First Alert 6 Weather

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About this app

The First Alert 6 Weather App includes:

• Access to station content specifically for our mobile users
• 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available
• High resolution satellite cloud imagery
• Future radar to see where severe weather is headed
• Current weather updated multiple times per hour
• Ability to add and save your favorite locations
• Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models
• A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness
• Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather
• Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service

Ratings and reviews

The radar is great. I like seeing the video updates and hourly weather. What I don't like is how many notifications I get. When a notification is dismissed the same exact one will pop up, sometimes immediately. Often the same few notifications will pop up multiple times in a day. I didn't want to turn notifications off because it's a reliable weather app, but it gets too be too much.

I recently switched over to this as my default weather app. I love being able to see clips from local meteorologists. My only complaint is not being able to customize the First Alert notifications. I had to turn those off because I was getting too many. I did see that I could customize the severe weather alerts, which I appreciate. I would still like the option to get alerts for things like winter weather advisories or watches. Other than that minor complaint, the app has been great.

Everything is good, but years ago the meteorologists, ie Dale Munson, used to give the air pressure and whether it was rising or falling. It was very helpful to know that when the barometric pressure was dropping. Based on my education, a front, possible precipitation and even a storm was coming. I would suggest that you provide that information again to be better than your competitor stations. Plus, a button (option) to turn off Rusty when I go to bed at night, so it doesn't wake me up with, "T