# WSFA First Alert Weather

> WSFA 12 News is proud to announce a full featured weather app.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.wsfa.android.weather](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.wsfa.android.weather)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.wsfa.android.weather`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Media
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 383,482
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (5,672 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.518
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-02
- **First published:** 2011-01-13
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 100 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wsfa.android.weather)
- **Website:** [http://www.wsfa.com/story/881639/contact-us-by-email](http://www.wsfa.com/story/881639/contact-us-by-email)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.wsfa.com/privacy-policy/](http://www.wsfa.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The WSFA First Alert Weather Chrome extension brings comprehensive and reliable weather information directly to your browser. Featuring 250-meter high-resolution radar and satellite cloud imagery, it offers detailed views of current conditions. Users can access hourly and daily forecasts refreshed frequently from robust computer models, enhancing planning and preparedness.

With integrated GPS, it automatically tracks your location and allows saving multiple favorite spots for quick access. Stay safe with National Weather Service severe weather alerts and opt-in push notifications to get timely warnings about dangerous conditions. Designed for mobile users of WSFA 12 News, this extension ensures you stay informed about weather developments anytime, anywhere.

## Rankings

- #114,771 — Overall
- #87 — Weather (Free)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.wsfa.android.weather.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise WSFA First Alert Weather for reliable updates and accurate storm tracking, with good local and nationwide coverage. However, radar timeliness is a recurring gripe—data often lags or fails to show current conditions during storms—along with timing/visibility issues and a clunky UI after updates. Temperature readings can also be inconsistent. Overall it remains a popular go-to, but improvements to radar freshness, animation, and UX are frequently requested.

### Pros

- Reliable weather updates and radar; a go-to source for the latest weather developments.
- Very accurate storm tracking and weather information.
- Localized accuracy with good coverage for both home town and USA-wide forecasts.
- Useful and dependable; app is frequently used for weather information.

### Cons

- Radar data often not current and lags by minutes, especially during storms.
- Radar visuals and tracks sometimes don’t move with changing weather; animation lag and slow map loading.
- Radar timing and visibility issues (time disappears when paused; future radar hides time; limited time options).
- UI/UX degraded in recent updates (clunky radar tab, less responsive, overlays less transparent).
- Temperature readings can be inconsistent (daily temps differ from current readings and news).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.wsfa.android.weather)