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.



Problem 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 Testing 

Mid-fidelity user testing surfaced valuable insights around user attention and behavior, particularly in response to push notifications. Test participants asked questions such as: “What makes this alert feel urgent enough to act on?” and
“What information should I expect when tapping into the app from the notification?” These observations highlighted a gap in the clarity and urgency of the interaction design, especially around critical weather events.

In response, I prioritized these concerns in the high-fidelity stage, focusing on how visual design could better drive immediacy. This included refining color pairings to signal severity levels more effectively, enhancing micro-interactions to guide user focus, and structuring content hierarchies so that essential context appeared instantly upon entry. The goal was to ensure that the notification felt not only actionable but necessary — prompting timely user response.

Final Screens

Final Prototype

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