Cloudbreak Weather — Stone Mesa Studio

Version 1.3

Weather in the Mac menu bar

From version 1.3, the Mac shows the current temperature in the menu bar. Click it to open a panel with conditions, alerts, air quality, fire risk, the next 12 hours, radar, and your places. When the Mac is within about 25 miles of one of your weather stations, the temperature comes from that station. Cloudbreak stays in the menu bar after its window closes, and can start at login.

iCloud sync

From version 1.3, saved places, weather stations, and unit choices sync through your own iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Station keys travel in iCloud Keychain.

Wildfires in Canada

From version 1.3, the Fire & Smoke map shows active fires and perimeters in Canada from Natural Resources Canada, with stage of control and size in hectares.

Switching stations

From version 1.3, tap a station's name on the My Station tab to switch stations.

Mac menus and shortcuts

From version 1.3, every action on the Mac has a menu command and a keyboard shortcut, and a Text Size setting changes the size of text. Erase asks whether to clear this Mac only or all your devices.

User guide in the app

From version 1.3, the user guide is in the app, under Settings. On the Mac, it is also in the Help menu.

Units and regional formats

From version 1.3, rainfall, pressure, and distance follow your unit settings. Dates and times follow your region.

Other changes

From version 1.3, widgets show the age of their data when it is old. Reduce Motion is respected throughout, and text on colored bands is easier to read. The fire map no longer shows no fires when a source fails to load.

The App Store version is 1.3 on iPhone and iPad, and 1.2 on the Mac.

On iPhone

Fire Weather detail: the Fosberg index, the next 48 hours, a 7-day outlook, and what is driving it — **Fire-weather risk**The Fosberg index, the next 48 hours, a 7-day outlook, and the conditions behind it.

Radar on the Maps tab with the color key and the playback bar — **Radar**Recent radar runs on into a short-range forecast, across the U.S. and Canada.

The Fire & Smoke map with active fires, satellite fire detections, and the smoke key — **Fire & Smoke map**Active fires, satellite fire detections, smoke, and burn scars. The data is official and is not a live feed.

Today tab cards: pressure, UV index, feels like, air quality, and fire weather — **Air quality and fire weather**Air quality labeled by its source, the day's fire-weather risk, and a card for each condition.

Forecast tab: the 7-day forecast with one day expanded, and the Forecast Discussion row — **7-day forecast**Tap a day for the National Weather Service text and winds. Forecast Discussion opens the forecaster's notes.

My Station tab with two station names, Home and Cabin, above one station's readings — **My Station**Readings from your own weather station. From version 1.3, tap a station's name to switch stations.

Locations tab: the current location and five saved places, each with its conditions and high and low — **Locations**Search for places, save them, and see each place's conditions and high and low.

Sun view: the sun's arc between sunrise and sunset, with the daylight left — **Sun**Drag the sun to see the time and the daylight left at any point in the day.

Forecast

Current conditions

Temperature, feels-like temperature, sky, and the observation source for the place you are viewing.

Hourly and 7-day

Up to 36 hours by the hour, and a 7-day forecast with the forecaster's notes.

Detail cards

Wind, UV, pressure, humidity, visibility, cloud cover, sunrise, and sunset. Each condition opens a 24-hour chart.

Weather alerts

Official watches and warnings appear on a place's Today tab when the app refreshes: from the U.S. National Weather Service, and from Environment Canada in Canada. Notifications are opt-in and cover fire weather and air quality only.

Fire weather and smoke

Fire-weather risk

A daily risk band from Low to Extreme: official in the U.S., and a modeled estimate elsewhere.

Fire & Smoke map

Active fires, satellite hotspots, smoke, and burn scars on one map. The data is official and is not a live feed. For live incident updates, the app refers you to Watch Duty.

Smoke and air quality

The current air quality and an outlook, labeled by source, and mapped wildfire smoke.

Maps

Layer menu

The layer menu opens with the Maps tab. Pick one layer, add Lightning or Air Quality overlays, and choose a Standard or Aerial base map. Nothing loads until you pick a layer.

