# WILX First Alert Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1356714697](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1356714697)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1356714697`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (3,589 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.604
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2018-03-10
- **Size:** 247 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wilx-first-alert-weather/id1356714697)
- **Website:** [https://www.wilx.com/](https://www.wilx.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wilx.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wilx.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

The WILX First Alert Weather Chrome extension brings the station’s weather content to your browser with mobile-friendly access, a fully integrated GPS for location awareness, and a high-resolution 250-meter radar plus satellite imagery. It includes future radar to track where severe weather is headed and updates weather multiple times per hour. You can add and save your favorite locations and receive opt-in push alerts to stay safe during severe weather.

Daily and hourly forecasts are updated hourly from our computer models, ensuring you have the latest information. Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service are included to help you plan and stay informed.

## Rankings

- #30,485 — Overall
- #45 — stormx
- #67 — weather

## Review summary

User reviews highlight strong accuracy and timely alerts, with meteorologists praised for professionalism. Yet multiple issues recur: audio failures during weather segments, frequent crashes and slow performance, poor iPhone navigation and readability, removal of useful features like past radar and missing data, and sometimes inaccurate or hard-to-interpret severe weather warnings. Overall, reliability and usability problems overshadow the app's solid forecasting when it works.

### Pros

- Accurate and up-to-date forecasts
- Timely alerts and quick updates
- Helps with planning daily activities and severe weather
- Professional, trustworthy meteorologists
- Decent layout and ease of use

### Cons

- Weather audio often doesn’t play during videos; ads may play but weather audio is missing
- Frequent crashes, freezes, and slow loading
- Hard to navigate on iPhone; small print and congested screens
- Past radar feature removed and missing data like barometric pressure and air quality
- Severe weather alerts can be inaccurate or hard to interpret (wrong location or distance)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1356714697)