# 27StormTrack

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id582723960](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id582723960)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id582723960`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Allen Media Broadcasting, LLC
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 2.70 / 5 (118 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.512
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27
- **First published:** 2012-12-10
- **Size:** 250 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/27stormtrack/id582723960)
- **Website:** [http://www.wkow.com](http://www.wkow.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wkow.com/site/privacy.html](https://www.wkow.com/site/privacy.html)

## Description

27StormTrack is a weather-focused Chrome extension that brings 250-meter radar—the highest available resolution—plus future radar and high-resolution satellite imagery to your browser. It delivers current conditions and hourly/daily forecasts updated from trusted computer models.

Save your favorite locations, use GPS for your current position, and receive severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service with optional push notifications to stay safe during storms.

## Rankings

- #155,445 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for solid local weather content and radar features but repeatedly point to an ad‑driven, unstable experience. Intrusive ads, auto‑playing videos, and splash screens disrupt viewing; crashes and freezes occur around radar views, and iPad/CarPlay support is lacking. Dew point visibility has also degraded. Overall, the content is valued, but the ad-heavy, unstable experience has caused many to seek alternatives.

### Pros

- Trusted local weather content and expertise from Madison's weather team, with a daily, reliable source of forecasts.
- Strong radar and detailed map features that historically provided valuable weather insight.
- Longstanding usage suggests the app was a dependable source of weather information for years.

### Cons

- Excessive ads, including auto-playing video ads and long splash screens that interrupt or block content.
- Frequent crashes/freezes, especially when using radar features or while ads load, including issues on iPad.
- Dew point data is missing or hard to read in the forecast view (readability issues and removal from main display).
- Inconsistent radar data/predictions at times and occasional reliability concerns.
- Limited cross‑platform features (e.g., CarPlay support missing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id582723960)