Cloudbreak Weather

Weather, built for fire country.

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Forecast · fire-weather · fire map · radar & satellite · history · your own stations — for iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad & Mac.

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See Cloudbreak in action

A closer look on iPhone — swipe or tap through. Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac are further down.

Cloudbreak Today tab on iPhone: current conditions and the hourly forecast
Your day, at a glanceCurrent conditions, the hourly outlook, and today’s sunrise and sunset.
Detailed conditions cards — wind, UV, pressure, humidity, and more
Every condition that mattersWind, UV, pressure, humidity, visibility, and cloud cover — each opens a 24-hour chart.
Interactive sun arc showing sunrise, sunset, and daylight remaining
Follow the sunDrag through the day to watch sunrise, sunset, and the daylight remaining.
Air quality and fire-weather risk on the Today tab
Air quality and fire riskToday’s AQI and fire-weather risk, right on the main screen.
Fire-weather detail with the Fosberg index and outlook
Fire-weather, decodedThe Fosberg index, a multi-day outlook, and exactly what’s driving it.
Seven-day forecast with temperature range bars
The week aheadA seven-day forecast with temperature range bars and the forecaster’s notes.
Radar map with playback controls, spanning the US and Canada
Radar, and what’s nextScrub back through recent rain, then past “now” into a short-range forecast — U.S. and Canada.
The Maps layer menu: layers, overlays, loop, speed, and base map
One menu for the skyPick a layer, add Lightning or Air-Quality overlays, choose a base map — it opens the moment you reach Maps.
GOES satellite imagery map with playback controls
Satellite you can rewindReplay GOES cloud imagery over the last 6 or 24 hours.
Surface wind-field map with a speed key
Feel the windA flowing surface-wind field you can tap to inspect.
Surface-temperature heatmap across the region
Temperature at a glanceA live surface-temperature map — tap anywhere to read the current air temp.
The fire map with active fires, hotspots, and smoke
Everything fire, on one mapActive fires, satellite hotspots, and smoke — official data, not a live feed.
The Maps menu showing the fire-layers checklist
Tune the fire mapToggle active fires, hotspots, smoke, and burn scars to build the view you want.

Hour by hour

A clear, beautiful forecast for the place you're looking at — straight from the official sources.

Current conditions

Temperature, feels-like, and sky for your location — updated continuously.

Hourly & 7-day

Hour-by-hour detail and a full week, laid out the way you actually plan.

Every metric

Wind, UV, pressure, humidity, visibility, cloud cover, sunrise and sunset.

Weather alerts

Official watches and warnings the moment they post — the U.S. National Weather Service, and Environment Canada across the border.

Fire-weather intelligence

Built for living in wildfire country — fire-weather risk, a dedicated fire map, and the data that keeps you a step ahead of a fire.

Fire-weather risk

A clear daily read from low to extreme — official in the U.S., and a modeled estimate anywhere else.

A dedicated fire map

Active fires, satellite hotspots, smoke, and burn history on one map — official data, not a live feed. For live incident updates, it points you to Watch Duty.

Smoke & air quality

AQI now and an outlook, plus mapped wildfire smoke so you know when to stay in.

See the whole sky

Open Maps and the layer menu comes to you. Pick radar, satellite, wind, temperature, or a dedicated fire map — then stack Lightning and Air-Quality overlays on top of any of them. Nothing heavy loads until you choose.

Radar, and what's next

Scrub back through recent precipitation, then keep going — the same timeline runs on into a short-range forecast of where the rain is headed. Seamless across the U.S. and Canada.

Satellite you can rewind

Replay GOES imagery over the last 6 or 24 hours — true color by day, infrared at night — and watch the clouds actually move.

Wind

A flowing surface-wind field you can tap to inspect.

Temperature

A live surface-temperature map — tap anywhere to read the current air temp.

Fire

Active fires, satellite hotspots, smoke, and burn history — all on one fire layer.

Look back, not just ahead

Most weather apps only look forward. Cloudbreak also looks back — so you can see how today really compares.

Weather on any date

Look up the high, low, rainfall, and peak wind for a place on any past day.

Decades of record

The daily archive reaches back to 1940 — see how a day truly compared.

Climate normals

Month-by-month averages from about 15 years of record show what's typical.

Bring your own weather station

Have a backyard station? See it on its own My Station tab and read your own measurements instead of the nearest official one.

Five providers

Connect Ambient Weather, Tempest, Davis, Netatmo, or PWSWeather.

Blended in

Your station's temperature, humidity, wind, and pressure take over from the nearest official observation.

7-day trends

For Ambient stations, track temperature, rainfall, and wind over the past week.

On wrist & home screen

Your readings flow to the Cloudbreak widgets and Apple Watch app too.

One forecast, every Apple device

Native and in sync across iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac, plus home-screen widgets — your places and settings everywhere, privately.

Apple Watch

Conditions, fire-weather risk, and severe-weather alerts on your wrist — from the watch's own location.

Widgets

Glanceable forecasts and risk on your home and lock screens.

Mac

The full app, native on the desktop.

On-device alerts

Opt-in fire and weather alerts, scheduled on your device — no tracking, no push server.

On iPad

A true split view — your places in a sidebar beside the full forecast, maps, and more.

Cloudbreak on iPad: a sidebar of places beside the Today detail
Split viewYour saved places in a sidebar, the full forecast alongside.
Seven-day forecast on iPad
The week aheadSeven days and the forecaster’s discussion, with room to breathe.
Radar on iPad, spanning the US and Canada
RadarRecent rain into a short-range forecast, across the U.S. and Canada.
Satellite imagery on iPad
SatelliteReplay the last 6 or 24 hours of cloud cover.
Surface-temperature map on iPad
TemperatureA live surface-temperature map, edge to edge.
The fire map on iPad
Fire mapActive fires, hotspots, and smoke on one layer.

On Apple Watch

The forecast, fire risk, and air quality — right on your wrist, from the watch's own location.

Apple Watch current conditions with fire-risk and AQI chips
At a glanceConditions, the day's high and low, plus fire-risk and AQI chips.
Apple Watch hourly forecast
HourlyThe next several hours, scrollable.
Apple Watch seven-day forecast
Seven daysThe week ahead at a glance.
Apple Watch fire and air page with Fosberg risk, AQI, and UV
Fire & AirFosberg fire risk, air quality, and UV in one place.

On Mac

A native Mac app — the whole forecast, fire-weather, and full-screen maps in a resizable window.

Cloudbreak Today on Mac
The full app on your desktopToday, in a native Mac window.
Seven-day forecast on Mac
The week aheadSeven days and the forecaster’s discussion.
Radar on Mac with the Maps layer menu open over an aerial base map
Radar, and what’s nextRecent rain running on into a short-range forecast — with every layer a click away in the menu that opens with Maps.
Satellite imagery on Mac
Satellite replayGOES imagery over the last 6 or 24 hours, edge to edge.
Surface wind-field map on Mac
WindA flowing surface-wind field across the region.
Surface-temperature map on Mac
TemperatureA live surface-temperature map, edge to edge.
The fire map on Mac
The fire mapActive fires, hotspots, and smoke on one layer.
Private by design Cloudbreak has no accounts and no tracking; your location is sent to weather providers only to fetch a forecast, never stored or tied to you. Read the full privacy policy or get support.