Most weather apps aren’t ideal for road trips. Sure, you can see the weather in a particular city, but what will the weather actually be like along your driving route?
I’ve had times I seemed to be driving with a storm—and times I just missed one. So what if a weather app could give you insights about your route, helping you choose the right time to leave—or the right route to take?
Earlier this month, when I was driving through Pennsylvania and the sky suddenly opened up with a storm that barely let me see the road in front of me, I was thinking about how useful a weather app like that would be.
And I’ve got good news: I found an app that fills that exact void—one popular weather services like Apple Weather, Google Weather, and most third-party providers fail to address effectively. I’ll be using for all my road trips from here on out. And I think you’ll find it to be every bit as indispensable.
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Your weather app travel companion
The weather app in question is Morecast. It has an extremely useful Plan Your Route tool I’ve never seen in any weather app before. It can show you the weather along a driving route at any departure time you choose.
➜ Morecast is available on the web on both desktop and smartphones. It also offers a mobile app for Android or iPhone, though those apps honestly aren’t great, and I find the web app experience to be superior—no matter what type of device you’re using.
⌚ You can get information about any driving route you want within Morecast in just five seconds.
To find weather along a specific route, head to Morecast’s Plan Your Route page. (Or, if you really want to use the mobile app, tap the menu button within it and then select “Navigate.”)
Plug in your starting location, your end location, and whatever time you’re thinking about hitting the road.
You’ll get a route with the projected weather along your route when you arrive at each point. If the weather looks dicey, try playing with the departure time and looking for clearer skies.
Morecast’s “Plan Your Route” function brings extra intelligence to any road trip.
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You can also add multiple locations to your route—this will let you play with your driving route and go through different cities. Perhaps a different route will avoid the worst of the weather.
Whatever weather’s ahead, this tool will help you find out and be aware of what’s coming before it hits you—even while you’re actively moving from one place to the next.
- Morecast’s Plan Your Route tool is available on the web and in the service’s Android and iPhone apps.
- Morecast is completely free. (It just has advertisements.)
- This service doesn’t require an account, and you don’t have to give it access to your location.
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