WBAY First Alert Weather Reviews

by Mepoq

The reviewer from March 17 has this exactly right. The previous version was perfectly fine. There was absolutely NO reason for a revision of WBAYFirstAlertWeather. It worked fine. This is nothing but the typical case of changing something that didn’t need changing. I swear that WBAY changes their weather app because they are paying some developers and they try to justify their jobs.

The changes to the new weather app make no sense. You now are assaulted with a meteorologist as soon as WBAYFirstAlertWeather opens. People don’t want that. They use a weather app for weather stats. They are NOT interested in weather personalities. You are, but customers are NOT. Most of the changes are illogical. Smaller weather map(radar) with Meteorologist hogging the screen. It’s TOO cluttered and in your face. As the March 17 reviewer said, you obviously do NOT pay attention to feedback. Either you change the opening page and give more room to radar or I’m DELETING it. And I’ve had WBAYFirstAlertWeather in one form or another for several yeas. I’ve had it, however, with these idiotic and unnecessary changes !

Btw, I went and downloaded some weather apps from other stations that were identical to the PREVIOUS Storm center 2 weather app. I liked them much better and use them more than WBAYFirstAlertWeather. That should tell you about making these UNNECESSARY revisions.

by Wirunner89

The biggest thing about WBAYFirstAlertWeather that makes it no longer a good app is that it is incredibly slow. It can take a minute or two to actually load. There is no reason for this at all. More graphically intensive games will load fast! I just want to get the forecast or check the radar in under a minute. The old version was so much better, fast stable and an overall better app.

by Skidoo Ninja

I’ve had WBAYFirstAlertWeather for quite a while but it’s performance is horrible so I deleted it and was going to reinstall hoping for better performance but that didn’t happen. I like WBAY news but the on the go app and weather apps are too full of ads and performance is terrible. Deleting once again!

by Removed Essential Info

I used to like your weather app. I cannot believe you changed to the same very poor design that two Madison stations went to. Does no one read reviews? This is a horrible design. It doesn’t change to landscape mode, it takes a long time to load, it shows such things as moon phase and UV index instead of more pertinent weather info such as wind speed and humidity. Someone somewhere has built a design that is awful and must have one heck of a sales department because in spite of horrible reviews, new stations are switching to it. Very sorry you fell victim to the same terrible design.

by Debbie292d

We need to know weather fast. Out here in the country there are no whistles. I go to WBAYFirstAlertWeather and have to wait for their ad to go away about swiping, then it froze up when I’m trying to scroll down. This isn’t good for fast info when we need it.

by Jjpeetz

WBAYFirstAlertWeather hasn’t been working for me, keeps saying this application not currently available in your area. Sometimes it works but most of the time it doesn’t. It never had this issue before but since the last update it hasn’t worked. Very disappointed because I love WBAY.

by (HOMER25)

The old app was MUCH better. That seems to be a theme with all weather apps. The radar is less accurate and moves too fast. It must be a difficult job to ruin a good thing but someone was willing to do it.

by PL320

Every notification comes through twice. It's annoying.

by Ocimaus615

WBAYFirstAlertWeather performed so poorly I deleted it and reinstalled it. It still was a total pain. I deleted it again and loaded a different news station’s app. The competitors app works great. Maybe WBAY should have done some beta testing or something? I can’t understand how they could roll out such a defective app. Perhaps it was the cheapest app to purchase??

by Finley Hoover

Love your app. Been using it for years. The only reason this is not 5 star is the latest update is putting out way too many notifications. Getting many notifications per day when no severe weather is just annoying. Also is Wisconsin, so when it's frozen outside I don't need to be reminded that there could be slippery spots. Geeze.

by A Spectacular A

I love WBAYFirstAlertWeather . I like the radar because it gives you so much more info than most other places. Although, it doesn’t update very often. It takes 5-10 minutes to update the map and the map will always be several minutes behind from where you are now. Besides this, I love WBAYFirstAlertWeather !

by Wbay Viewer

The main reason I use WBAYFirstAlertWeather is to see the radar and the approaching storms. I didn’t give 5 stars cause the push notifications are really slow, meaning, it’s been raining or snowing or even lightning for 10 or 20 minutes and than the weather app sends me a message that lightning or rain or snow has been detected in my area... I mean really? Are you sure? Oh wait I knew that 10 minutes ago. Other than that I like app.

by Lady_J80

Love WBAYFirstAlertWeather , but can you guys PLEASE fix the notifications? WBAYFirstAlertWeather send you double banner notifications and it’s kinda annoying lol...thank you!

by All Niv

Forecasts are accurate and frequent updates as needed throughout the day when there is a potential for major storms!

by Kadyjoyjack

I find it to be very reliable. Love the fact that I can change to locations while traveling.

by Hithereheather

Very informative especially if you turn on notifications

by Scruffy63

I used to get WBAYFirstAlertWeather but now it says my location does not support WBAYFirstAlertWeather.

by Mhouda123

Lot better app weather bug crashes and is slow

by Checker Of Weather

App is easy to use and allows me to check weather wherever I’m heading to gush or hunt.

by Schobes66

I work at a golf course and I use WBAYFirstAlertWeather every night and morning to check out the weather so I know what to wear whether it’s cold or raining excellent app

by Jeffht12

Right now shows current temp of 90 and today’s high as 85 on the daily calendar. WBAYFirstAlertWeather shows tomorrow’s high as 83, but their website lists 92 so they aren’t even the same. The forecast temps change multiple times per day, and usually drastic changes. Good for radar, that’s about it.

by Tbbb75

I've stopped relying on WBAYFirstAlertWeather to dress my son for the day. It's frequently way off the mark. I've also noticed that it contradicts the predictions in their broadcasts -- and even contradicts the videos they post within WBAYFirstAlertWeather itself.

by Qkaw

I really despise the full screen pop up ads that now appear. They’re a nuisance and it’s just spam ads. Deleting WBAYFirstAlertWeather for a different weather radar one because they all feed off the same satellites.

by Pixelpeeping

I used to love WBAYFirstAlertWeather but I can’t even read the weather warnings any more due to the ads popping up every 2 seconds

by Oldcarp

Most of the time I punch up the radar it will not show anything but the map. Very disappointed. May go to another TV station.

by C_dubb72

I like WBAYFirstAlertWeather all together. Why does it take longer to load?

by SmileysS69

Always most accurate & friendly down to earth!