News4Jax Weather Authority

Great app. I have used other apps that were similar but this one is my favorite. It even give me weather out of state! I ride a motorcycle and drive a convertible so it’s a must have for me! I seriously depend on it. Just 2 days ago the News4 weather app warned me lightning and rain at current location now. I went out and covered my bike and just as I was putting the last window on my 4x4 it came so hard I was drenched in seconds. Yea. It’s like that! I love this app!

In this day and age you’d think the radar image would be as you say “up to the minute”. It’s not even close! By the time your radar shows my area in Atlantic Beach the storm has already passed. To tell you the truth I’m not sure why I even use the app. Also , when your meteorologists are reporting temps in the Jax area you show 80 degrees here 81 there 80 there 81 there 79 there and so on. A one degree temp difference is a waste of time to verbally report! It’s in the 80’s in the area would suffice. Your just trying to fill time with this and it’s a waste of time really. Also when your news reporters go “live “to a crime scene it’s usually just showing a house. Whoopee! We’ve all seen a house before. At night when you go to a scene you show flashing fire truck or police lights. Whoopee!! We’ve all seen police lights too!! You’d think you could use your time more wisely. Driving to a scene to show nothing is another waste of time and man hours. Maybe throw some national news or more sports coverage to fill this wasted space. Anyway, thanks for getting rid of the most egotistical sports anchor in the history of broadcasting !! Have a good day and thanks for letting me share my opinion. E. Todd Hicks.

I’ve used this app for years but the new update ruined it. It seems like the team wanted to make everything in one place. The startup screen just looks ugly. The prediction of how the rain is going to move (futurecast) doesn’t even work. The rain can currently be moving west but when you go to a future time, it will always move straight east. The shape of the rain doesn’t change and the colors remain the same. All of the map overlays (lighting, earthquakes, etc.) are in a much worse spot. You have to go to the little cogwheel at the top right. Where they were before, on the map (and a relatively big button), was a better design choice. This is especially true for older people who don’t click on tiny icon or don’t want to search for something.

With so many different apps out there for weather and it just so easy to go elsewhere to get the info one seeks. I suppose any 80 year old that’s somewhat home bound might be satisfied with your weather app but it’s just lacking! You used to have so much more but you have whittled down the information that’s provided! As an avid sailor I used to find the weather radar that showed which way a thunderstorm is heading and lightning strikes is significant insights when you have a 50ft mast above your 200k dollar sailboat! You used to have this info but right now it’s only good enough to check and see if one can walk the dog to see if one is going to get wet! However if that’s your target market then you nailed it spot on!

Even though we were Blessed with just little rain & wind we were prepared for the worst. With you all as our co-pilots were steered though all the closures, & trees down & knew we were being watched out for by the best. Between all the first responders & all of you at channel 4 we felt safe & in the know all the time. Thank you for all your hard work & lack of sleep & all your caffeine overdose you did for all of Jacksonville again.

I have always respected JOHN GAUGHN( forgive me if I misspelled his last name) however the past three days I keep getting these notifications that say cooler temps or not as hot as it has been. I received these notifications and they are FALSE ! IT IS EVERY BIT AS HOT AS THE HUMIDITY IS HIGH AND FEELS WORSE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WHEN YOU WOULD THINK WE WOULD RECEIVE SOME KIND OF RELIEF ! 82 degrees at 3 am doesn’t count!!! The only reason I gave 3 stars is because I know it’s really hard to predict Florida weather. HOWEVER DO NOT SEND ME NOTIFICATIONS OF COOLER TEMPS ONLY TO GET MY HOPES UP AND THEN THE MOMENT I OPEN THE DOOR I FEEL LIKE I PUT MY FACE IN THE BROILER.

I love this weather app for iPhone and iPad but the Apple Watch version has not worked for about a week. Please fix. Right now it is useless. Love the format of the Apple Watch version but it is rarely accurate. It does not update throughout the day. Sometimes not for a few days. I don’t know who is responsible for managing it but it is not reliable. If you don’t have your phone with you and you are only using your Apple Watch get a different weather app. If the Apple Watch version can’t be maintained, updated and accurate throughout the day you should just not offer this version of the app.

All flashy, “updated”, & stuffed with ads & 12 hour old forecast videos no one can stop to watch during meetings when all you want is 5 seconds of human generated info. Notifications now take you to a blank alerts page as the written weather info is gone in place of data overload. Lots of bells & whistles to study so you can come up with your own forecast & the clear radar screen is gone for a fuzzy micro screen buried in all the clutter. But the actual SHORT WRITTEN UPDATED FORECAST IS GONE. Might as well use the generic weather app that comes with the iPhone. It’s almost identical but not stuffed with ads.

Been watching news for Jax for more than 30 years. I’ve always relied on their accuracy and pinpoint rain forecast. Now with the weather app, I can get up-to-date forecast on the go. I gave it a three star rating only because the app signals me often when there’s rain in my area. I’m not sure how big my area is because when I check the radar, there’s no rain present where I am but several miles away. Maybe the areas can be modified as in a few miles.

