Risk • On the rare day the national outlook reaches Enhanced or higher, a Severe Risk card leads the main screen. Tap it to see the outlook drawn over the radar. • Severe Outlook Alerts can tell you when the outlook where you are gets upgraded, hours before any watch is issued. Storm Tracker • A storm closing on your location gets a card that leads with the verdict: on track for you, or expected to miss — with a live countdown to arrival. • After it passes, a storm report records what actually happened, and Storm Reports keeps two years of them. Compare cities • Up to five saved cities sit above or below your forecast. Tap to compare, or jump straight to that city. • Set a Home location and it joins your forecast automatically whenever you're away. Week Ahead Outlook • A short read on the week's pattern above the daily forecast — the turning points and the standout day. US outlooks now draw on the National Weather Service forecaster's own discussion. Stargazing & Astronomy • Stargazing Conditions shows tonight's best window, darkness, Moon, and weather, with an hourly quality chart. • Astronomy Alerts add meteor showers, eclipses and planetary events, each with your best local viewing time. Live Sunset Alerts • A heads-up minutes before a sunset worth stepping outside for, sent only when live satellite imagery confirms the forecast. Time Machine • Open any supported date, past or future, with a clear morning-to-night graph and backgrounds that follow the place, date and weather. • Pick dates on a month grid — swipe through months, tap the title for a year grid back to 1979, and Today snaps back in one tap. Weather Photos • Choose a photo — its date and location recreate the weather around it — then place weather artwork from restrained typography to atmospheric rain, snow and stars. On iPad • An hourly conditions chart sits below the alerts in both layouts, and landscape gets the storm tracker, storm report and weather-change cards portrait already had. Also in this release • Forecast charts are redrawn with a smoother gradient-filled curve, a current-hour marker, and a marker that follows your finger. • Cloud cover, humidity and visibility draw as lines on the hourly chart, and scrubbing snaps to your finger. • The main screen can pick its own tiles from current conditions — UV while the sun is up, gusts when it's gusty. • A redesigned subscription screen, with prices and trial terms straight from the App Store. • Forecast Bar works with VoiceOver. • Swipe right anywhere to open the side menu, and location search finds parks, ski areas and landmarks. • Global radar now plays into the future, so you can scrub ahead anywhere on Earth. • Wildfire smoke joins the radar, with an hour-by-hour PM2.5 forecast. See everything that's new at forecastbar.com/whats-new

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*** Featured by Apple, Lifehacker, Macworld and Cult of Mac! *** Forecast Bar offers hyper accurate, hyper local live weather and forecasts right at your fingertips, and is customizable to fit your needs. With 12+ Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets, including a multi-city widget to see weather in up to 4 locations at once. Forecast Bar includes a beautiful and powerful Apple Watch App with 100+ customizable complications, including hourly and daily visual forecasts, Graphs to visualize several different data points, or a Custom Modular with 3 customizable lines. The Watch app is fully customizable, with 3 custom data points you can add, a customizable hourly data point. You can also customize your backgrounds with several options including using your own images, as well as custom font and font size throughout the app. == Completely Redesigned for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass == Track storms like never before with our all-new NOAA-powered radar featuring live lightning strikes, aurora forecasts, and marine warnings. Watch precipitation approach in real-time right from your Lock Screen with our new Live Activity—see exactly when rain starts and ends without opening the app. Smart Weather Stories transforms forecasts into personalized AI summaries. Connect your calendar to get advice tailored to your plans: "Light rain during your 2pm meeting—bring an umbrella." Never miss a stunning sky with aurora visibility alerts, eclipse notifications, and Beautiful Sunset alerts. Now with iOS 26 Liquid Glass design. == Built Different == Crafted by a 2-person team over a decade. Trusted daily by users who call it "the most accurate weather app" they've used. Always improving—because your weather app should be. == Stay Informed with Push Notifications == - Personalized daily weather reports for any location, at any time you wish - Push notifications for severe weather alerts in the United States - Precipitation alerts sent reliably from our servers (Gold only) - Custom notifications and alerts! You can configure 14 different data points to look out for what matters to you. For example, get notified in the morning when wind during the day will rise above a certain speed, or if temperatures overnight will drop below freezing. (Gold only) - Beautiful Sunset alerts that give you a heads up when a stunning sunset (or sunrise!) is heading your way. Get your cameras ready! (Gold only) - Get notified when earthquakes hit near you! (Gold only) == Weather at a glance, or in depth == - Quickly check the current conditions or forecast for 14 days at a glance, including a succinct summary - Tap on any day's forecast to see an hour-by-hour breakdown - Gorgeous animated weather backgrounds - Apple Weather provided minute-by-minute rain forecasts - Tap again to see rich, interactive charts of even more details like dew point, pressure, visibility, UV index and more - Choose between a compact and highly visual view for weather at up to 8 locations at a time - Animated weather radar in the United States, Europe and Australia, including future radar forecasts, as well as 10+ other powerful visualizations - Forecast Bar supports iPad multitasking in Slide Over and Split Screen All subscriptions to Forecast Bar include a free 7 day trial Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. They will automatically renew at the end of your subscription period unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions or turn off auto-renewal at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Our privacy policy and terms of use are here: http://forecastbar.com/privacy-policy-for-forecast-bar.pdf and https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

