Weatherbug for Mac OS X

The other options below are far superior offer more feature. Meteorologist is open-source and Freeware and is outstanding. Some of the other Weather apps are more frequently updated, but require a fee. Please check out the alternatives first, they do offer audible alerts and some great notification options (e-mail, sound, dock icon, etc.).

Well, I am a Windows Switcher as well. I not only used WeatherBug on Windows XP, I paid for it so I could get rid of the ads. When I switched to a Mac 12 months ago, the one thing I missed about weather bug were the AUDIBLE alerts. I need those. I live at the 6,000 foot elevation in Salt Lake City and it's important for me and my family to know about snow advisories, thunderstorms and such and an audible alert is critical. I have been using WeatherMenu on the Mac because it at least has an Alert icon, but without audible notification, it's almost useless as I don't see it (I don't stare at my menu bar). So, I'm going to try out WeatherBug for the Mac. Note to Mac weather program developers: We need audible alerts.

I know some of the people that work with AWS on this product. Although the Windows version may pay for itself via ads, I don't believe they have any spyware or the like involved. I've used the Mac version, and it meets the need, although there are certainly more robust options out there, as others have mentioned. I honestly don't prefer it on my Windows or Macs, but I don't question the motives of the software manufacturer.

I haven't used any of the weather offerings, so can anyone enlighten me? Do any of the Weatherbug competitors offer to tie into the large weather sensor networks that my local TV stations offer? They are tied into schools and a few other sites. I remember they were WB happy a couple of years ago and of course there was no Mac port. I assume these networks are proprietary and only tie into Weather Bug but

Say NO THANK to WeatherBUG

Is there a widget that can give you weather alerts without having to flip to the dashboard? I don't want to be pressing F12 every 3 minutes when it starts to look like hell outside. I'm still an OS X newbie, but it seems like the Mac version of most of the Windows apps I used in a previous life were designed by people who actually care how the program looks and functions. (With the exception of Quicken. grrrrr) I'm willing to give WeatherBug the benefit of the doubt that they've done the OS X version "the right way".

I use an application called Weather Dock. Its excellent. Free. No ads. All that. The url is http://www.alwintroost.nl/content/weatherdock/home.xml

see above: this is about the only thing widgets are good for.

One word Dashboard Weather Widget, Well that Three Words.

If you're using Tiger, why not just use the Weather widget? Or one of the other widgets available? I have one that gives me satellite images and doppler radar feeds so I can check if it's about to start pouring. I don't trust WeatherBug at all. Even if Macs are generally immune to that crap, I wouldn't knowingly install an app from a company that puts that crap into their Windows version. I'm the same way about Real Player; I think I can live without viewing the rare .RM/.RA stream here and there.