Sensecast
ScheduledProductivityWeather App with Radar and Outage Alerts
A weather app that explains the atmosphere like a meteorologist
Daniel HipskindScheduled for Feb 8 – Feb 14, 2027
This startup will go live and appear on the homepage when its launch week arrives.
About
Sensecast is a weather app that reads the weather like a meteorologist and explains it like a person. It draws on 18 forecast sources and routes to the agency that models your terrain: NOAA and the NWS in the US, MET Norway, Météo-France's AROME grid, and more, falling back to another source and saying so rather than guessing. Every number carries an info button: the sensation analogy first, the safety scale second, the actual physics third, backed by a 43-topic academy. Underneath the forecast: live Doppler radar with two hours of history and a nowcast, live tornado touchdowns, county-level power outages and a grid risk score, plus earthquake, wildfire, and cyclone trackers. Pro adds flagship supercomputer models, side-by-side comparison, Grid Guard storm alerts, forecast and pressure-drop migraine alerts, and storm verification reports with a checkable Ref ID. Free to use, no account, no ads. Live on iPhone, iPad, Android, and macOS. Web is next, then Windows and Linux.
From the founder
Daniel HipskindWho is Sensecast for?
Homeowners in hurricane, tornado, wildfire, and ice-storm country who want to know whether their power is at risk, not just whether it will rain. Weather enthusiasts who compare ECMWF, HRRR, and ICON and want to see the model spread instead of a single number. And people whose migraines or joint pain track barometric pressure, who want an alert before the drop hits. If you want to know whether to grab a jacket, the default weather app already does that.
What problem does Sensecast solve?
Every forecast was a single number from a single hidden model. My app said 74 and raining, but it never said why, which model said so, or what a dew point of 68 actually meant for how miserable I'd feel. The workaround was checking three or four apps and websites and triangulating: Windy for models, the NWS site for warnings, a separate outage map when the power went out, and none of them explained anything. During the storm, you were juggling apps as the weather hit.
How is Sensecast different from the alternatives?
People compare us to Apple Weather and Google Weather, AccuWeather, Windy, and MyRadar. Apple and Google give you one number from one model and never say where it came from. AccuWeather and The Weather Channel bury features behind ads and paywalls. Windy is great at multi-model maps but assumes you already speak meteorology. MyRadar is radar only. Sensecast names the source on every card, explains every number in plain language, and puts live tornado, outage, and hazard tracking underneath the forecast. Free, no account, no ads.
How much does Sensecast cost?
Free, genuinely. The free tier includes 15 forecast sources, live Doppler radar, hazard trackers, and the full weather academy, with no account and no ads. Sensecast Pro is $4.99/month or $29.99/year with a 3-day trial, or $99.99 for a one-time purchase if you'd rather pay once. Pro adds three flagship supercomputer models, the hazard map, pressure-drop health alerts, storm verification reports, and extra widget themes and wallpaper.
What's next for Sensecast?
macOS just shipped, and web is next, then Windows, then Linux. The app is live on iPhone, iPad, Android, and macOS, and I'm bringing it to every screen you check the weather on. Beyond that, the focus stays the same as day one: explain more of the atmosphere in plain language, keep the hazard tracking current, and keep the free tier actually useful instead of a demo for Pro.
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