The hour to hour forecast along with the local notifications for bad weather are a game changer for me and my family. We have a dog that’s terrified of thunder so knowing when it’s going to hit our neighborhood allows us to be home at the right times. Thank you. This app is way better than any other app I’ve used before. The radar is cool too. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This USED TO BE a well-designed useful weather app. I could use it anywhere I went to get predictive radar for the upcoming 6 hours which was very helpful. Now, with their “upgraded” app, it’s overcrowded, broken, and pretty much a small version of their awful ad-stuffed website. WHO thought this was a great idea and approved this?!?? I sure hope that they didn’t pay for this hideous abomination of an app. PLEASE BRING BACK THE OLD APP!!!!!! You totally ruined a good thing! A weather app only needs to do one thing and do it well… weather!! I would give this version negative 100 stars if I could.

I loved this app until the recent "upgrade". I would check it several times a day. One of my favorite features was the written forecast by one of the local meteorologists - now the written forecast is the typical out of the box one or two lines with no personal or local touches. The radar was easier to use and more accurate on the older version. The ads are too numerous and too easy to accidentally "trigger". I tried to adjust to this downgrade for a few days but unfortunately I'm going to have to find a new weather app and remove this one.

The notifications are perfect for those of us that only get to enjoy you on tv for a short time in the mornings and evenings. I have been with you since 1994 when I moved here. I check out the other news channels from time to time but you guys are better and part of my family

After using this app for years and being happy with it, I noticed it was killing my battery by always running in the background. I don’t know if they’re pushing out more notifications or if it’s that it tells me it’s detecting lightning near my location every minute, but I tried to shut those functions off. Then the entire app became unusable and I’d have to go into setting to turn it on just to get a radar picture. Wish it would just turn on when I wanted to see radar rather than having to always be on and being my most power consuming app. Looking for something else now.

Radar is horrible, it’s more like animation instead of reality. The old radar was much more accurate and you could drill down to the street level. I want to see a detailed written forecast that I can check while out in public instead of playing a video. I assume this downgrade was an upper management decision to save money and a very poor decision it was. I used to check this app several times a day. I had waited till now to delete this app in the hopes that this awful version would be backed out but it appears that is not going to happen.

This was a great weather app before the recent update. I have relied on it for years and recommended it to many people. Now I’m searching for a replacement and so are friends and family who were using it. The UI is terrible, the radar is terrible and the hurricane app has declined too. Keep getting ads when I try to see storm details and have to start over. Whoever thought it was a good idea to replace the great app with this should be fired. Hoping I can find an app similar to the old one. Wish I could give zero stars.

The weather people on channel 4 are the best. They keep us informed on what’s going on 24hours a day. Last Friday we had horrible storms come thru. Jon and Richard stayed on the air to keep us informed. Rebecca is always a joy to see because of that big smile and the info she puts out for us. The week end crew does a great job also. Keep up the work and God bless all of you!

It is so nice getting updates on what’s going on in your area when you’re at home on the road out of town it’s fantastic. I never get to really watch the news I’m not at home a lot so this is the app to have and if you don’t you’re missing out on something great that could save your life!

We love the Doppler radar! We can watch and see exactly when rain will be close to us. As well as see when the winds decide to change the rains path. My little weatherman checks the app every morning before school to map out his day.

News4jax has always been accurate. We travel a lot and use the weather app all the time , to see future delays or dangers from storms. The radar has kept us from making hasty decisions about whether to travel on or stop . Thank you again, for your accuracy.

I’ve been canceled. I am a Christian and used to post storm pins all the time for channel 4. They canceled me. They won’t let me sign into my account and they signed me out without my permission. It won’t let me update my personal profile. I’m only a pin user now ! I had to sign in five times with different email addresses just to try and post weather pins and each time I have been canceled. I am sorry to see my favorite news station go so bad. They use to be the best now they are controlled by the worst.

I have tried other apps but for this area this is the best one for this unstable weather in this area at any time any moment. Love, love love. Oh better than the Weather service that tells you to head to your basement when we do not have basements here in Florida. Kathy

My issue with the new update is that it mutes any music that you’re playing. I’m almost certain that it’s because of the auto-play video embedded in the main screen. This app was always more reliable than the Apple weather app but I guess I’m stuck using that one now. Not uninstalling(yet) but I’ll probably never actually open this app. I haven’t tested it yet but hopefully I’ll still get useful, more precise notifications than the Apple app.

I switched from the Accu Weather App because they weren’t getting it right often. I’ve been watching WJXT weather since George Winterling hurricane Dora devastated Jacksonville in 1964? George was the ONLY one to get it right back then.

Great App except, while traveling by motorcycle to other cities, I added several of my stops so I would know what to expect. When I got home, I found there was no way to delete those stops or stop getting notifications for places now hundreds of miles away. I ended up deleting the app and starting over.

