CARROT Weather App Gets Big Update With Notifications for Rain, Snow, Lightning, Storm Cells, More
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Posted May 21, 2019 at 2:30pm by iClarified
The popular CARROT weather app has received a big update bringing numerous new notification features and various other improvements.
Here's a look at what's new!
Premium Club Membership - To make things easier on your puny brains, I've renamed the two existing membership tiers: Premium is now Tier 1 and Ultrapremium is now Tier 2. This is just a name change - nothing is being taken away from these tiers. - The all-new Tier 3 includes a few super-advanced and/or super-costly features.
Lightning Strike Notifications - Get notified after a lightning bolt strikes nearby. You don’t mind if I use you for target practice, do you? - Disclaimer: Lightning is very dangerous. Don't rely solely on these alerts to determine whether it's safe to be outside. See safety warnings in the app for more information. - Tier 3 membership required. - US and Canada only.
Precipitation Notifications - You can finally receive rain and snow alerts without an Apple Watch or a Mac! - Tier 3 membership required for these server-side notifications (but I’m hoping to open them up to lower tiers in the future if my servers hold up). - Tier 1 and Tier 2 members with Apple Watches still get rain alerts just as they always have. - US, UK, and southern Canada only.
Storm Cell Notifications - Storm cells can bring heavy rain, high winds, lightning, hail, tornadoes, and/or killer clowns. Good thing I figured out how to alert you when these cells are approaching your current location. - Tier 3 membership required. - US only.
Custom Notifications - Set up notifications for when a specific data point is expected to go above or below a certain threshold, like an umbrella reminder that triggers when chance of rain will exceed 25%. - Tier 2 membership required. - Worldwide.
Weather Alerts - Enable “Critical Alerts” for certain imminent, life-threatening weather alerts (like tornado warnings) so that the notification will always play a sound, even if your device is muted or on Do Not Disturb. - Sign up for weather alerts for multiple locations. - Mute notifications that are low priority or get posted frequently in your area. - Tier 1 required. - US only.
Astronomy Notifications - Vampires: get alerts when the sun is rising or setting! Werewolves: get alerts for different moon phases! Everyone else can sign up for these notifications too, I guess. - Tier 1 required. - Worldwide.
But wait, there’s more! - New location details screen lets you edit saved location names, add weather stations, and more. - Daily Report notifications can now go out at any time instead of only at the top of the hour. - Notifications are now grouped by category in Notification Center. - Help pages have been redesigned to make them easier for slack-jawed yokels to process. - Dark Mode is now darker than ever before. - Haptics, haptics everywhere (plus an option to turn them off).
There's also some new secret locations and achievements. You can purchase CARROT Weather from the App Store for $4.99.