You can also search and get weather forecast for any location world wide. If you do not like Obama character, the site lets you switch it to Angelina Jolie, Dr. Gregory House or Bender Bending Rodríguez.

The weather data (temperature, humidity, strength of wind and some other characteristics) comes from weather.com.

Watch Obama-Weather coverage on CNN:

Features:

• Quick and fan weather forecast tool with Obama the weatherman.
• Switch Obama character to Angelina Jolie, Dr. Gregory House or Bender Bending Rodríguez.
• The weather data comes from weather.com.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Similar tools: Sleeves, GoingToRain and UmbrellaToday.

Check out Obama-Weather @ www.obama-weather.com

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More specific information like local language, currency, electrical sockets, driving side and important news headlines are included as well.

Features:

• Quickly find out local time for anywhere.
• Also see local weather, language, currency, electrical sockets, driving side, Wikipedia entry, images from Flickr etc.
• Clean and user friendly interface.
• Similar sites: TimeZoneCheck, FindZone and TimeAndDate.

Check out Localti.me @ www.localti.me

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• TimeZoneCheck: Local Time Map Of The World
• Sleeves: See If You Can Wear Short Sleeves Today

As you can see in the above screenshots, the weather forecast of New Orleans when searched is displayed in a comprehensive manner. The forecasts of the next seven days is also provided along with the current forecast.

Feature overview :

• Reliable and instant weather forecast.
• Simple and easy to use. No need to sign up or create an account.
• All important factors such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind etc. are displayed.
• Reliable as data taken from Environment Canada, NOAA, and BBC Weather.
• Weather information is current and continuously updated.
• Similar websites: SimpleWeather, Sleeves, GoingToRain and UmbrellaToday.

Check out WeatherFlash @ www.weatherflash.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Obama-Weather: Fun Weather Forecast Application
• Localti.me: Find Out Current Local Time Around The World

Previously we had reviewed applications based on similar concept. For instance, GoingToRain and UmbrellaToday both tell if it’s going to rain today so that you can take an umbrella with you.

Features

• Fancy weather forecast application that tells you if you can wear short sleeves today.
• Tells you the weather of any US zip code.
• Works only in the United States.
• The weather data is obtained from Yahoo Weather API.
• No sign-up or registration needed.

Check out Sleeves @ http://gotsleeves.appspot.com

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The application provides a map where locations are marked with dots. Hoovering over any of these dots gives you the location name, and clicking brings up a detailed report showing average temperature, rainfall and daylight charts.

Features:

• Get average weather conditions info for any location worldwide.
• View average temperature, rainfall and daylight data.
• The data is presented on easy to read charts.
• Free and no sign up.

Check out ClimateMap @ www.climate-charts.com/climate-map/

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• ZCmap : Zip Code Lookup by City or State
• Yahoo Go: Yahoo Apps on Your Mobile
• Xm.my: Create Short Map Links for Any Location
• WorldNamesProfiler: Surname Map Of The World

Features

• Tells you If It Is going to rain today
• Weather report based on your zip code
• Free, no registration.
• Check out similar sites GoingToRain and UmbrellaToday.

Check out DoINeedAnUmbrella @ www.doineedanumbrella.com

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So if you frequently wonder whether you should grab an umbrella with you to work this website can come in handy for you. Also see a similar website called UmbrellaToday. Does pretty much the same thing but can also warn you about the rain by sending text message to your mobile.

GoingtToRain @ www.goingtorain.com

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One great feature is SMS alerts, set SMS alert to your mobile and get notified (not to forget umbrella) whenever it might rain. To set up SMS alert simply provide your zip code and mobile number, select when you want to be notified, choose your cell carrier and click “Go”. Done, from that moment onwards whenever there is a rain in the forecast you’ll be alerted.

Features:

• See if you need an umbrella today.
• Get SMS alerts for when there is a chance to rain in your area.
• Works only United States.
• No sign-up or registration needed.

Go to UmbrellaToday @ www.umbrellatoday.com (via Webware)

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Features:

• People Finder: Find the address and phone number for someone within the US.
• Reverse Phone Directory: Shows personal and business data from WhitePages based on the phone nr.
• Weather Lookup: Get weather reports for any city (based on Yahoo! Weather).
• Tiny URL: This function lets you convert long web link to smaller one.
• Business Finder : Find local businesses and service providers. US only.

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SimpleWeather.com : “Our goal is to provide you the weather as easily and quickly as possible. We like to keep it, well, simple.”

- Search by city name or zip code.
- Quick access: Bookmark SimpleWeather with your zip code in the url: www.simpleweather.com/xxxxx (where xxxxx is your zip code).
- Add SimpleWeather widgets to your blog or website.
- Follow-up on weather updates via Twitter.
- Coming soon: Facebook app / Access from mobile.

Check out SimpleWeather (www.simpleweather.com)

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