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Change Location
I love the idea of rain parrot for slipping my bicycle commute in between the showers. To make this even better it would be good to be able to change the location so that I can see predictions on when it will rain along the route. For example the rain here usually comes from the W and my commute home from work is E to W. If I could set the location to my home and see that it isn’t expected to rain there for 40 mins then I know that I could get home dry. Leaving the location at…
110 votesWe are looking into adding additional locations on a separate page. Note we have tried this feature and it isn’t as useful as it sounds, as the rain often travels faster than you can. So by the time you arrive at your new location the rain prediction is completely different to when you left as so much time has passed.
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Radar times (and predictions?)
It would be good to have times going along with the radar images, as seems to be common with most apps. Just makes it easier to estimate how quick rain will arrive/pass on that screen as well.
Also, the Weather Channel app has a radar prediction loop as well, which can be very useful.
Yours is certainly the nicest animation of all the ones I’ve seen, so would be great to add a few common features.
26 votesThe current design focuses on keeping the design clean and removing any information that is not required. The point of the radar page is that it is always up to date, and will let you know when the next image is arriving. The prediction page tells you when the rain is arriving.
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Hourly temperatures in horizontal scroll
Expand the current days temperature to be in hourly blocks rather than summarised over 3 hour intervals. It could even be included in the settings as a more detailed option for those that might prefer it
10 votesUnfortunately getting data this accurate is tricky, typically when you see this feature they may be using tricks like interpolation (averaging) between two 3 hour data points. I have been looking for a data source that can give this but it get both expensive and technical to implement.
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2 votes
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48hr forecast icons are difficult to see
+Make the 48hr forecast panel larger or clickable to show more details like a percentage likely hood of rain and at what time the rain should occur per hour or 2hr. Also show wind speed, wind direction, temperature etc. It's convenient to plan the day around this info.
8 votesWe are working on some design updates and I’ll see if we can integrate some of these ideas.
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NZ data
Would be fantastic if you could either have a separate app, or just include NZ weather data for frequent and sporting travellers. Knowing rainfall patterns is even more important for travellers, and hopefully you have a good working relationship with the NZ BOM
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Symbol on today widget
Add a weather symbol to the today widget to match forecast
4 votesThanks, I’ll look into it
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17 votes
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31 votes
I’ll look into adding this if I have some time.
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Show rainfall history
Provide rainfall amounts for the past week
17 votesI’ll see if I can add this, but that information is freely available online
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Refresh in Apple Watch app
It would be useful to be able to refresh the forecast from the watch with pull to refresh.
29 votesI don’t have an Apple watch at the moment to test this on, but I’ll look into it when I can.
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Nicer looking appealing widget
A better more eye-appealing widget is necessary (Key word "Eye appealing")
15 votesI’ll look into it if I get time
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17 votes
I take it yo mean the force touch settings – that could be interesting, maybe once I get a new phone I’ll look into it.
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Add more radars
I am in the Lockyer Valley and Toowoomba, the app is using Brisbane radar and saying I am too far from the radar for accurate predictions (It has rained and no notifications at all). There is no option for me to use the much closer Marburg radar.
27 votesAt the moment there is some complex logic for choosing the correct radar – I’ll look into tweaking it if there is a closer radar, even if that is of a lower quality image.
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Ability to change the alert to a ringtone
I often miss the short alerts especially if my phone is not on me. Having a long alert like a ringtone would be fantastic and set this product apart from all other rain alarms. I need an alert that can wake me at night if I have my telescope setup.
40 votesI have considered adding additional sounds – I’ll keep it in mind for a future update.
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Show the time that it will rain
This could be and option to display 'light rain at 2.33pm' rather than 'light rain in 44 minutes'.
27 votesI’m concerned with this behaviour as I have noticed it only serves to make the app seem more inaccurate – particularly when the storm is over 20 minutes away, as there can be several minutes of variation between each update. Using a relative time scale allows the app to fine tune the prediction without the penalty of being seen to be making such changes. Also having tested both I find a relative time scale more useful than the absolute time.
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User-sourced local warnings
Another page for local warnings.
If you experience a particular "event" then you can log it in your area by choosing from a pre-determined list (eg. Flash flood, fog, hail, power outage etc.) - if a certain number of users in the same area report the same event, it then pops up on the local warnings page.
The events should also be time stamped, so we can see how long ago it was reported.
Perhaps there could be follow-up notifications on the hour to users that submitted a report, where they confirm whether or not the event is still taking…
9 votesGreat idea, however it is almost an app in itself – it is significantly more complex than it sounds, but I’ll look into it.
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Apple Watch complication.
Would be great to have a complication for Apple Watch advising how long until rain starts.
140 votes
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