# WTVA Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1214476960](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1214476960)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1214476960`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (215 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.605
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2017-03-14
- **Size:** 248 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wtva-weather/id1214476960)
- **Website:** [https://www.wtva.com/contact/advertise/](https://www.wtva.com/contact/advertise/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wtva.com/contact/](https://www.wtva.com/contact/)

## Description

WTVA Weather is a feature-rich weather extension for Chrome that delivers high‑resolution radar, future radar, satellite imagery, and frequent live updates. You can save favorite locations and use GPS to provide location-aware forecasts.

It includes severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service and opt-in push notifications to keep you safe, with hourly and daily forecasts from trusted models.

## Rankings

- #112,682 — Overall

## Review summary

Users largely complain about WTVA Weather's stability and user experience rather than data quality alone. Several reviews note the app crashes during live streams, freezes, or won't open after OS updates. Ad changes and full-screen video ads have degraded usability, with many asking for a subscription option. Alert timing is inconsistent: some report storms far away or warnings arriving hours late. Others miss the local meteorologist presence after Matt Laubhan's departure and lament the content shift. Some still value the accurate lightning alerts and radar overlays. Overall, mixed quality with notable reliability and UX concerns.

### Pros

- Accurate lightning strike alerts and radar overlays that aid preparedness.
- Helpful weather alerts and warnings for planning.
- Matt Laubhan's voice is valued by some users and is a positive feature.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and stability issues (crashing during live streams, freezing, or the app not opening after updates).
- Intrusive ads and full-screen video ads that disrupt usage (with some users requesting a subscription).
- Inaccurate or late alerts (storm warnings arriving far away or hours after the storm).
- Radar reliability issues and map inaccuracies (glitchy radar).
- Perceived decline in content quality due to staff/ownership changes (loss of local meteorologists).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1214476960)