Weather apps are getting better at telling us what the weather will be like. They use new technology to give us weather news that is right for us. A weather service in the UK made their weather maps better so people can see the weather change as it happens. They also made special weather reports for people going to the beach or the mountains.

These apps are not just getting better at being right; they are also getting faster at sharing weather news. Because the weather is changing in ways we don't expect, the people who tell us about the weather are working hard to warn us about big storms. But, new weather apps are having a hard time getting money to start because the people with the money live in a place without crazy weather.

One weather app called Accuweather is using smart computers to guess the weather and talk to people in many languages. They are also trying to tell people about dangerous weather and the air we breathe. Weather apps want to make sure they tell us about storms quickly, give us good information, and make it easy for us to use their apps.

Original news source: How weather apps are trying to be more accurate (BBC)

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1. What is a weather app?
2. How would you feel if you didn't know what the weather was going to be like?
3. Do you like using weather apps? Why or why not?
4. What do you think is the most important thing a weather app should do?
5. How would you feel if a weather app could talk to you in different languages?
6. Do you think it's important for weather apps to warn us about dangerous weather? Why or why not?
7. What do you think "the air we breathe" means in the article?
8. How would you feel if you couldn't use a weather app because it was too difficult to understand?
9. Do you think it's important for weather apps to be fast at sharing weather news? Why or why not?
10. What do you think the people who make weather apps need money for?
11. How would you feel if you lived in a place without crazy weather and couldn't use a weather app?
12. Do you think weather apps are getting better? Why or why not?

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