FOX 13: Tampa SkyTower Weather App revisa

Lately any time I barely touch a section on the home screen it automatically goes to a whole new page with more details about that section but I don’t want that. Like the hourly horizontal slider, if I click on it it automatically opens a bigger vertical view. This used to be my favorite weather app. But It’s gotten to the point where I’m going to find a different app.

This was my go to weather app until the latest update. Now if you want to explore HOURLY under the radar it kicks you to another area. If it ain’t broke why do you have to mess with it. Bye bye SkyTower.

All weather apps are about worthless. It’s all about data mining. They always show doom and gloom forecasts which back in the day would make me cancel charter trips and had cost me a lot of business. AI couldn’t find its rear end with a roadmap! And now barraged with ads. Gave up on local fox years ago because of lack of content. They should rename themselves foxbook 13 because it’s ALL fluff stories and very little REAL news!!!

The latest update has caused problems with this app which worked perfectly well prior to it. Please fix this. With the latest update, any portion of the app that you touch instantly opens that section of the app, even if you only intended to scroll to some of the other sections below it. This is an aggravating waste of time and makes the app a lot less usefull. Would appreciate if you would fix this. It's always been my favorite weather app until now. Thanks

You changed from dew point to relative humidity a while back. RH is useless. Change it back or make it optional.

Had to delete as the heat map overrides any storm activity occurring and not being able to track TS Debby was the last straw. Once again, we live in FL and it’s hot—no need for a heat index map.

Pretty much worthless if you rely on it to plan your day. In the morning it will say 10% chance of rain, then in the afternoon when the storms come in and it’s 5 minutes away, they change it to 100% chance of thunderstorms. This isn’t a forecast, it’s just observing what’s happening now. I can do that just looking at the sky. And this is pretty much an everyday thing this whole summer.

I have this app for over a year and the radar page usually shows nothing even tho is thundering and lightning and also pooring rain outside. I’ve sent them multiple emails with screenshots of their live weather broadcast, screenshot of TWC radar app and this app but i have never heard back. So time to dump this junk app. I recommend twc app.

It’s FL, it’s hot and we know it’s hot. Please stop giving us colors for the heat. Trying to look at the thunderstorm and all I see is orange and yellow lightning bolts. Ready to delete this app.

Please bring back the dew point. The dew point is so much more important than humidity especially in FL. I need a new weather app because you no longer show the dew point. Please fix this issue. And you also show in all of your guide to the new look see the dew point but it’s not there.

Only 50% accurate. WeatherBug is my go to because I can rely on it being accurate at least 95% of the time.

The background pictures make it difficult to read the data on the app. In addition, the latest update remove the dewpoint, which is a pretty big deal for those of us who live and work here in Florida.

It’s literally raining now - when I check the app there’s no rain in sight. Too often this has not been accurate, lately. I hope they fix whatever is going on, I would hate to figure out another weather app.

Please change the font , color or background! Cannot read Sunset time because the numbers are light against a light background.

I’ve tried every weather app around but this one gives me everything I need to know. Keep up the great work!

You can no longer see the humidity or the dew point. The photo behind the forecast make it impossible to see them. Please fix it

Earlier today the app said it was sunny and 67; more like cloudy and 63. I don’t understand how this wonderful news station can’t get the weather even close to correct. I love here and can’t count on the FOX 13 App to plan my time. Ugh!

It seems with the most current versions the app is no longer reliable or accurate. In fact you can have alerts for rain in your location and have blue sky at the same time. Time for updated technology that works. Or another app!

This used to be a good app but between the extreme lightning notification spam and now this being my #1 data usage app even though the app isn’t in the foreground, I think it’s time to find something better. Over 6 gigabytes in just two weeks. That’s insane. Is it farming ads in the background?

I liked the app when I first got it. Good to be informed with the local weather but lately it’s been insufferable. No data loading, try reinstalling, did not work. Had to delete.

This has got to be the worst weather app ever created. Two hours ago it said there was a 5% chance of rain. Now it says a 70% chance as clearly rain is falling outside. This is not unusual. For years these inaccuracies occur. You have a better chance of walking outside and looking to the skies to make a forecast. After probably 6 yrs of using this app and dealing with this over and over I’m done… Deleted

Rain chances constantly change. 90% chance of rain at my location today when I checked the app yesterday. 70% when I checked this morning. Now down to 20%. Total garbage. It’s good for a live look at radar and that’s about it.

It’ll be pouring at my house but their radar doesn’t even show rain over us.

It’s ok while it works. But lately it’s not been working

I generally like this app but recently the SkyTower lightning notices are from as far away as 10 miles! Previously they were around 6 miles or less. I don’t care what’s 10 miles away. Fix this!

This app used to be very accurate with the forecast. I can no longer depend on it. It seems like guess work now. I will be looking forward to rain storms and then they disappear. I’m taking 30 minutes not days. Crazy app.

