WeatheX - Weather Reporting was a weather app developed by ARC-ClimateExtremes. It was removed from Google Play Jul 21, 2024 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
WeatheX - Weather Reporting had been downloaded 2.8 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
The app had no ratings.
App Information
WeatheX - Weather Reporting was free to download. The APK download size was 47.97 MB. The last available version was 1.1.4. The last update was on May 27, 2021.
Technical Requirements
WeatheX - Weather Reporting required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play October 2018.
Description
Welcome to the WeatheX app!
WeatheX needs you, the citizen scientist, to watch and report severe weather events wherever you are using your smartphone.
Severe weather events are often missed by weather instruments and are difficult to capture. Why? Because weather radar cannot see close to the ground and surface weather stations are sparsely located. Your reports will vastly improve our ability to capture these events and contribute to better understanding.
WeatheX allows you to report the severity, location and timing of hail size, wind damage, flooding and tornadoes. You can also capture a photo or add a description of the event. This information will be used by weather and climate researchers, including the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Monash University and Australian Bureau of Meteorology. All reports and photos will remain anonymous and no identifying information is collected.
The app also allows you to view the location and time of recent reports across Australia. Zoom, pan and investigate what's happening locally or the other side of the country. You will also see your own report on the map immediately after reporting too!
To get started with reporting, download and open the WeatheX, select the + button on the map and choose a weather type. Please provide a description if possible, or if you need to report a previous event.
For information about our terms of use, please visit https://weathex.app/terms
Recent changes: Just some minor tweaks to keep pace with the latest Google Play policies.
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Comments on WeatheX - Weather Reporting for Android
★★★★★
User-friendly ability to report severe weather with intensity ratings provided easily. As a meteorologist, these reports of severe weather will greatly improve my ability to effectively communicate the risk of severe weather.
★★★★★
First look and it looks awesome, found some places say it's hailing even though it isn't, should be some sort of administrating on the app for fake reports. 5 stars though
★★★★★
Very easy to use, will be very interesting to see how well this works, hopefully it sees the same success other crowdsourcing science projects have seen 🙂
★★☆☆☆
It won't let me report any weather event as it says that I don't have permission when I have given permission on my location.
★★☆☆☆
Told the permission issue was fixed, still won't find my location, given permission both in app and phone settings, still can't use it. Don't bother with it until they actually fix it
★★☆☆☆
I love the idea of this app however it won't find my location. When downloaded you think there would be initial settings like allow data or images or location settings, but it didn't. When I've gone into the phones settings and allowed the location for this app, it still doesn't work. Not sure what other phones other users are experiencing this same issue, but I have a brand new Samsung Galaxy Note 10+. Please fix this fault as I would definatley use this app.
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