RainHUD - AR Weather
Peter Gibbons Weather iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
RainHUD - AR Weather is a free Weather app for iPhone and iPad by Peter Gibbons. Rated 5.0/5 from 5 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated October 1, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 5 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 365 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 1
- 2026 · v2.06
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About RainHUD - AR Weather
Look up, not down. RainHUD turns your iPhone or iPad camera into a weather instrument. Point it at the sky to place radar, wind, storm threats, projected paths, and official warning boundaries in the world around you. RainHUD Pro adds Super-Res NOAA radar and 3D NEXRAD volume detail. SELECT WHAT'S APPROACHING Tap a supported storm cell to inspect intensity, altitude, bearing, distance, motion, estimated arrival, source and confidence. Sources and uncertainty stay visible; stale motion and ETA disappear. WARNINGS IN CONTEXT Official National Weather Service warning polygons appear beside the radar and storm layers. Hail, wind, rotation, tornado indications, lightning, satellite clouds, official NWS Local Storm Reports, and community observations add context as available for your tier. SCRUB FROM HISTORY TO FORECAST Free includes current and past public radar, 18 hourly NOAA HRRR forecast frames rendered on your device, and a 14-day Daily Forecast: seven official NWS days plus seven clearly labeled NOAA GFS days. Pro adds a 90-minute nowcast in 5-minute steps, an 18-hour forecast in 30-minute steps, and an hourly HRRR tail toward the model's 48-hour horizon. WeatherBrain adds outcome-trained rain-chance guidance. STORM WATCH WHILE YOUR PHONE IS DOWN Free optional notifications include high-impact NWS alerts, nearby community reports, and on-device barometric Storm Watch indications that can work without an internet connection. Set hazard filters and quiet hours. Pro adds radar-based approaching-storm updates with estimated arrival, direction, and distance, plus tornado indications when supported. COMMUNITY GROUND TRUTH Report the weather you see, optionally add photo evidence, and follow your Reporter Journey from Witness through Reliable, Grounded, and Honorable ranks. Community reports remain distinct from official sources. A HEADING YOU CAN TRUST The compass reads your device's heading sensor only — AR tracking stabilizes placement but never rewrites your heading. The overlay recovers cleanly as you move and always shows its alignment status. EXPLORE, SHARE, AND USE APPLE WATCH Preview supported locations around the world in AR, with up to three saved travel locations on Free and unlimited locations on Pro. Share a weather location and portable AR setup through a RainHUD link. The included Apple Watch app lets you submit reports, review your report history and rank, manage Watch alerts, sync Pro access and alert choices with iPhone, and open RainHUD from a complication. FREE AND PRO Free includes the core AR weather experience, public radar and wind, storm threats and paths, NWS warnings, community reporting, hourly forecast frames, the 14-day Daily Forecast, barometric Storm Watch, and high-impact alerts. RainHUD Pro adds Storm Watch precision and Storm Lab detail: Super-Res and 3D NEXRAD radar, satellite clouds, lightning, official spotter reports, deeper source-aware storm intelligence, dense and extended timelines, unlimited Global AR locations, and advanced approach notifications. Built with NOAA and National Weather Service data, including NEXRAD Level II, MRMS, HRRR, GOES, NBM v5, GFS, ProbSevere, NWS alerts and Local Storm Reports, plus RainViewer public radar. RainHUD™ provides weather context only and is not an emergency alert system, certified weather instrument, or a replacement for official warnings. Always follow Wireless Emergency Alerts, NWS warnings, and local instructions. Terms: https://rainhud.com/terms.html Privacy: https://rainhud.com/privacy.html
Ratings & reviews
5.0
5 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.06 · Updated October 1, 2026
- Enhanced Earth satellite imagery - Added Widgets for home and lock screens - 18hr forecast on Apple Watch - Improved timeline UI - Added Base velocity, Storm-relative motion, Correlation coefficient, Differential reflectivity, Spectrum width layers and radar elevation angle to Pro tier - Improved storm tracking capability in Pro tier with selectable storms and tracking settings like hazard change notifications.
App privacy
The developer, Peter Gibbons, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Precise Location, Coarse Location
- User Content: Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Other Data: Other Data Types
Used for: App Functionality, Other Purposes
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics
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