Updated Apple Watch Weather app for watchOS 10 is more informative

With watchOS 10 expected to make the Apple Watch UI centered more around widgets, you can expect Apple to make big changes to many of the timepiece's default Apple apps. One of these apps is "Weather" which currently delivers information including the current temperature, sun/cloud cover and precipitation. Tapping the middle of the screen cycles you through the three. But according to 9to5Mac, the upcoming watchOS 10 update will include a new weather app that delivers more weather metrics to your wrist.

Condition is what you'll see when you first open the updated Weather app on your Apple Watch. It will show the time, location, current temperature and condition, the day's high and low temperature, UV index, wind, and AQI. Swiping up on the screen shows the hourly forecast showing whether to expect sunny skies or clouds and you can swipe up again to see the 10-day forecast.

With the new weather app in watchOS 10, there are 8 different metrics that will appear when you tap on the center of the screen: Condition, Temperature, Precipitation, Wind, Ultraviolet Index, Visibility, Humidity, and Air Quality Index (AQI).You can cycle through the different weather data by tapping the middle of the screen. To see a specific weather metric, tap the cloud icon in the upper right of the display. To change the city you want to see the weather for, tap the three-line icon on the upper left of the screen.

If there is severe weather, and depending on where you live it can be a matter of life and death, an alert will be shown on the main Apple Weather app screen and it will allow the user to read the entire warning. Hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning storms, driving rain, and tropical storms are all part of the dark side of the weather and if there is an issue, you'll be able to read the complete alert right on your wrist.

While the watchOS 10 beta is available now, once it is installed you can not roll back to watchOS 9 if you're not happy with the features that aren't working on the beta. If you're interested in signing up for the watchOS 10 beta program, tap on this link.