WeatherAI 2026.08.1: Redesigned Wildfire Maps, Shareable Charts, and Consistent Lists Everywhere

What's New

WeatherAI 2026.08.1 rebuilds the wildfire maps so you can read a fire situation at a glance, lets you share any chart straight to the share sheet, and puts every data list in the app on one consistent row layout. Charts, tropical products, Siri, and the animated sky all got a pass too.

Here's everything in this release.

Redesigned Wildfire Maps (U.S.)

Fire maps were rebuilt so you can read a fire situation at a glance.

• Markers are sized by acreage and colored by status, so a spot fire and a megafire no longer look alike
• Perimeters are drawn by activity: ground that has already burned is hatched, active edges stand out
• Larger fires carry their name and acreage right on the map
• A tray lists every incident currently in view — tap one to jump to it
• A new minimum size filter hides small incidents on the map, and the incident list still shows everything

Share Any Chart

Charts can now go straight to the share sheet as a card.

• Long press a chart, or use the share button, to share it as an image
• Available on the Current Trends charts and the RTMA trend charts

Consistent Lists Everywhere

Every data list in the app was rebuilt on one row layout.

• Weather alerts from Canada, the UK, and Europe now show severity and timing, which only U.S. alerts did before
• Severity levels now carry a distinct icon shape, so they read without relying on color
• Earthquakes, fires, METARs, tides, buoys, rivers, storm reports, volcanoes, and tsunamis all read the same way
• One badge treatment instead of eight, and no more doubled chevrons on rows
• Empty screens now explain what is missing instead of showing a generic icon

Clearer Charts

• Scrubbed values now appear in the chart header instead of a tooltip covering the title and legend
• Axis labels and legends carry their units, at a precision that fits the data
• Reference lines like Now and Midnight are easier to tell apart from the data
• A smoother, more readable wind direction chart

Tropical Improvements

• Wind Speed Probability now uses the National Hurricane Center's own color scale, with all ten bands in the legend instead of four
• Areas below a 5% chance are no longer shaded, matching how the Hurricane Center draws them
• Storm wind speeds now match the published advisory numbers exactly

Better Search and Bigger Maps

• Location, METAR station, radar site, and volcano lists now use the standard iOS search field
• Every embedded map now opens a larger version the same way, from alerts to fires to earthquakes

Siri and Shortcuts

• Siri now recognizes "Weather AI", so spoken phrases match far more reliably
• "Show radar for" a place now centers the radar map on it, even from a cold launch
• Asking a question without a subscription now gets a spoken explanation instead of an error

A Livelier Sky

More of the animated sky on the home screen is now drawn directly by the GPU.

• Rain, snow, and hail are much denser and fall more naturally
• Clouds have more depth and detail
• The moon's phase and tilt now match where you are standing

General Improvements

• The AI summary card shows a placeholder while it loads, and offers Try Again if it fails
• Small icon buttons are easier to tap, with more VoiceOver labels across rows and charts
• Close and Done buttons now sit apart from the actions beside them in toolbars
• Sheets you can resize now show a grab handle saying so
• New Help and FAQ answers, plus a section on customizing the app
• More consistent icons for heavy rain, smoke, tropical storms, and heat conditions
• Opening links was improved for the app on Mac
• Improvements to localization, dates, and times throughout

Bug Fixes

• The air quality dial showed a category milder than the reading, so a value of 200 drew as Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
• Storm report titles showed raw abbreviations like "Tstm Wnd Dmg"
• The Severe Weather Hub threat gauge showed a risk label that could contradict the SPC outlook below it
• UK and European warnings showed a minor advisory icon no matter the warning level
• Pull to refresh could spin forever when a location update never arrived
• Pull to refresh reported success even when the refresh had failed
• Choosing Earthquakes or METARs as your default tab, or opening one from a widget or link, could land on the wrong screen on iPhone
• Changing Disable Haptic Feedback now takes effect right away instead of on the next screen

Get the Update

WeatherAI 2026.08.1 is available now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. If you have automatic updates enabled, you may already have it.

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