Star In Your Own Weather Forecast Videos in New YourCaster App Powered by AccuWeather

AccuWeather offers a new personalized weather video experience for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users, expanding its suite of weather applications.AccuWeather Global Weather Center, December 7, 2015 -- AccuWeather, the global leader in weather information and digital media, has announced the launch of YourCaster™, an app that appeals to the user’s inner meteorologist and on-air broadcaster. YourCaster allows users of all ages to become weather broadcasters in customized, personalized video forecasts and share them with family and friends.

The YourCaster app powered by AccuWeather provides users with the Superior Accuracy™ of AccuWeather weather information and updates shown in split-screen displays with dynamic weather maps and graphics. Users read a scrolling “teleprompter” script to record weather forecast information specific to their location and easily share their personalized weather broadcast videos with others.

"YourCaster provides a unique, interactive weather app experience that all ages can enjoy, becoming the star in their very own weather video segments,” said Steven Smith, President of Digital Media at AccuWeather. "Developed and tested by AccuWeather Labs, AccuWeather’s idea testing ground, the new app is part of our innovation strategy in providing new ways to personalize the weather so people can improve their lives.”

Exclusive AccuWeather information provided in the YourCaster app includes current conditions as well as short-term and extended weather forecasts, local radar and satellite maps, and the patented AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature.

YourCaster was developed and tested by AccuWeather Labs, a new idea testing ground for innovative opportunities and concepts in weather-related apps, based at AccuWeather’s global headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania.

The YourCaster app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is available for free in iTunes.

About AccuWeather, Inc. and AccuWeather.comEvery day over 1.5 billion people worldwide rely on AccuWeather to help them plan their lives, protect their businesses, and get more from their day. AccuWeather provides hourly and Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy™ with customized content and engaging video presentations available on smart phones, tablets, free wired and mobile Internet sites via AccuWeather.com, connected TVs, and Internet appliances, as well as via radio, television, newspapers and the new AccuWeather Network cable channel. Established in 1962 by Founder, President, and Chairman Dr. Joel N. Myers – a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society who was recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur Magazine’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs – AccuWeather also delivers a wide range of highly-customized enterprise solutions to media, business, government, and institutions, as well as news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites. AccuWeather’s CEO, Barry Lee Myers, is an award winning leader in global weather information issues and one of the world’s most recognized advocates for cooperative relationships between government weather agencies and the weather industry. He is a leader in the digital weather information space. Visit www.AccuWeather.com for additional information.

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