People can now get weather updates on the go by accessing the National Weather Service’s (NWS) mobile website. NWS mobile website users can access storm warnings, regional radar, tidal forecasts and other local weather details. It is the agency’s mission to provide this information: The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts [...]

Are you prepared for Hurricane Irene? Craig Fugate, Administrator at FEMA (on twitter @craigatfema), warns that Irene can have an impact well inland. He also advises people to use the mobile resources from FEMA and the National Hurricane Center. FEMA is working hard to get preparedness information out on all channels, including mobile. Tips to [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration‘s new mobile product, the OSHA Heat Safety Tool,  allows workers and supervisors to calculate the heat index for their worksite, and, based on the heat index, display a risk level to outdoor workers. The app, which is available on Andriod devices, pulls data from the National Weather Service for it’s [...]

According to research firm comScore Of special note A look at the top smartphone app categories revealed that Weather apps had the largest audience reaching 31 million smartphone owners, or 40.4% of the total U.S. smartphone audience. Social Networking apps closely followed with a smartphone audience of 29.4 million (38.2% reach). Read more at comScore. [...]