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Weather4D Lite app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 6704 ratings )
Weather Utilities
Developer: APP4NAV
17.99 USD
Current version: 2.0.54, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 24 Mar 2011
App size: 542.43 Mb

Weather4D Lite is a powerful meteorological application based on atmospheric and oceanic data in GRIB format. It benefits from an interface derived from the “Routing & Navigation” version.

View combined weather data displayed in 3D HD layers animated automatically or manually by sliding a finger on the screen.

Use GFS model to get started. In addition, over 35 weather and oceanographic models are available with a yearly subscription (in-app purchase).

Create your own geographical zones, select the models you need and download only the characteristics that matter to you: data type, resolution, periodicity, file size, etc. GRIB files can be downloaded anywhere through a regular or satellite internet connection.

Split the screen (iPad only) to combine and/or compare: navigation and weather, weather and waves or currents, two weather models… The splitted screens can display charts at different scales.

Create or import locations, combine them with GRIB forecast models and get a holistic view of the sea conditions.

Default Models and Charts
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GFS global forecast model at 0.25 °, 0.5 °, 1 ° and 2 ° resolutions.
BING global chart
OSM (Opens Street Map) global chart

Optional Models (in-app purchase):
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Weather
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NAM USA
GEM Global
COAMPS Europe, West Atlantic, Central America, East Pacific
ICON-EU Europe
ARPEGE Global, Europe
AROME France, Antilles, Guyane, Polynésie, Calédonie, Indien
AROME HD France
WRF France, Europe, Greece, NW Africa, Azores, Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles

Waves
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MFWAM Global, Europe, France
FNMOC WW3 Global, Europe

Currents
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MyOcean Global, IBI, NWS, Baltic, Med
NCOM AMSEAS, USEAST, ALASKA, SOCAL, HAWAII

Pros and cons of Weather4D Lite app for iPhone and iPad

Weather4D Lite app good for

Awesome app. Just wish you could layer the 500 mb heights on as well. Also other models such as NAM would be nice, but great app nonetheless.
App works as promised. Customizable to your needs and handful to use with the parametric structure. It has various weather models included and compatible with variety of WRF models upon subscription. Support is at the speed of light and very kind. Looking forward to see futher new weather models included to the catalog.
This app is just great. Multi layered weather information is very convenient. Specific coverage definition makes it tailor made. No bugs so far, works like a charm.
Weather4D is a beautiful app for examining output from the NOAA Global Forecast System (GFS), which is the basis for most U.S.-based weather forecasts. The user interface is elegant on both the iPhone and the iPad and has many thoughtful features, such as the land and sea masks and the way, when looking at further out forecasts, that the clock icon is shaded in proportionally to the time since the model was run. I havent encountered any bugs, and I appreciate that app comes with a comprehensive user guide. One thing that I would like to see added is the option to display scale bars for the shading (e.g., the temperature scale corresponding to the temperature shading). Overall, however, Weather4D is a wonderful app.
This is without a doubt a great weather app. In fact, I’ll go as far as saying that it’s the best that I’ve seen. I’ve downloaded many different weather apps and this one has become my favorite. It combines a lot useful information, which is typically viewed separately from multiple sources; I especially like how I can view a lot of important data over-laid at the same time, in a very efficient manner. The user interface is also very intuitive making the app easy to use. Prior to owning this application I found myself switching back and forth between different types weather maps. The only feature that I hope will someday be added is a way to overlay the numerical value of ocean wave heights, currently ocean wave period predictions can be viewed but wave heights can only be viewed via color gradients. I believe that anyone who needs to, or simply enjoys, forecasting the weather will love this app.
This is a wonderful app! As a pilot and flight instructor I use this app for long term prediction. The graphical interface has almost limitless settings for including or removing visible data. I have been disappointed by every weather app Ive downloaded, until this. Lives on my home page. (Did the negative reviewers even understand the most basic aspects of weather prediction?) If you want simple idiot mode weather, most other apps will be fine. If you want beautifully depicted graphical prediction models, this is it.

Some bad moments

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I was really excited after reading the description but that excitement was short lived. This one is a dud. Low resolution, display is too small to get any useful information. This app would be overpriced if it were free. Ive deleted it.
Do not buy this app. All forecast are very vague and it only offers about a third of world. Complete waist of money!!!!!
app keeps crashing on iphone7 plus. started only the first time.