eWorld Launches eWorld Weather: Exclusive, 24-hour Forecasts with Hourly Updates

Strategic Insights -

Apple's online service, eWorld, has launched eWorld Weather, a pioneering 24-hour weather forecasting system with hourly updates, exclusively available on eWorld. This new service provides detailed, accurate, and easy-to-understand weather forecasts for nearly 600 U.S. and over 1,000 international locations. eWorld Weather offers four choices for understanding the day's weather - morning, day, afternoon, and evening - enabling users to plan their day more accurately.

Key Takeaways:

  • eWorld Weather provides 24-hour forecasts with hourly updates, a first in online weather services.
  • The service offers forecasts for nearly 600 U.S. and over 1,000 international locations.
  • eWorld Weather provides four choices for understanding the day's weather: morning, day, afternoon, and evening.
  • The service includes current conditions and forecasts, such as temperature, comfort index, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, and visibility.
  • Forecasts are reported in both Metric and Imperial units for global usage.
  • The user interface is easy to navigate, allowing users to view major regions of the world or reach further levels of geographical detail.
  • A weather discussion bulletin board is available for posting weather questions, which will be answered by a WeatherLabs meteorologist.
  • Weather chat is available for live on-line chat sessions with special guests such as radio and television weather personalities, research scientists, and meteorologists.

Statistics:

  • Nearly 600 U.S. locations are covered by eWorld Weather.
  • Over 1,000 international locations are covered by eWorld Weather.
  • eWorld Weather provides forecasts for 4 choices of the day's weather: morning, day, afternoon, and evening.
  • Forecasts are reported in both Metric and Imperial units.
  • The user interface is designed to allow users to switch between major regions of the world and further levels of geographical detail.

Sources:

  • eWorld Weather press release, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ 1995
  • Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)
  • WeatherLabs, Inc. (Westmont, IL)