MeteoSwiss

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Site Editorial Commentary：Weather and Warnings from the National Weather Service

Intuitive, personalized, and innovative: The MeteoSwiss app is your comprehensive and reliable companion for accessing detailed weather information across Switzerland – compact, accurate, and always up to date.

Stay informed with real-time weather forecasts, current measurements, and official federal natural hazard warnings. Customize your experience by subscribing to natural hazard warnings as push notifications for your specified locations, tailoring the warning types and thresholds to match your individual preferences.

Explore informative blog posts that delve into a variety of weather and climate-related topics, enhancing your understanding of atmospheric phenomena.

Detailed Features:

Weather Forecasts

• On-site weather conditions with a precise 5-hour forecast tailored to your exact location.
• Detailed local forecasts for all locations and ZIP codes within Switzerland, providing an 8-day overview.
• Information on wind speeds and temperatures at various altitudes.
• Comprehensive weather reports covering the three primary language regions of Switzerland, including potential developments for the upcoming week, a European isobar map, and road condition forecasts.

Weather Animations

• Dynamic animations illustrating measurements and forecasts of precipitation, precipitation type, wind, temperature, hail, and cloud cover.
• Hail reporting function, enabling users to contribute to real-time data collection.
• Up-to-date satellite imagery for a visual understanding of weather patterns.

Natural Hazard Warnings

• Access to all official natural hazard warnings issued by Federal Authorities, including severe weather alerts, flood warnings, forest fire risks, earthquake advisories, and avalanche warnings.
• Interactive map providing a clear overview of warning areas.
• Direct access to the Federal natural hazard bulletin.
• Customizable push notifications for location-based warnings, allowing you to set individual warning thresholds for different hazard types.

Current Measurements

• Interactive map and list view showcasing weather stations across Switzerland.
• Selection of diverse measurement data with updates as frequent as every 10 minutes.

Your Locations

• Search functionality for all places and ZIP codes within Switzerland.
• Easy overview of your saved locations: The app maintains an organized list of your frequently accessed locations.

Meteo Reports

• Display of user-submitted reports and images documenting specific weather events observed through the MeteoSwiss app.

Sports & Health

• Air quality information.
• Pollen forecast for allergy sufferers.
• UV index to help you plan sun exposure.
• Snow depth and fresh snow forecast for winter sports enthusiasts.

MeteoSwiss Blog

• Daily updated articles and information on weather and climate-related subjects.

Aviation Weather (available through in-app purchase)

• METAR/TAF data for Switzerland.
• Aviation weather warnings specific to Switzerland.
• Wind animations across Switzerland at different flight levels (FL).
• GAFOR (General Aviation Forecast) for Switzerland.
• Text forecasts tailored for powered flight, gliding, and ballooning.
• Low Level Significant Weather Chart (SWC) for the Alps and Europe.
• Pressure difference information.
• QNH (altimeter setting) chart.
• Wind/Temperature (W/T) chart.
• Wind barbs visualization.
• Regtherm (regional thermal) data.
• Trajectory forecasts.
• Emagrams (thermodynamic diagrams).

Legal basis

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