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New ‘Acme Weather’ App From Dark Sky Creators Wants to Fix Weather Apps’ Biggest Problem
Acme Weather app shows forecast confidence with 'Alternate Predictions' and boosts accuracy using community reports, offering a two-week free trial and $25/year subscription.
- Recently, the team behind the Dark Sky weather app launched Acme Weather for iPhone on the App Store, featuring Alternative Forecasts that present multiple possible outcomes.
- Given that no forecast is 100% reliable, the team responsible for Dark Sky rebuilt Acme Weather after Apple acquired and shut down Dark Sky, embracing forecast uncertainty.
- Using multiple data sources—numerical weather prediction models, satellite data, ground station observations, and radar—Acme plots a core forecast line plus alternate prediction lines whose spread indicates confidence.
- Notifications include down-to-the-minute rain warnings, government severe-weather alerts and nearby lightning, while Community Reports let users submit real-time conditions as icons or emojis on maps.
- An Android version is planned soon, and the Dark Sky creators say Acme could shift expectations for transparency after Apple Weather integrated Dark Sky features.
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