The new Meteolux app will show detailed information about the current weather conditions and forecast for the coming days. In the case of severe conditions, users can opt to be warned via push notifications. The application also has an interactive side that allows users to directly communicate their observations about meteorological events.
Overall, the app can therefore be divided into three sections, the first of which is the forecast, explained spokesman Luca Mathias: “Users find the forecast for the day itself and for the five that follow. Predictions will be updated every six hours, showing precipitation, temperature, the predominant weather, what is being forecast, so all important phenomena summarised in one place.”
Mathias explained that in general, weather forecasts are only reliable for five days. Predictions going further in time have a more tentative nature. With the help of radar and satellites, conditions can finally be observed and recorded in real time.
The second section of the app is concerned with weather alerts. Users are able to choose being notified about storms and potential flooding via push notifications.
Mathias elaborated: “Warnings can be activated for individual regions, like the north or the south, or for the entire country. You can then still decided on the level of warning that you want to receive, for instance yellow, orange, and red, or only red. You can also adapt the settings to only show alerts for specific weather events and the nature of the warning itself.”
The final section of the app is the interactive one, according to Mathias: “Users can themselves provide information on current weather events and conditions with the help of a list of options. ... This input will stay in the app for half an hour. The data can help us get a better glimpse of what is happening in the country and allow us to react more quickly.”
The new Meteolux app will be available in four languages: Luxembourgish, German, French, and English. Mathias noted that a lot of resources were channelled to make the application as accessible as possible.
Further features will be added to the app in the future.
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