MeteoPomarico App is the official Android app connected to MeteoPomarico.it , designed to bring the weather of Pomarico and the marine conditions of the Ionian Coast of Basilicata directly to your phone.
It is not just a mobile copy of the website. The app was designed for daily, quick and personal use: knowing immediately what the weather is like, how the day will evolve, what the sea looks like along the Ionian coast, whether rain is coming and whether there are alerts to follow.
What It Offers
The app shows real-time weather data from the professional WeatherFlow Tempest station in Pomarico, together with hourly and daily forecasts, feels-like temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, daily rainfall, live rain intensity, UV index, air quality, pollen, moon phases, weather comfort, records and Civil Protection alerts.
Unlike many apps that derive wind or rain from external models, here these values come directly from the sensors of the station installed on site. The number on the phone is what the Pomarico anemometer and rain gauge are actually measuring.
The main screen is built to provide an immediate reading of the current situation: live conditions, daily trend, individual weather details, hourly charts and practical information that helps users understand not only “what the weather is like” but also how it may affect everyday activities.
Sea and Ionian Coast Beaches
A dedicated section of the app covers the sea. The area gathers conditions for the beaches of the Lucanian Ionian coast, from Chiatona to Rocca Imperiale, with data for each location: sea state, wave height, wind, water temperature, score and a qualitative indication of current conditions. Users can save favourite beaches, access them more quickly and open a detailed sheet for each one.
The app also includes an interactive beach map, useful for visualising locations and marine conditions in a more immediate way. For people moving along the coast, it makes it easier to orient themselves and choose where to go.
Live Beach Reports
People at the beach can send an anonymous report on current conditions, such as jellyfish, waves, parking or crystal-clear water. Reports are moderated, with terms of use and a way to flag abuse.
Notifications and Automations
The app includes a notification system designed to be useful without being invasive. It can send a morning forecast, Civil Protection weather alerts, notifications about the best marine conditions during the beach season, rain start and end alerts, and custom notifications based on thresholds chosen by the user.
The most important alerts remain clearly visible until the critical situation ends. Rain notifications are designed to warn users when the situation actually changes, while custom thresholds allow users to be notified when selected values are exceeded for temperature, UV, wind or wave height.
The app also works in the background to keep data, widgets and notifications up to date, offering a continuous experience even when it is not opened manually.
Widgets, Diary and Personalization
MeteoPomarico App includes Android home screen widgets, one dedicated to weather and one dedicated to marine conditions. The widgets let users quickly check temperature, current conditions, wind, humidity, sea state and waves.
The app also includes a personal weather diary, tracking app usage, daily streak, consulted beaches, observed weather records and the 22 badges to unlock. The gamification is designed to make the experience more engaging, without turning the app into something intrusive.
There are several badges linked to different behaviours and weather situations, recurring yearly holidays, seasonal openings and extreme conditions. The app supports light and dark themes, Italian and English, Celsius/Fahrenheit units, configurable haptic feedback, initial onboarding and visual loading states designed to make the interface feel smoother while data is being updated.
Sharing
From the app, users can share an automatically generated weather card as an image. The card summarises the main conditions visually, including temperature, weather description, wind, humidity, UV, pressure, rain, air quality, the trend for the next few hours, sunrise and sunset, possible alerts and a marine summary.
This feature turns weather data into ready-to-send or ready-to-post content, while keeping a visual style consistent with the MeteoPomarico identity.
App Structure
The app was developed as a native Android application, with a modern interface organised into four main areas: Home, Sea, Map and More.
Home collects live weather and forecasts, the Sea section is dedicated to the Ionian coast beaches, the Map provides a geographic view of the locations, and the More section contains settings, notifications, the weather diary, preferences and app information.
Behind the interface there is an integration effort involving weather data, marine data, notifications, widgets, user preferences and automatic updates.
Why I Built It
MeteoPomarico has been online since 2011, but the website is designed for in-depth consultation. A phone is a different context: more immediate, more personal, more tied to the moment.
MeteoPomarico App was born to bring everything the site has gathered over more than fifteen years into that form: locally measured data, Ionian Coast beach conditions, Civil Protection alerts, notifications when they matter, a widget that tells you at a glance how the day is going. The goal is for people who live in Pomarico, visit the Lucanian coast or follow local weather to always have reliable, locally measured information in their pocket.
The app is the twin of LecceMeteo App : they share a codebase, structure and many features, but they have distinct branding, stations, coastlines, channels and identity, because the two audiences are distinct.
Project Status
MeteoPomarico App is available on Google Play.
Links
- Connected website: meteopomarico.it
- Google Play: MeteoPomarico App
- Related project: MeteoPomarico Website
- Twin project: LecceMeteo App
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