Government severe-weather warnings for your saved locations — summarized in plain language and translated into your language, straight from the national meteorological services. No sensationalism, no guesswork.
The problem
Most weather apps invent their own “alerts” or amplify commercial feeds to drive engagement — so you can’t tell a real emergency from a notification grab. And if you travel, the official warning that matters is published in the local language, in a format built for emergency managers, not people.
How it works
Weather InTouch reads the official Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) feeds published by national weather services, matches each warning’s geographic polygon against your saved locations (point-in-polygon), and de-duplicates overlapping warnings into a single, clear notice. Every alert keeps its official severity, urgency and certainty so you know exactly how seriously to take it — and we summarize and translate the free-form text into your language.
It’s built on a pluggable source registry: each country is a self-contained adapter, so coverage grows without re-architecting anything.
Live coverage
- 🇺🇸 United States — National Weather Service (
api.weather.gov) - 🇨🇿 Czech Republic — ČHMÚ (CAP + ORP boundary geometry)
- 🇩🇪 Germany — DWD (polygon warnings)
Rolling out next via direct national sources: Norway, Canada, Spain, Austria, Sweden, and more — with a long tail reachable through the WMO Alert Hub.
Why it’s different
- Official sources only. Warnings carry the legal authority of the national met service — not a commercial aggregator’s interpretation.
- Cross-border. Travel anywhere we cover and read the local warning in your own language.
- No alert spam. Overlapping and duplicate warnings are merged; you get one clear notice, not five.
- Feeds your automations. Official alerts double as a free signal source for weather monitoring rules.
Pricing
Official weather alerts are free. They cost nothing upstream and require no per-user polling, so everyone gets them.
FAQ
What is CAP? The Common Alerting Protocol — the international standard national agencies use to publish structured, machine-readable warnings.
Why are official alerts better than commercial ones? They come directly from the body legally responsible for warning the public, with standardized severity and no incentive to sensationalize.
Which countries are covered? US, Czechia and Germany today, with direct national sources expanding continuously.
How fast do alerts arrive? We poll the official feeds continuously and surface a warning shortly after the agency issues it.