{"id":15119,"date":"2024-07-13T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T06:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/13\/i-find-them-quite-magical-the-uks-obsession-with-weather-apps\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T06:37:17","slug":"i-find-them-quite-magical-the-uks-obsession-with-weather-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/13\/i-find-them-quite-magical-the-uks-obsession-with-weather-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I find them quite magical\u2019: the UK\u2019s obsession with weather apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Camilla is apparently fixated with the forecast on her phone, behind which lies not just granular details but surprisingly lucrative businesses<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/13\/top-five-weather-apps\">Should I bring a brolly? Five of the best weather apps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several times a day, Francesca Simon, the author of the Horrid Henry children\u2019s books, gets out her phone to check the weather \u2013 not just for where she is, but where friends and family live, where she has been on holiday, where she was brought up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love weather apps. I find them quite magical,\u201d she said. With about 10 locations logged, her friends make fun of her \u201cweather porn\u201d habit. \u201cIf I don\u2019t like what I\u2019m seeing on one app, I\u2019ll check another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/article\/2024\/jul\/13\/uk-obsession-with-weather-apps\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/83cdc65714b6d985e92a6b5310060790bf8c918e\/0_300_4500_2700\/master\/4500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5f2dab7c7acf1b9ab02c1acbd356c523\" title=\"\u2018I find them quite magical\u2019: the UK\u2019s obsession with weather apps\" \/>Queen Camilla is apparently fixated with the forecast on her phone, behind which lies not just granular details but surprisingly lucrative businesses<br \/>\nShould I bring a brolly? Five of the best weather apps<br \/>\nSeveral times a day, Francesca Simon, the author of the Horrid Henry children\u2019s books, gets out her phone to check the weather \u2013 not just for where she is, but where friends and family live, where she has been on holiday, where she was brought up.<br \/>\n\u201cI love weather apps. I find them quite magical,\u201d she said. With about 10 locations logged, her friends make fun of her \u201cweather porn\u201d habit. \u201cIf I don\u2019t like what I\u2019m seeing on one app, I\u2019ll check another.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Camilla is apparently fixated with the forecast on her phone, behind which lies not just granular details but surprisingly lucrative businesses Should I bring a brolly? Five of the best weather apps Several times a day, Francesca Simon, the author of the Horrid Henry children\u2019s books, gets out her phone to check the weather &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/13\/i-find-them-quite-magical-the-uks-obsession-with-weather-apps\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I find them quite magical\u2019: the UK\u2019s obsession with weather apps<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15119"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}