Find your lost Weatherman Umbrella easily Of those errors in forecasting on the Weather Umbrella, around 75% called for rain where sun developed, and another 25% did the opposite, calling for sun when a smattering of rain occurred. On some days, I received no notification at all, which was marginally more troubling, especially since there were a few moments of light rain where the Weatherman Umbrella would have come in mighty handy! Of the eight notifications I received, only a handful were accurate.

I don’t hold the app fully responsible for this – with mountains to the west, Calgary’s a tough city to forecast for, and can be merciless to forecast models that are better suited to flatter regions. Using my weather modelling systems, I saw a streak of forecasting that all called for rain, while the Weatherman Umbrella App opts to call for sun. When it does, the numerical information’s reasonably accurate, although from a conditions perspective, there have been some lapses. The Weather function on mine takes a little while to load. When you’re in, there are several Menu choices: Weather, which is configured to your location, or wherever you like My Umbrellas, which has a neat feature I’ll chat about in a minute, Notifications, which is where you schedule the app’s delivery, and Settings, which is where the legal stuff is, and you can adjust between Celsius and Fahrenheit. My takeaway is that the app requires a decent deal of processing power for a good phone to use. The app can be up in seconds, but there have been occasions where I get a “white screen of death” and I am required to restart the app for it to function. The app itself does not get along well with my phone. The going expression here is “If you don’t like the weather, wait 5 minutes.” Neat! I want several elements to be borne in mind in this discussion: first, I’m operating on an iPhone 5S. As a weather specialist, it’s been fun having the Weatherman Umbrella app on my phone, since I get another opinion on forecast conditions for that evening, and because my phone tells me if I need to grab my umbrella on the way out the door. The Weatherman Umbrella is, in a word, fantastic.

Hold it straight, friends! It’ll catch a breeze. I tested in 43 km/h peak wind in a field near my house. The industrial-strength fiberglass frame is designed to prevent inversions and is all you need to turn your less-than-40-pound toddler into Mary Poppins in a strong wind (NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS). Let’s, for a moment, ignore the extras that this device brings to the table, and “brass tacks” the basic function: the Weatherman Umbrella is going to keep the rain off. If there was a Roomba knockoff called “The Plumber” that also plunged the toilet, I’m sure more than a few tradespeople would have something to say about it. Probably a natural human response to items named after your profession. Alright, let’s get one thing out of the way right now: I don’t like feeling replaced.

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