How the AccuWeather app can help you this winter

AccuWeather's Bill Wadell breaks down how the WinterCast feature on the AccuWeather app can help you plan for winter weather.

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00:00 AccuWeather app and the team here, they have pushed out alerts to millions of

00:04 people through the AccuWeather app on their smartphones over the past 48 hours

00:08 from those winter weather alerts to tornado warnings, even high wind warnings.

00:13 Now one of the most useful features this time of year is WinterCast on the

00:18 AccuWeather app. AccuWeather chief meteorologist John Porter says it takes a

00:22 lot of technology and a lot of experienced meteorologists to power our

00:26 WinterCast updates, especially when we're dealing with such a dynamic storm like

00:31 what just moved through the Northeast. You can track when is the snow and ice

00:37 going to start, when's it going to end, how much is going to fall hour by hour,

00:41 how much is going to fall, and then very importantly what's the prospects for a

00:46 little bit more or a little bit less. That's one of the key aspects is we've

00:50 had continuous innovation, that's part of our DNA here at AccuWeather. And along

00:56 with our leading technology and modeling, more than 100 expert meteorologists are

01:01 involved with hands-on discussions and debates, the power WinterCast and the

01:06 forecasts that you see every day on the AccuWeather app.