Pretty good weather app. I like it, especially with the live background. Wish lightning could be seen with the radar. My biggest problem is when it is clear at night it snows a sun. It should be a moon. That is what really bothers me. Hope they can fix this issue.

The old version was extremely easy to use and very good enough I used it more than the weather channel’s version especially around hurricane season. This new version is cheap and just heavily cluttered with ads and what options there are now lack horribly I don’t need two apps to check for hurricane conditions the old one did just fine with a friendly user face. Please backpedal on this update/ downgrade really….

I just updated to the brand new “from the ground up” News4Jax weather app and it is completely different. It changes the entire appearance and degrades the whole user experience. IMHO, it is much worse than the “old” app. The weather radar “screen” no longer has a blue dot where my iPad is located and the background lacks detail. I have unloaded the app and will look for a different weather site.

I am a weather fanatic and really enjoy The New app and Exact Track raider…They has been a game changer ! Thank you all for keeping us posted online and on the go.. Keeping us safe out there while we play !!!⭐️⭐️

Always tracking and always on point. I know when and where to expect rain and lightening. Thank you channel 4, my local station😀

I’ve been so Happy for years with the last version. This update doesn’t clearly show where storms are in your area it used to show cloud rotation, lightning, etc now it’s a cloud with a lightning bolt and red , yellow etc telling you the severity by color . and if this update has it where is it ? It’s not easy to understand and looks not as nice as the last version. This is not a update it’s a downgrade.

I like the older version better. This one seems a bit clumsy and cartoonish trying to navigate. Also the notifications are now “Alert” and the normal “Moderate twin bear location”. Also liked the detailed map on the radar better. This version is just ok.

When you sign up make sure you don’t say yes to notifications They are send out several times a day telling you the obvious.

I loved News4Jax weather app until….the recent update. It stinks now, hard to find information that was readily available before, not user friendly. No UV index and the future radar only shows a few hours. Unfortunately, I’m going back to the Weather Channel app after this update, so sad!

Hello just wanted to let you know we don’t like the new set up on the app. Why did you have to change when reviewing the radar it doesn’t give the accurate reading like the older one

Easy to find information on weather today and later the coming days

I can’t stand the new update. The radar isn’t correct. I have location on and the radar shows the rain at least 20 minutes away from house even though it’s raining, the old app was maybe a couple of minutes off. It’s also confusing & not user friendly. You need to fix it or give us the option of old one.

We love the Doppler radar! Minute by minute accuracy is always spot on. If your outside most of your day this is definitely the app to have for go to knowledge on the ever changing weather.

The newest update is absolutely not user friendly!! I get alerts that pop up on my phone, when I click on them it takes me to a blank page. Saying I don’t have any alerts! The radar does not help to understand how long the rain will last. And as we are now in hurricane season, this is so frustrating! Beyond disappointed!! Please fix this!!!!!

The best part I like the most is that you can click on each daily segment and it expands to breakdown timely intervals WITHOUT having to upgrade to PREMIUM like the Weather-channel app !!! Well done 👍🏼 thank you 😊!!!

Why did you take a great app & change it? Before it was easy to navigate & nice on the eyes. Now it looks like you had a 6 year old redesign it and there are ads everywhere. Bad move News4Jax. The screenshots in the app are now outdated. Might want to show everyone what it really looks like now.

Radar does not automatically play Favorite locations, more difficult to set Unsatisfied with radar satellite appearance Radar that used realistic satellite appearance If there is a way to get that in the new app, I can’t find it Have a joyed your Weather app for years excellent try on the update. Lotta new features are good. But stated above very unsatisfied about radar reality appearance/compared to the old one Keep up the good work

I get notifications in a timely manner and as our company works outside, it’s nice to have an up to date radar and lightning warning system so we know in advance of severe weather.

Best weather app I’ve used. I didn’t realize that it is useful outside of N. Florida. It was giving me exact weather in NC when I recently traveled there. But it doesn’t stop there, the accuracy is spot on.

The redesign looks awful and has far fewer capabilities than the old one. No more lightning, wind, or storm overlays. Just Doppler. It says you can get location based alerts, but I haven’t gotten a single one since the update. I’ll be glad if those dumb write ups stop getting pushed via notification, but the rain and severe weather alerts were helpful.

The first thing I do in the morning is check to see if I will be able to work in my yard, let my dog play outdoors, and feed the squirrels! Thank you.

Gave up on Weather Channel after they offered premium coverage for $$. Everyone wants to make a buck!

This app is recently improved and very different than before. It is now great. The old one was so-so but they’ve taken it to the top now. Huge improvement.

Had such a hard time figuring out the app after the update. Overall the app is ok but the radar is not like it use to be. The older version was much better than this one. Radar has glitches often and I have to close out and reopen.

I don’t like that it’s vertical , narrows everything . Second it’s miserable to navigate . The old app was straightforward and easy to use and it was horizontal . I don’t know who designed this , they did a poor substitute for previous app. I see there is a lot of negative feedback , so I’m not the only person that thinks this is a bad app .