Meanwhile, the AccuWeather.com meteorologists said this week, brace for an above normal tornado season.
The tiles automatically refresh with current forecasts, weather maps, and the My AccuWeather custom lifestyle forecasts.
ENGADGET: AccuWeather launches for Windows 8, lets you know if it's dry outside the Metro
Accuweather, an American company, has been courting European media, businessmen, mariners and mountain-climbing fanatics.
For those interested in more than wardrobe advice, it also provides detailed weather updates via AccuWeather service.
Weather Channel competitor Accuweather, meanwhile, uses an index it calls RealFeel Temperature, which it introduced in 1997.
Accuweather said that by the time the storm dies out, at least 24 states will be affected.
Last year ranks as the fourth most deadly tornado year ever recorded in the United States, AccuWeather.com said.
According to AccuWeather.com, lower average temperatures have led to a late flu season and an early allergy season.
The rest comes from independent forecasting data sources like AccuWeather and Weather Central.
On the dark side, AccuWeather.com is predicting a busy tornado season this spring.
But a few years ago the NWS decided to compete head-on with such private outfits as AccuWeather, the Weather Channel and WeatherData.
TV, Pandora, Picasa and AccuWeather, the BX580 provides an unrivalled entertainment package.
ENGADGET: LG's 3D bundle adds two pairs of glasses, $100 rebate and Under the Sea 3D disc
"The AccuWeather app is a great example of the new Windows experience, " said John Richards, senior director, Windows Apps Marketing for Microsoft Corp.
ENGADGET: AccuWeather launches for Windows 8, lets you know if it's dry outside the Metro
Joel Myers, founder of what has become the world's best-known commercial weather service, AccuWeather, pioneered ready-for-air color weather graphics for TV stations and print-ready weather pages for newspapers.
AccuWeather worked directly with Microsoft in developing the app and the app was selected to be part of the Windows Store on Windows 8 Consumer and Release Preview.
ENGADGET: AccuWeather launches for Windows 8, lets you know if it's dry outside the Metro
Alex Sosnowski, a meteorologist for Accuweather, said the storm will push off into the Great Lakes and central Appalachians, and freezing rain could make it as far east and south as North Carolina.
The list of supported apps has also grown, with Spotify, MLB, TED, Wall Street Journal, Accuweather and Boxee's own Cloudee joining the previously announced Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, Pandora and Vimeo on day one.
"When we started developing the app, we set out to take our users on a journey throughout their day as they check their hourly, daily, and future forecasts, " said Pascal Racheneur, Vice President of Interactive Media for AccuWeather.
ENGADGET: AccuWeather launches for Windows 8, lets you know if it's dry outside the Metro
Designed using the new Windows user interface, this brand new app features powerful weather animations that illustrate the forecast as the user navigates through time, and My AccuWeather custom lifestyle forecasts that show how the forecast impacts the way the user plans to spend their day.
ENGADGET: AccuWeather launches for Windows 8, lets you know if it's dry outside the Metro
Joe Sobel, a meteorologist for Accuweather, says the company's policy is to not change the percentages outputted by its models, but to modify how it presents those numbers for instance, by emphasizing chances of precipitation, even when they are low, on weekends and holidays, when precipitation can be particularly annoying.
In the U.S., there have been a handful of cases in which the National Weather Service or meteorologists have been sued for inaccurate forecasts, but none have been found liable in those cases, according to Mike Smith, a meteorologist and senior vice president at AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, a State College, Pa.
应用推荐