26 AUG

Track Hurricane Irene with Your iPhone

by Marianne Schultz
 

With Hurricane Irene threatening the east cost of the U.S., interest in tracking her progress has clearly been top of mind for AppShopper readers as several hurricane watching apps have recently made our Popular list. Hurricane tracking apps differ from most of the standard weather apps available in offering information specifically about hurricanes and tropical storms, often featuring information directly from the National Hurricane Center, a division of the National Weather Service.

First up are a few free ones:

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    HurricaneSoftware.com's...

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    1 week ago
    Rating:
    3.00 (1080)
    Version:
    3.6
    iOS Universal

    iHurricane Pro Is The Most Popular Hurricane Tracking App For iPhone/iPad and iTouch. - From Developers of the most downloaded Hurricane Tracking App iHurricane this is a HD version of iHurricane...

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    Hurricane Track for iOS

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    10 months ago
    Rating:
    3.00 (52)
    Version:
    1.51
    iOS Universal

    Hurricane Track is the Atlantic hurricane tracking application for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Hurricane Track offers 8 different live radar animations, local satellites, local forecasts and...

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    CaneCast Hurricane Forecaster

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    1 week ago
    Rating:
    4.00 (358)
    Version:
    3.2.1
    iOS Universal

    Prepare your family for hurricanes and tropical storms with the forecasting power of CaneCast. We’ve redesigned the entire experience for version 3.0 to give you the most user-friendly hurricane...

The current highest-rated paid hurricane tracking apps are:

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    Hurricane Express

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    14 months ago
    Rating:
    4.00 (21)
    Version:
    1.1
    iOS iPhone

    Hurricane Express™ gives you the most important data for storms in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern and Central Pacific. Hurricane Express™ gives you all the data you need...

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    Hurricane Pro™

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    2 weeks ago
    Rating:
    4.50 (12)
    Version:
    4.0
    iOS iPhone

    Hurricane Pro™, The ULTIMATE Hurricane tracking application for the iPhone and iPod Touch! For over 5 years, no other hurricane tracker has come close to Hurricane Pro™! • Featured by: CNN...

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    Hurricane Tracker

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    2 weeks ago
    Rating:
    4.50 (1784)
    Version:
    3.6.1
    iOS iPhone

    We are happy to announce that a portion of our current & future proceeds will go to the Red Cross to help out those in need. Get the best storm coverage & support those in need! ...

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    Hurricane Tracker For iPad

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    8 months ago
    Rating:
    4.50 (1281)
    Version:
    3.6.1
    iOS iPad

    **Reviewed by CNN as the best Hurricane Tracking app available for iPhone!** GOOGLE: "cnn top hurricane app" to read the article!** *Hurricane Tracker is ready for the upcoming...

If you’re looking for a general weather alert app that will let you know when any severe weather is expected for your area, Weather Alert USA is worth a look. It offers a wide range of alerts and lets you set which alerts trigger an audible push notification, plus in-app access to a number of NOAA radio station streams across the country.

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    Weather Alert USA

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    23 weeks ago
    Rating:
    3.50 (148)
    Version:
    4.5.2
    iOS Universal

    ✓ Fast, practical, and comprehensive NOAA weather app minus all of the useless "bells and whistles". ✓ Now A Universal App Optimized For Both The iPhone & iPad ...

Please stay safe this weekend!

1 Comment

  1. DocJim

    AccuWeather’s iPhone app (free) gave me the best maps to know the actual location of Irene, along with the doppler radar rendering of the outer bands.

    Making a brief sunny, day trip into Pennsylvania from northern Virginia, we encountered thick clouds, breeziness and some showers on the return trip south. Using my iPhone, I checked the WeatherChannel free app and AccuWeather free app. AccuWeather showed me that on Friday evening we were already in the distant rain bands from Irene.

    AccuWeather also has an easy free app to navigate and get the information that I want.

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