For example, clicking the main hourly or 10 day forecast will lead to a more detailed forecast, so that users can see the daily temperature in the chart view, and it is easier to visually see the temperature range and hourly weather conditions.
Most modules will be able to provide additional information per hour. Through the UV index, users can see the estimated value of UV throughout the day and intuitively know when the UV exposure is maximum.
There are similar hourly charts for wind, precipitation, humidity, visibility and air pressure. The sunset / sunrise module provides information on the first dawn, sunrise and sunset, the last dawn and total sunshine, as well as the monthly average of sunrise and sunset. When rain is predicted, there is a 10 minute interval rainfall map.
Although Apple The precipitation, temperature and air quality maps provided are the same as before, with no added functions, but they have some minor design updates to improve the appearance.
The updated weather app now also provides severe weather alerts, but this is limited to specific areas. Apple said that not all weather features will be available in all countries.
In order to provide more information through the weather module, apple is using the data of its weather application dark sky acquired in 2020. In a blog post updated on June 6, dark sky pointed out that its forecasting technology has been strengthened and integrated into Apple's weather applications, thus providing impetus for new weather applications.
Dark sky technology is also the technology behind weatherkit, which is a new API for developers. Weatherkit is designed to allow users to incorporate weather forecast data into their applications. According to apple, weatherkit allows applications to provide hourly forecasts of current weather conditions and 10 day temperature, precipitation, wind power, UV index, etc., as well as hourly precipitation in the next hour and severe weather alerts in selected areas.
It is reported that Apple passed the ipad OS 16 brings weather apps to iPad for the first time. It is the same as the weather application of IOS 16, but due to the larger display, users can get more information on one screen.
There is also a special weather application on MacOS Ventura, which is the same as the weather applications on IOS and ipados, which brings functional equality to Apple's device lineup.