What's new · 11.5.1

Storm Intercept • A severe storm heading your way runs on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: how likely it is to turn severe, how far out, and a countdown to arrival — mirrored to the Apple Watch Smart Stack. • When a storm is going to miss, it says so — the closest it will come, then it gets out of your way. Storms on the radar • Storm Cells draws every tracked cell on the map with its probability of turning severe — NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere guidance, updated every two minutes. Tap a cell for severity trend, hail, wind and tornado breakdown, lightning rate and echo top. • Severe Storm Alert and Large Hail Alert ship ready-made, or build your own rule on severe probability or hail size. Severe weather on your widgets • Widgets now show a warning badge when a severe weather warning is active for their location. Tap it on a medium or large widget to see every active warning, then tap one for full details. • Weather alert notifications open details right in the app, and overlapping alerts of the same type appear separately, ordered by severity. Severe Risk • On the rare day the national outlook reaches Enhanced or higher, a Severe Risk card leads the main screen. Tap it to see the outlook drawn over the radar. • Severe Outlook Alerts can tell you when the outlook where you are gets upgraded, hours before any watch is issued. Storm Tracker • A storm closing on your location gets a card that leads with the verdict: on track for you, or expected to miss — with a live countdown to arrival. • After it passes, a storm report records what actually happened, and Storm Reports keeps two years of them. Compare cities • Up to five saved cities sit above or below your forecast. Tap to compare, or jump straight to that city. • Set a Home location and it joins your forecast automatically whenever you're away. Week Ahead Outlook • A short read on the week's pattern above the daily forecast — the turning points and the standout day. US outlooks now draw on the National Weather Service forecaster's own discussion. Stargazing & Astronomy • Stargazing Conditions shows tonight's best window, darkness, Moon, and weather, with an hourly quality chart. • Astronomy Alerts add meteor showers, eclipses and planetary events, each with your best local viewing time. Live Sunset Alerts • A heads-up minutes before a sunset worth stepping outside for, sent only when live satellite imagery confirms the forecast. Time Machine • Open any supported date, past or future, with a clear morning-to-night graph and backgrounds that follow the place, date and weather. • Pick dates on a month grid — swipe through months, tap the title for a year grid back to 1979, and Today snaps back in one tap. Weather Photos • Choose a photo — its date and location recreate the weather around it — then place weather artwork from restrained typography to atmospheric rain, snow and stars. On iPad • An hourly conditions chart sits below the alerts in both layouts, and landscape gets the storm tracker, storm report and weather-change cards portrait already had. Also in this release • Forecast charts are redrawn with a smoother gradient-filled curve, a current-hour marker, and a marker that follows your finger. • Cloud cover, humidity and visibility draw as lines on the hourly chart, and scrubbing snaps to your finger. • The main screen can pick its own tiles from current conditions — UV while the sun is up, gusts when it's gusty. • A redesigned subscription screen, with prices and trial terms straight from the App Store. • Forecast Bar works with VoiceOver. • Swipe right anywhere to open the side menu, and location search finds parks, ski areas and landmarks. • Global radar now plays into the future, so you can scrub ahead anywhere on Earth. • Wildfire smoke joins the radar, with an hour-by-hour PM2.5 forecast. See everything that's new at forecastbar.com/whats-new

Details

ReleasedDec 2015
UpdatedJul 2026
Version11.5.1
Size219.5 MB
RequiresiOS 16.1 or later
Age rating4+
LanguagesEnglish
PriceFree
Categories WeatherUtilities
Bundle IDcom.rcg.forecastbarios