If you fancy keeping an eye on the current weather conditions on your BlackBerry home screen then the Weather Clock Widget maybe just what you are after. There are free and premium versions available (premium costing $1.99) but as far as I can tell the only difference with the paid version is that you can change the theme - the style of clock widget.

As you will see from the screenshots below there are some nice themes on offer and if you have ever owned an HTC Android device you may notice the resemblance between the weather widgets and the HTC Sense one. That's not necessarily a bad thing though as the HTC Sense widget is beautiful. Actually touching or clicking on the widget doesn't do anything, such as open up a weather app - it is purely there to show you the time and current conditions. The only real downside I found with the app is that as it takes up so much screen space you are limited on what you can have as your BlackBerry wallpaper. If you like to have pretty pictures to look at then the widget will not be your cup of tea, but if the weather is important to you I am sure you will love it.

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Weather with Google is new into BlackBerry App World this week and it's not just another ordinary weather application. It offers some nice additional features that you will not find in the native weather app on your BlackBerry PlayBook.

The application utilizes both Google Maps and The Weather Channel bringing you the following features:

• Weather View
• Traffic View
• Terrain View
• Photos View

The weather section of the app is pretty sweet. It allows you to search any location and view not only current conditions but forecast weather too. Perfect if you are planning a trip out and need to see if you require your umbrella. Although seeing these details are probably available in other weather apps this one allows for weather checking in numerous places within seconds.

If you are taking the car it makes sense to check the traffic too. With a simple tap of the traffic tab you can enable the feature and using Google Maps it will let you see in real time any traffic jams that are on your route. Clever stuff.

Priced at $1.99 the application offers pretty good value to money and is a real asset when planning a journey.

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Weather apps are super popular and a must have regardless of what type of device you use. WeatherPro by MeteoGroup provides high quality seven day weather forecasts for more than 2 million locations, with animated satellite images for much of Europe and the US. It's easy to use, and has a great interface, so you'll always know what to expect from the weather, no matter where you are in the world.

WeatherPro is compatible with BlackBerry 85xx, 89xx, 9000, 9300/30, 95xx, 9630/50, 97xx, and 9800. Normally retailing for $4.99, this week only you can pick up WeatherPro for $2.99 in the CrackBerry store using coupon code SUNNYCRACKBERRY. (Please note you must purchase from your device and apply the coupon code to receive the discount.)

More information/screenshots and to purchase WeatherPro

From NikkiSoft, the makers of QuickLaunch and QuickFind, comes another app in the Quick series. QuickWeather will display your current weather conditions anywhere on your homescreen. This is awesome for all you theme lovers out there.  That new theme doesn't come with a weather slot? No problem, you can make your own! Not enough icons on your home screen? Use QuickWeather instead of the theme's built in weather slot, and free up an icon for another app! It's got a ton of features you can customize, so you can really make this match your style.

Features:

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Following up our look at the native calculator app on the BlackBerry PlayBook at CTIA 2011, we jumped into the new native weather app that will launch on the device. Powered by Accuweather, the weather app is nice and clean and smooth and simple to use. Pick your city, and flick through the weather. It's as easy as that. Check out the video above to see it in action!

Granted, most users will not need this advanced of a weather application but for those out there with a need for these resources it could be quite a useful tool. Mobile Mariner is a specifically designed application for folks who live, work or play on the water. Some highlighted features are:

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Seems not too long ago we were posting about WeatherEye 2.0 being in beta. Now, WeatherEye has reached version 2.0.1.4 and is now available for download. If you're looking for a great, free weather application, look no further. The updated UI and hourly forecast updates make the latest version of WeatherEye a great choice for a quick and function weather application. WeatherEye has made the application available via BlackBerry App World as well as OTA to ensure no one is left out.

• Download WeatherEye v.2.0.1.4 Via BlackBerry App World>>
• Download WeatherEye v.2.0.1.4 Via The Weather Network Website>>
  

The folks at Bellshare let me know their insanely popular weather application BerryWeather has been updated to version 2.1.40 and is now out of public beta and officially available. A lot of key differences came with the 2.1 version as it's a re-write of the original code which will perform better across all BlackBerry devices, while taking nothing from the BerryWeather that so many have come to love. As a thank yout to everybody at CrackBerry who helped Bellshare with the beta testing of the latest version, they have offered us up 50 free copies to give away to our readers.

Win a Free Copy of BerryWeather: Drop a comment on this post for your chance to win one of 50 full versions of BerryWeather. Let us know what your favorite season is or what you hate about your least favorite season. For me, it's winter. Hockey and curling and snowmobiling aside, Canadian winters are never fun as it often times gets cold enough to freeze your face off. I'd much rather be at the beach :)

• Learn More / Purchase BerryWeather 2.1 for BlackBerry Smarpthones >>

There have been many weather applications going around recently, MyWeather Mobile is another good one. At $3.99, MyWeather Mobile is a bit cheaper than most feature rich weather applications, and also has a free, lite version. The application gives you current sky conditions (including wind chill/speed/direction, dew point, humidity, precipitation, and barometric pressure), personalized city selection, as well as your 7 day forecast. MyWeather Mobile also uses Microsoft Virtual earth, allowing you to pan, scroll and zoom the animated radar to a variety of points of interest, making it the best radar on a BlackBerry that I have seen. Another nice feature is the 36 hour trend graphs, giving you detailed information on recent conditions and precipitation. Overall I think MyWeather Mobile is a good application, is priced very well, and has one of the best animated radars out there. However, it is lacking that wonderful BerryWeather homescreen integration. MyWeather Mobile is only available in the U.S.A. and is compatible with the 9530, 9550, 83xx, 81xx, 9000 and coming soon to the 9630 and 8900. Click the links below to download via BlackBerry App World.

• MyWeather Mobile download >>
• MyWeather Lite download >>

WeatherEye has posted a new thread in the CrackBerry forums introducing their new WeatherEye Beta. The application brings a number of changes with it, which from my testing so far are great to see.

• New WeatherEye design
• WiFi Connectivity
• Ability to add multiple cities
• Radar maps
• Hourly forecast
• GPS locator

• View The Full Thread In The CrackBerry Forums For More Information And Downloads>>

When it comes to all things weather-related, I don’t know what it is but we are all a bit obsessed with it. What’s the temperature outside, is it going to rain today, should it make an hotel reservation for this week-end on the beach? It is a big business; we have TV channels dedicated to weather. Continuing our series on BlackBerry friendly sites, today we look at mobile Weather sites that are BlackBerry compliant.

We listed here what we consider the 5 best sites to get your weather information from. The fact is, you can not go wrong choosing any of them; it is more a question of personal preferences, styles, graphics used. After entering the city/state or zip code, you are ready to get a ton of information about weather and everything related to weather. From most of these sites, you’ll usually be able to get information on:

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