Skymotion

{{Short description|Weather forecasting mobile application}}

{{Infobox software

| name = SkyMotion

| title = SkyMotion

| logo = SkyMotion Logo 2012.jpg

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| screenshot =

| caption = SkyMotion 3.0 running on iOS

| author = André Leblanc

| developer = Sky Motion Research Inc.

| released = {{Start date and age|2012|08|15}}

| discontinued =

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| operating system = iOS 3.0 or later; Android 1.0 or later

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| size = 4.7 MB

| genre = Weather

| license = Freeware

| website = {{URL|skymotion.com}}

}}

SkyMotion was a weather forecasting mobile application developed by Canadian firm Sky Motion Research Inc. Its main suite of mobile applications, SkyMotion, was first released for Apple's iOS system in August 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/17/sky-motion-for-ios-lets-you-know-what-weather-is-coming-on-a-ver/|title=Skymotion For iOS Lets You Know What Weather is Coming On A Very Local Basis|work=tuaw.com|date=August 17, 2012|accessdate=September 26, 2012}} The firm has since designed and released a version for Android operating systems, as well as a desktop version.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/8/16/3247250/skymotion-web-app-weather-forecast|title=Sky Motion's Up-To-The-Minute Weather Tracking App Comes to The Web|work=theverge.com|date=August 16, 2012|accessdate=September 26, 2012}}

SkyMotion tracks and predicts all precipitation in the United States and Canada in real-time, using Doppler weather radars and other weather observation tools.{{cite web|url=http://o.canada.com/2012/08/30/weather-prediction-set-to-get-way-more-accurate-with-sky-motion/|title=Weather Prediction Set To Get More Accurate With Sky Motion|work=o.canada.com|date=August 30, 2012|accessdate=September 26, 2012}} It currently forecasts rain, snow, freezing rain, ice pellets, and hail.

To ensure accuracy for each user, the app tracks conditions in square kilometer segments. The forecasts are displayed in one-, five-, and fifteen-minute intervals within a two-hour window.

André Leblanc, recipient of an Academy Award{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1999|title=Academy Award Winners 1999|work=us.imdb.com|date=March 21, 1999|accessdate=September 26, 2012}} for the development and implementation of products Flame, Flint and Inferno, founded Sky Motion Research Inc in 2008.

In November 2013, AccuWeather acquired the company.{{cite web|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/press/19686741|title=AccuWeather Acquires Sky Motion, Will Launch MinuteCast(tm) Minute by Minute Forecast(tm) Solution|date=November 7, 2013|access-date=August 30, 2021}}