Clear Outside - Weather for Astronomers
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Reliable weather forecasts for astronomers with an emphasis on cloud cover.
Features include:
• Seven day hourly forecasts, updated hourly.
• Low, medium, high and total cloud cover.
• Moon rise/set times and phase.
• Sun rise/set and transit.
• Civil/nautical/astronomical darkness.
• International Space Station (ISS) pass-over information.
• Location search automatically provides a forecast for your location.
• Save favourite locations for easy access.
• Covers daytime too so also useful for solar observers/imagers.
Updated hourly. Frequent hourly updates are important because often the clear spell between showers provides excellent seeing and 30-minutes under a clear sky with a grab-&-go telescopes is pure gold!
Did you notice the ISS pass-over information? The times are precisely calculated for your location and displayed alongside the cloud forecasts so it has never been easier to observe. It is our favourite feature :-)
Also includes regular weather data (wind, rain, frost, temperature, dew point, etc) so perfect for those wanting a detailed weather forecast, without cutesy graphics.
We have had a lot of fun building and testing Clear Outside and are keen to to develop it further so if you find it useful or have suggestions, please let us know.
User reviews
- Offers a lot of useful information and functionality for astronomy and astrophotography.
- Quick and easy to use, with a clean interface that allows for organized data presentation.
- Accurate weather information for many users, particularly in terms of daylight, moon hours, and cloud forecasts.
- Location search function is frequently reported as broken, leading to frustration.
- The app has not been updated in many years, causing compatibility issues with newer Android versions.
- Cloud cover predictions are often inaccurate.
- Incompatibility with newer Android versions.
- Problems with setting and saving locations.
- Inaccurate cloud cover and weather predictions.