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**NOTE: The mobile.weather.gov website was decommissioned in June 2024**

 

Accessing NWS Forecasts/Warnings/Radar on Your Mobile Device and Adding Shortcuts to Your Home Screen

Although the NWS does not have a mobile app, you can use your mobile device to access weather forecasts, radar/satellite imagery, and more. You can also add links to any of our pages (forecast, radar, etc) to the home screen of your device for easy access.

 

iPhone:

Step 1 – Browse to weather.gov. You can then either proceed directly to step 2 or access the forecast page for your location either by entering your City/State or Zip Code or by clicking on the map. 

Step 2 – Click the "share" icon.

Step 3 – Click "Add to Home Screen".

Step 4 – Click "Add" in the upper right hand corner.

 

Android:

 

Step 1 – Browse to weather.gov. You can then either proceed directly to step 2 or access the forecast page for your location by entering your City, State or Zip Code or clicking on the map. 

Step 2 – Click the 3 dots in the upper right next to address bar or for newer phones click the 3 bars on bottom right

Step 3 – Select "Add shortcut on Home Screen" or "+Add page to Home screen"