Radar

Play back recent radar and continue into a short-range forecast on one timeline, across the U.S. and Canada.

Satellite

Replay GOES imagery over the last 6 or 24 hours. Imagery is true color by day and infrared at night.

Wind

A moving surface-wind field. Tap a point to read its speed, gusts, and direction.

Temperature

A surface-temperature map. Tap a point to read the current air temperature.

Fire & Smoke

Active fires, satellite hotspots, smoke, and burn scars on one layer.

Weather history

Weather on a date

The high, low, rainfall, and peak wind for a place on any past day.

Archive to 1940

The daily archive reaches back to 1940 and runs about 5 days behind the present.

Monthly averages

Typical highs, lows, and rainfall for each month, from about 15 years of record.

Your own weather station

Five providers

Ambient Weather, Tempest, Davis, Netatmo, and PWSWeather. Ambient is fully supported; the others are in beta.

Station readings

Within about 25 miles of your station, its temperature, humidity, wind, and pressure replace the nearest official observation.

7-day trends

For Ambient stations, temperature, rainfall, and wind over the past week.

Widgets

Station readings appear in the Cloudbreak widgets. The Apple Watch shows public-source weather only.

Apple devices

Apple Watch

Conditions, fire-weather risk, air quality, and severe-weather alerts, from the watch's own location.

Widgets

A forecast widget in six sizes for the Home Screen and Lock Screen.

Mac

The full app, native on the Mac. From version 1.3, it also shows the weather in the menu bar.

Notifications

Fire-weather and air-quality notifications are opt-in and are scheduled on your device, with no push server.

On iPad

Radar on iPad with the color key and the playback bar — **Radar**Recent radar into a short-range forecast, across the U.S. and Canada.

The Fire & Smoke map on iPad, covering the western U.S. and Canada — **Fire & Smoke map**Active fires, satellite fire detections, and smoke. From version 1.3, the map includes fires in Canada.

Detail cards, air quality, and fire weather on the Today tab on iPad — **Air quality and fire weather**Air quality labeled by its source, and the day's fire-weather risk.

The 7-day forecast on iPad with one day expanded — **7-day forecast**Seven days and the Forecast Discussion.

My Station on iPad with two station names above grouped readings — **My Station**Conditions, wind, rain, sun, and indoor readings. From version 1.3, tap a station's name to switch stations.

The Sun view on iPad — **Sun**Drag the sun to see the time and the daylight left.

On Apple Watch

Apple Watch current conditions with fire-risk and AQI chips — **Current**Conditions, the day's high and low, and fire-risk and AQI chips.

Apple Watch hourly forecast — **Hourly**The next several hours.

Apple Watch seven-day forecast — **7-Day**The next seven days.

Apple Watch fire and air page with Fosberg risk, AQI, and UV — **Fire & Air**Fosberg fire risk, air quality, and UV.

On Mac

Cloudbreak Today tab in a Mac window, with the tabs and the place menu in the toolbar — **Today**The full app in a resizable Mac window, with the tabs and the place menu in the toolbar.

Radar on Mac across the Great Lakes, the northeastern U.S., and southern Canada — **Radar**Recent radar into a short-range forecast, across the U.S. and Canada.

The Fire & Smoke map on Mac, covering the Pacific Northwest and western Canada — **Fire & Smoke map**Active fires, satellite fire detections, and smoke. From version 1.3, the map includes fires in Canada.

Cloudbreak Settings on Mac: Menu Bar, Weather Stations, Sync, and Units & Display — **Settings**From version 1.3, Start at login under Menu Bar, and iCloud sync for places, stations, and units.

The 7-day forecast on Mac with one day expanded — **7-day forecast**Seven days and the Forecast Discussion.

Privacy Cloudbreak has no accounts and no tracking. Your location is sent to weather providers only to fetch a forecast, and is not stored or tied to you. Read the privacy policy or get support.