# WFSB First Alert Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id924034559](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id924034559)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id924034559`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (5,088 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.604
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2014-10-12
- **Size:** 237 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wfsb-first-alert-weather/id924034559)
- **Website:** [https://www.wfsb.com/weather](https://www.wfsb.com/weather)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wfsb.com/privacy-policy](https://www.wfsb.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

WFSB First Alert Weather is a feature-rich weather extension that brings high-resolution radar and real-time conditions to your browser.

Key capabilities include 250m radar, future radar, satellite imagery, current conditions updated frequently, hourly/daily forecasts, automatic location sensing with GPS, and alerts from the National Weather Service, with optional push alerts to stay safe during severe weather.

## Rankings

- #25,579 — Overall

## Review summary

Users generally praise the app for reliable radar, accurate forecasts, and brand trust as a go-to weather source. The main drawbacks are ad-heavy experiences that hinder critical features, a disruptive update that split content into two apps and introduced media issues, plus data freshness and performance problems (outdated data, mis-timed alerts, and UI glitches). Overall sentiment is mixed: valuable weather information is there, but ads and reliability/UX issues significantly detract.

### Pros

- Up-to-the-minute radar keeps users informed during severe weather.
- Forecasts and current conditions are accurate and reliable.
- Strong Channel 3 branding and trusted weather source.
- App is a go-to, useful source for weather information.

### Cons

- Excessive and intrusive ads, including gating critical features like radar and warnings.
- After the update, content is split into two apps and the UX is worse; video/audio issues.
- Data freshness problems: outdated forecasts and mis-timed alerts.
- Performance and usability issues: slow video, syncing problems, glitches on iPad, bloated interface.
- Frequent, repetitive push alerts and mis-targeted county warnings.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id924034559)