Yawa - Yet another weather app

Introduction

Yawa retrieves weather and tide prediction data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) public APIs and Internet services based on your current location or a location of your choice within the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and Guam.

Disclaimer. Yawa and Tekaym Mobile are neither endorsed by nor affiliated with NOAA. This information is provided "as-is" and any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.

Yawa makes use of several NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) non-operational/non-production web services. As such, these services are not guaranteed to be available at all times.

Yawa contains no ads and is free to use.


Requirements

Yawa requires the following capabilities and permissions in order to provide accurate weather information for your location:

*Yawa will continue to operate without location permission but will be unable to provide weather information for your current location.


Features

Location

By default, if Location permission has been granted, Yawa will display the current weather conditions and forecast for the NWS 2.5 km2 gridpoint at the last known location of the phone. The location can be changed by tapping the current location name at the top of the screen and searching for a specific City, St or Zipcode. Alternatively, select the Locations option from the main menu to select a saved location.

My location - tap this icon to retrieve the forecast for the device's current location. This depends on the availability of GPS and/or network location providers and the appropriate permissions.

Refresh - tap this icon to refresh the current location. Occasionally, Yawa is unable to retrieve data due to an internal NOAA server error. Typically, a refresh will correct the problem.

Add - tap this icon to add the current location to, and/or select from, a list of saved locations. Use the locations dialog to add/update/delete locations. Long press a location to display a context menu allowing the location to be edited or deleted.

Tap the observation station name at the top of the current observations tab to display a list of nearby observation stations sorted by increasing distance. Select any observation station in the list to retrieve the forecast and current conditions at the location of the selected station.

Tabbed layout

Swipe left or right to cycle between Current, Daily, Hourly, Radar, Alerts, Discussion, Sun & Moon, Tides, Satellite and Map tabs.

Current

Displays the current conditions reported by the closest NWS observation station. Observations stations are typically found at local airports. Occasionally, observation stations go offline and report null values.

Current temperature is color coded using the following temperature gradient with cooler temperatures on the left and warmer temperatures on the right.

Wind chill and Heat index are only accurate for temperatures below 50 and above 80 respectively.

The "Feels like" temperature uses R. G. Steadman's 1984 formula based on temperature, humidity, and wind speed for apparent temperature outdoors in the shade.

Sun rise/set and moon rise/set times are displayed for the current location.

The date and time of last update are reflected at the bottom of the screen.

Speak icon - tap this icon to listen to the forecast.

Map icon - tap this icon in the lower right corner of the current conditions tab to go directly to the Map component.

Daily

Displays daily and nightly forecasts for the next seven days. Tap a forecast item to display a detailed forecast for the period.

Hourly

Displays hourly forecasts for the next seven days.

Radar

By default, displays the animated radar image from the closest radar station. Use the drop down list to select and display a regional radar image.

Alerts

Displays watches, warnings, advisories for the current zone. A red warning symbol is superimposed on the current weather icon whenever an alert is present.

Discussion

Displays a discussion of the current area forecast from the local weather service forecast office. In addition, National Short Range, Extended, Tropical Weather, and Space Weather forecasts are available through the drop-down list.

Sun & Moon

Displays sun rise/set and moon rise/set times at the current location for the next 30 days.

Tides

Displays a list of all NOAA tide prediction stations within a 25 mile radius. Tide prediction stations are typically found in coastal areas, bays and rivers that are subject to tidal action. Tide heights are relative to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). Tap a tide station to display today's tides. Tap the Predictions button to display the predicted tides for the next 30 days.

Satellite

Displays the latest NOAA GOES-East and GOES-West satellite images for the Continental United States (CONUS), Pacific United States (PACUS), Alaska, Hawaii and the Caribbean.

Map

Display a map of nearby weather, radar, and tide prediction observation stations.

Long press at any desired location on the map to reset the currently selected location and query for nearby observation stations.

Marker - tap a marker to display detailed information provided by the weather station (green), radar station (purple), tide prediction station (blue), or zone forecast alert (red).

Menu - tap the menu icon in the upper left corner to enable or disable display of weather, radar or tide prediction stations as well as forecast alerts.

Set Location - tap this icon in the lower left corner to restart Yawa using the currently selected location.


Settings

Coordinate Format

Decimal degrees (default)

Latitude and longitude coordinates are formatted in decimal degrees. For example: 40.6900°, -74.0450°

Positive latitudes are in the northern hemisphere and negative longitudes are in the western hemisphere

Degrees, minutes, seconds

Latitude and longitude coordinates are formatted in degrees, minutes, and seconds. For example: 40°41'24"N 74°2'42"W

Degrees and decimal minutes

Latitude and longitude coordinates are formatted in degrees and decimal minutes. For example: 40°41.4'N 74°2.7'W

Open location code

Latitude and longitude coordinates are formatted as an open location code (Plus Code). For example: 87G7MXQ3+XWX

Units

US Standard (default)

Measurements are provided in United States standard units: degrees Fahrenheit (°F), miles (mi), feet (ft), miles per hour (mph), and inches of mercury (inHg)

Metric

Measurement are provided in International System of Units (SI): degrees Celsius (°C), kilometers (km), meters (m), kilometers per hour (km/h), and kilopascals (kPa)

Time Format

12 hour clock (default)

Times are provided in 12 hour format (am/pm)

24 hour clock

Times are provided in 24 hour format

Geocoder

Device (default)

Uses the builtin Android Geocoder

OpenStreetMap

Uses the openstreetmap.org Geocoder (may be necessary on some devices)

Theme

Light

Improves visibility in bright environments

Dark

Improves visibility in low-light environments and reduces power usage

System default (default)

Light or dark mode theme based on the device's default theme

Auto

Automatically selects light mode for use during the day (6am - 6pm) and dark mode at night (6pm - 6am)

Startup

Last location

Uses the last used location on startup

Current location (default)

Uses the device's current location on startup


Clear Locations

Erases all location data. This may be necessary if the location database becomes corrupted.


Support


For additional support or answers to questions not found here, email support@tekaym.com. 


Credits

Weather data provided by the NOAA National Weather Service.

Tide prediction data provided by the NOAA National Ocean Service Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services.

Satellite images provided by the NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. See GOES Image Viewer for more information.

Sun and moon calculations are based on SunMoonCalculator by Tomás Alonso Albi.

Open Location Code (Plus Codes) provided by Google.

Picasso image downloading and caching library provided by Square.


Privacy Policy

The Yawa privacy policy can be found here.