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Pick a single radar station or the nearest ones.\n• 20 radar color schemes and 5 animation speeds.\n• 80+ countries: USA, all of Europe, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.\n• Rated 4.7 by millions of users.\n\nRAIN ALERTS YOU CAN RELY ON\nRain alerts for your saved locations, including drizzle, with an optional daily limit. Severe weather alerts from the US, most of Europe, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and more.\n\nHURRICANE AND STORM TRACKER\nTimed alerts show exactly when a storm reaches you.\n\nMINUTE-BY-MINUTE PRECIPITATION\nWhen rain is coming, see when it starts, peaks, and stops. Nowcast updates every 10 minutes, up to 2 hours ahead. Live Activity appears automatically when rain is coming, on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.\n\nHOURLY AND 14-DAY FORECAST\nPlan the day and the week: temperature, rain chance, and wind hourly for up to 72 hours, then daily for up to 14 days. Forecast map layers from ECMWF, ICON, HRRR, and WRF-ROMS Thailand.\n\nRAINFALL TOTALS (QPE)\nSee how much rain fell in the last 1 to 48 hours. Tap any spot for the exact amount.\n\nAI WEATHER INSIGHTS\nOur AI reads the radar near you and writes a short summary of the next few hours.\n\nAPPLE WATCH, WIDGETS, MAC\nStandalone Watch app with radar, forecast, alerts, and a radar complication. Radar and rain widgets for Home and Lock Screen. Runs on Mac too.\n\nPRO RADAR (US + MOST OF EUROPE, 22 COUNTRIES)\nSee what meteorologists see: Doppler products on all tilts, reflectivity, velocity, spectrum width, dual-pol, with tap-to-read values. Standard radar in Thailand and Saudi Arabia is free.\n\nPRIVACY\nLocation is used only for local forecast and rain alerts. We never sell your data.\n\nFREE: live radar and satellite, 6-hour archive, 7-day forecast, 2 saved locations, Apple Watch.\nESSENTIAL adds: 48-hour archive, 2-hour nowcast, rainfall totals, AI insights, hurricane tracker, 20 saved locations, no ads.\nPRO adds: Doppler products with 48-hour playback.\n14-day free trial on annual plans.\n\nEssential: $4.99/month or $19.99/year. Pro: $8.99/month or $39.99/year. 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