Better Weather
Better Weather is an innovative weather app designed to prioritize user safety by delivering clear, urgent, and highly personalized emergency notifications. Focused on critical situations like flash floods, the app provides real-time, location-specific alerts and actionable advice to help users make informed decisions quickly.
By using intuitive design and precise data, Better Weather ensures users receive only the most relevant updates, reducing notification fatigue and increasing trust in alerts. The app empowers users to stay confident and safe in emergencies, offering features like safe route suggestions, shelter locations, and a user-friendly interface tailored to prompt immediate action.
Interviews
User Scenario Statement
I want an app that sends clear, urgent, and personalized emergency weather notifications, especially for flash floods, with real-time,
location-specific advice and safe route suggestions so that I can stay informed,
feel confident in my safety, and take action immediately without dismissing important alerts that could protect me in a dangerous situation.
User Journey Map
Empathy Mapping
Lo-Fi Sketches
Mid-Fi
At the mid-fi level, I did some user testing. There were questions like How can you create more urgency and prompt the user to go into the notification? and what do I need to know when I click into the app from the notification? This needed to be address in the high-fidelity stage.
Final Screens
Final Prototype