MD Weather Alerts 2.1 A HOME SCREEN THAT'S READY WHEN YOU ARE The app now shows your latest weather the moment it opens instead of sitting on a loading screen. Watches and warnings are always fetched fresh — never from cache. MD WEATHER ALERTS+ — REBUILT Every premium feature now lives in one place. Tap the MD Weather Alerts+ badge on the home screen to open the hub. • Morning Briefing — your day, written for your location, with read-aloud • Commute alerts — watch the roads you actually drive, not just your county • Custom alert rules — build your own triggers with and/or conditions, then backtest them against real past weather before you trust them • Radar color editor — design your own radar palette and share it with a code • Theme builder — make your own app theme, share it, or let it react to live conditions • Monthly theme drops — a new theme every month • Reporter stats — see the reach and accuracy of your reports • Supporter identity kits, anniversaries and streaks New to Plus? There's a free trial when you're eligible — look for the badge on the home screen. FOUNDING SUPPORTER Subscribe between August 28 and November 26, 2026 and you keep Founding Supporter status permanently. CLOSINGS, DELAYS AND STATE GOVERNMENT STATUS School and organization closings published by our moderators, plus official Maryland state government operating status. COMMUNITY • Posts now have a proper like — double-tap any post • Tap a photo to open it full screen • Photos are no longer cropped, and everything fits the card cleanly • Two new hazard types to report: tornado/funnel cloud and lightning strike • Reports now show who liked and who confirmed them FIXES AND POLISH • Much smoother scrolling in the community feed • Fixed a bug that could reset your points, level and streak • Improved how we delete your data when you delete your account • Corrected the county used in Morning Briefing alerts Life-safety alerts are always free. No watch or warning is ever delayed, bundled, or held behind a subscription.

MD Weather Alerts 2.0 — rebuilt from the ground up The biggest update yet. The whole app has been redesigned to be faster, lighter, and more beautiful — and packed with new ways to see your weather. A fresh, streamlined design Simplified to three tabs — Weather, Live, and You — with a new Liquid Glass look throughout. A cleaner Home you arrange yourself: press and hold any card to drag it where you want it. A lighter, faster download. All-new widgets Every Home Screen and Lock Screen widget redesigned — current conditions, hourly, alerts, community feed, photo of the day, and quick report. A brand-new Daylight widget with a live sun arc from sunrise to sunset. Redesigned Live Activity and Dynamic Island for severe-weather alerts. MD Weather Alerts+ members can now theme their widgets — seven palettes, previewed live before you choose. New ways to see your weather Share your weather — turn your current conditions into a beautiful card for Stories, Messages, and socials. Daylight arc on Home — see exactly where the sun is in its day. Moon phase — tonight's phase, how lit it is, and days to the next full moon. Warmer or cooler than yesterday, right under your temperature. More A new weather-reactive launch screen. Help & Contact, with a built-in support inbox. Faster, steadier, and polished throughout. Every weather watch and warning is always free for everyone.

New games, fresh Home Screen widgets, and a sharper map. TWO NEW GAMES • Predict the High — guess tomorrow's high for a featured Maryland city, right on Home, and earn points for getting close. Build a daily streak. • Weekly Photo Contest — enter one weather photo a week, vote for your favorite, and a winner is crowned every week. WIDGETS • A new Community Feed widget puts the latest Maryland reports on your Home Screen. • MD Weather Alerts + adds four dedicated widget themes — Midnight, Slate, Ember, and Forest. Free widgets keep matching your app theme. A SHARPER MAP • New Quick Modes — open the map around what you're doing (Drive, Storm, Water, Sky & Air, Explore) and the right layers set themselves up. All the individual toggles are still there to fine-tune. STORM COMPANION • During an active Warning, the Live Activity and Dynamic Island now show a live countdown to expiry and a line of the National Weather Service's own safety guidance. Every National Weather Service watch and warning stays free for everyone, always. Plus adds personalization and convenience; it never gates a safety alert. Stay safe out there, and keep the reports coming.

