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SkyCast

AI-powered weather with hyper-local forecasts and smart daily briefings in plain English.

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v1.3.0

Version

February 2025

Last Updated

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What It Does

Features

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Hyper-Local Precision

Forecast data precise to your neighborhood, sourced from Open-Meteo and augmented with local government meteorological APIs where available. Updates every 15 minutes.

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AI Daily Briefings

Natural-language summaries that go beyond the numbers: 'Take an umbrella — the 3pm shower has 78% probability' instead of '78% precipitation'. Uses your Anthropic API key.

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Extended Forecast

10-day outlook with daily summaries, hourly breakdown charts, precipitation probability, and confidence bands for day 7–10.

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Air Quality & Health Indices

AQI with pollutant breakdown (PM2.5, NO2, O3), pollen count by type (tree, grass, weed), UV index, and sunrise/sunset times.

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Smart Contextual Alerts

Severe weather warnings, commute-time rain alerts, and pollen advisories — delivered at the right time based on your settings.

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Multi-Location Manager

Save unlimited named locations. Switch with one click. Home and Work locations can be set for automatic context-aware display.

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Feels-Like Intelligence

Feels-like temperature accounting for wind chill, humidity, and direct sun. Presented as the metric that matters for your comfort.

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Offline Caching

Last-fetched forecast stays available offline. Clear visual indicators show data freshness so you always know when the last update occurred.

The Process

How It Works

Set Location

Allow location access for automatic detection, or type any city, neighborhood, or postal code. Set multiple locations with Home and Work shortcuts.

Get Your Briefing

SkyCast shows current conditions instantly. The AI briefing panel (requires Anthropic API key) gives you plain-English guidance for the day ahead.

Plan Ahead

Check the 10-day forecast, hourly chart, and air quality panel. Configure alerts for conditions that matter to your routine.

Transparency

Permissions Explained

Every permission is documented here with the exact reason it's needed. Nothing is requested unnecessarily.

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geolocation

Optional, for automatic location detection. Used only locally — coordinates are never sent to AlphaByteCore servers.

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storage

Caches forecast data locally for offline access and stores your saved locations and preferences.

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Zero Data Collection. SkyCast processes all information on your device. No browsing data, history, or personal information is ever transmitted to AlphaByteCore servers. Read our full Privacy Policy →

Help

Frequently Asked Questions

Open-Meteo for the core forecast model (global, free, high-resolution). This is supplemented with government meteorological data where available for hyper-local accuracy.

Only for automatic detection. You can manually type any location without granting GPS access. Coordinates are used only locally and never transmitted to AlphaByteCore.

SkyCast sends the current forecast data to Claude via your personal Anthropic API key and asks for a practical, plain-English interpretation. The key is stored locally only.

Days 1–5 are highly reliable (>90% accuracy). Days 6–10 have increasing uncertainty — SkyCast shows confidence bands to make this clear.

Didn't find your answer? Visit the Support Center or email us at support@alphabytecore.com

Release History

What's New

v1.3.0

Feb 2025

New: Air quality and pollen indices
New: Smart commute alerts
Improved AI briefing quality and speed

v1.2.0

Jan 2025

10-day extended forecast
Hourly precipitation chart
Multi-location manager

v1.0.0

Nov 2024

Initial release
Hyper-local forecast
AI daily briefing
Feels-like intelligence

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