This article is biased towards the iPhone but sites/links which will work on all platforms have a * next to them.
If you don’t want to pay for a weather application like Fizz Weather for your phone head to the internet for the next best thing. There are a variety of sites that have dedicated phone friendly data.
Weather Underground – offers great radar, metar, and general weather information. Looping radar works great on the iPhone.
iPhone – http://i.wund.com/auto/iphone/
* Any mobile phone – http://mobile.wunderground.com/
* PICBrief.com – offers a wide variety of information including weather. There is an AFD, approach plates, FAR’s, airport status and more.
iWeathr.com – Has a similar layout to picbrief.com on the iPhone. Very useful information in a standard drill down format. http://iweathr.com iWeathr even offers web cam links.
Aviation.mobi – Point your phone to aviation.mobi and give this site a try. A variety of services offered by WXSYS. You can bookmark your favorite cities and the site offers check box options to select which weather features you wish to receive.
Pages we have created:
For ExpressJet crews I created a phone friendly page for our hubs. http://www.itcdev.com/flightcrewlife/hubradar.html
Variety of WX and aviation links: http://www.itcdev.com/flightcrewlife/mobile.html