I’d like to give this app all stars, however after this last update IDK 🤷🏼‍♀️ what has happened to the weather app I have Always 🩵 & depended on⁉️ Now when I open the radar part, ( IF IT EVEN WORKS ⁉️) it will only go for a few seconds & then FREEZES ‼️ It is NOT Accurate on Anything & I’m constantly wondering 💭 if a 5th grader is predicting the “10 day forecast ?” Please… I am not trying to be mean… I miss my FLORIDA (Almost Always) Accurate Weather Forecast App‼️‼️ PLEASE, PLEASE FIX IT Sad 😞 in Central Florida

Why do I need to know if there’s lightning 11 miles away? This app previously let me know if lightning was like 5 miles away or less which is reasonable, but now I get lightning alerts 11 miles away which creates many unnecessary alerts. Please change the distance back to 5.

The app is really good especially during hurricane season but it needs to be updated more often since from time to time the radar won’t work.

Every time I try to use the radar on this app I have to go completely out and click on it again , radar is always glitchy and extremely slow . If I want to see it work correctly I have to close app completely and restart every-time my phone goes to sleep or the radar just blinks , it’s been this way since the last couple of app updates and has been there even after uninstalling and reinstalling it

Since the last update the radar cuts right at the county line , and can’t get my area now.

I’ve watched channel 13 news for over 50 years. This app is so frustrating because it does not always match what they say on the newscast. It seems whoever is supposed to update it is always behind. I have missed many fishing trips because it shows 70% chance of rain and then not a drop falls.

I like your app, but when I go to the radar map, all the alerts are activated and I can’t pick the ones that I want. I select the ones that I want and the next time I come back to the radar view, all the alerts are activated again. This happens every time I try to highlight the alerts that I want and not the ones that I don’t want, or need. I really hope that you will fix this issue, because I’m tired of getting information, that I don’t want or need. Please fix this and thank you for your help.

Even when the alerts setting is changed to "pling," it still keeps announcing it. Not good when that wakes you up in the middle of the night. The changes to the settings just don't take.

The app is good. However, if there are any watches or warnings, they cover that over the radar and you can’t see the radar. If somebody’s actually depending on this, this could be a life-threatening situation because they want to hide it and not give you away to remove the overlays

This used to be the only weather app I used. Not anymore, there’s hardly anything useful at all now. This year you decided to ditch the tropics updates you had during hurricane season in previous years and now the radar doesn’t even display anything other than lines for the past month. Not sure if it’s the update to iOS 16 or something else but fix it and bring back the tropics news!!

This app used to accurately verbally give me the weather and lightning warnings. For some reason now, even though I have my location set correctly, I’m no longer getting accurate warnings. I get lightning warnings when there’s no lightning anywhere and no warnings when the lightning is on top of my location. Same with rain. Very disappointed, this was my favorite weather app.

The future weather on this app is horrible and if I could I would give this app 0 stars it does not even deserve one star. DO NOT get this app

We have the notifications set for “Pling”, but they keep coming through as “Announce”. Have set, reset, delete, reinstall, etc. etc. Still does not work.

I have called into Tampa and reported this app! After the lightning strike is over then it’s announced on the app! The same with heavy rain and strong winds! This app needs to be fixed or taken down!

It’s very very inaccurate. It knows if it’s raining - but that’s about it. Doesn’t know when it’ll stop. “Rain Ends” or “Thunderstorm Ends” always changes, hour after hour. Can’t predict the rain as well as TV so don’t rely on it.

I enjoy using the app. It gives me up to date info. That is especially important when your offshore in my boat, and I’m free diving or scuba diving. The app will let me know if bad weather is on it’s way. Which is a must around here especially during the summer. I have fished and dived these waters all my life except for the 12 years I spent in the U.S. Army as a Ranger gh

Please allow user to control which layers they want and not revert to too many “alerts” as default

This used to be the best weather app out there. Whenever the update came that included all the default alert overlays being on, this absolutely ruined this once great app. Sure, you can turn them off every time you open the app, but it does not save these changes. This is very user unfriendly and very incredibly annoying. Fixing this will greatly improve the reviews of this app and the star ratings along with. Until this is fixed, I am uninstalling.

Unable to turn off alerts on map. All alerts are active and when I turn them off, as soon as I reopen the app another time the alerts are back on. Very distracting.

I’ve had this app for a number of years (maybe since 2017), and this has always been the most accurate compared to other available apps. As a contractor, I need to know if I can keep working or pull the equipment inside, tarp roofs, or shut it down for the day. Time is money and false alarms from poor quality apps can add up. This app has been spot on. I can trust it down to around 1/4 mile which is amazingly accurate. Ive watched many threatening rain bands drift on by that other apps would have sent me running for cover. I’ve recommended this app to many contractor friends since and they all come back telling me how impressed they are. So I’m not sure how people are writing so many 1 star reviews. Updated review. Well they did some app updates. The radar detail is still on point but now they drown the opening page with alert overlays that you can’t see the map. You can undo these overlays but there’s no way of saving. So every time you log in, the overlays all come back.

With all the different colored boxes all over the place, it’s very difficult to see the radar.

Not sure which release screwed up the app, but I can no longer get the radar view to work. Guess it’s time to find another radar app that works.

After installing iOS 15, I cannot add any new locations. The existing locations work fine, but every time I search and find a new location, the app immediately closes as soon as I tap it. It always worked fine before, and hopefully an update to the app will fix this problem.