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Above The Trees shows the current National Weather Service forecast wind for where you are standing, and which way that wind is blowing relative to the direction your phone is pointing. It reports the forecast. It does not measure wind at the course.

Contact

Email stefankendall@gmail.com. Please say which iPhone and iOS version you are on, and include the location and time shown at the bottom of the screen if the forecast itself looks wrong. Replies usually come within a few days.

Forecast unavailable here

The app reads the United States National Weather Service, so it works in the USA and the territories and marine areas that service covers. Anywhere else there is no forecast to show, and the app says so rather than guessing from another source.

The app is not finding your location

The forecast and true north both depend on a location fix. If you declined the permission, the app offers it again. If iOS is no longer asking, turn it on under Settings, Privacy and Security, Location Services, Above The Trees, and choose While Using the App. If Location Services is off for the whole device, that same screen turns it back on.

The compass is wrong or will not turn

Move the phone slowly in a figure eight to calibrate it, and step away from carts, cars, and anything magnetic. When the compass cannot be trusted the app says so and holds the ring still rather than pointing you the wrong way. On a phone with no usable true heading, the ring stays fixed to north and the forecast direction is still correct.

The forecast says offline or expired

The last good forecast stays on screen with a label so you always know how old it is. It refreshes when the connection returns, or when you tap refresh. A forecast more than six hours past its valid period is never shown as current.

Clearing stored data

The information sheet has a Delete cached forecast action that removes everything the app has stored on your device.

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