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Seeing through the clouds: The ultimate weather app for your Nokia Lumia

Regularly checking the weather forecast is one of the great joys of owning a smartphone. After all, I’m British and cognizance of the weather is necessary for polite interaction with the rest of the society.  Plus, it’s a lot more fun than looking out of the window. However, judging by the number of weather apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace, Britain is not the only nation obsessed with the weather.  There are localised weather apps for countries as far flung as Hong Kong, Australia, Estonia, Thailand, Canada and many more.  Different but the same   Actually, most weather apps allow you to choose several locations so that you can keep an eye on forecasts in cities all over the world, whether there is a local app or not. Other common features shared by many of the apps include: Snapshot of the current day’s weatherThe day’s maximum and minimum day/night temperatureLong-range forecastsChoice between Fahrenheit and CelsiusWind speedsUV index forecastsSunrise and sunset timesWeather ma...