Storm Awareness is here. LIGHTNING • Lightning Nearby — free for everyone: get a heads-up when a strike lands close to you (needs location on; at most once every 30 minutes during a storm). • MD Weather Alerts + adds a live map of recent strikes across Maryland, with a running count and trend, and lets you tune your alert range from 5 to 50 km. POWER OUTAGES • A new live power-outage map for Maryland — county by county — for MD Weather Alerts + subscribers. Every National Weather Service watch and warning stays free for everyone, always. Plus adds personalization and convenience; it never gates a safety alert. ALSO IN THIS UPDATE • One switch to turn all notifications on, plus a clearer all-in-one Notifications screen. • Your color themes are now one tap away, right on your profile. • A calmer default look — the live weather background now starts off, and you can turn it back on anytime in Settings ▸ Appearance. • Fixes and refinements throughout. Stay safe out there, and keep the reports coming.

Introducing MD Weather Alerts + — an optional subscription with themes, bonus points, and personal weather alerts. Every NWS watch and warning stays free.

What's New in 1.3 - the big "Refresh" update Community is now a full weather-social experience, alongside a rebuilt Home, a unified Map, faster reporting, and a fresh new look. A REAL COMMUNITY Posts: share a photo and caption of what you're seeing outside, with hashtags and @mentions, weather-emoji reactions, comments, and repost/quote. Sky Stories: post a quick sky photo everyone in Maryland sees at the top of Community; it carries a live weather sticker and disappears after 24 hours. Direct Messages: private, real-time messaging with people you follow who follow you back. Mutual-only by design, so no messages from strangers. Community Challenges: weekly goals that earn points and exclusive badges, plus statewide goals the whole state works toward together. A smarter Discover feed: the best community posts, curated Maryland weather news (clearly labeled), and official products (NWS, NOAA, SPC, SWPC). Follow topics and save posts into Collections. Recognized contributors, a chat room for every county, and unified handles and mentions. A REBUILT HOME A new briefing up top that leads with what matters right now: incoming rain, a heat/UV/air-quality heads-up, a big temperature swing. A cleaner, drag-to-reorder Home customizer, a new Compact density, and a movable Conditions at a Glance card. A clearer 7-day forecast with temperature-range bars, and smooth zoom transitions into detail. ONE UNIFIED MAP A single map with Base Views: tint all of Maryland by temperature, feels-like, precipitation, air quality, or active alerts. A tidier, grouped Layers sheet, Explore Spots on the map, and a streamlined county browser. FASTER, RICHER REPORTING More conditions and an about-four-tap quick report, no typing required. Reporting streaks with daily and milestone bonuses, a Report button on the Map, and photo proof when you confirm a report is still happening. Mark your own reports still happening or cleared so the feed and map stay current. A FRESH LOOK Liquid Glass across the whole app, tied to a Settings slider. Redesigned dynamic weather wallpapers with real atmospheric depth, plus rain and snow that gently bead and settle on your cards. A clean icon-only tab bar and more inviting empty and loading screens. Plus a new one-time tour so you can discover everything above, replayable anytime from Settings > Replay Tutorials. As always: forecasts and alerts come straight from the National Weather Service, your privacy is protected, and safety always comes first.

Live weather rooms Join a chat room for your county or region during active weather. Tap a quick reply to say what you're seeing, react to messages, and see who else from your area is there. A Home screen you arrange Tap the new Customize button to choose which cards appear, resize them, and save different layouts — a detailed one for storms, a simple one for quiet days. Start from a preset or build your own. Traffic cameras, tides and radar Nearly 500 live CHART traffic cameras, NOAA tide and water levels, and a radar loop you can export and share. More to read in Community A daily question, weekly photo challenges, polls, and "on this day" weather history — so there's something there even when nobody's reported yet. Better reporting Add a confidence level, save presets for reports you file often, and answer photo challenges straight from the feed. Widgets and Apple Watch A Photo of the Day widget, StandBy support, and a leaderboard complication on the watch. Quieter notifications Set quiet hours, turn on Away Mode when you're travelling, and follow specific counties for alerts. Fixes Fixed the Answer button on Community questions, cleaned up duplicate cards in the feed, and refreshed the app's launch screen.