On Sunday, January 12, 2014 12:08:53 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:35:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:



No offense, but to me that's like standing outside in a nor'easter

getting soaked and checking your iPhone for the weather.



It says, "Rain". :-)



It may just be a Florida thing but my wife gets local, interactive

radar on her phone. Our weather tends to be very localized and

generally fast moving so the radar is handy, if you were not looking

up.

Once it is on top of you, it is handy to look at the last hour to see

where it came from and where it is going. If you were watching, you

already know most of the time.

Coordinating what you see looking at the clouds and what the radar

says can give you a great insight into how the weather works.

Being on an inland lake, in the south, in the summer, makes you respect the weather and how quickly things can change. I always have my iPhone with me on the boat and keep an eye on the radar. The tree line limits the sight distance.

It was very handy the last time we did the river trip down to Charleston. We had thunderstorms crossing our path about halfway down. Backtracked a couple of miles and waited for them to clear, then hit an opening to make it down to the harbor. Without the weather app it would have been messy and dangerous.