Location Specific Weather Forecasts Using
GPS and Satellite Text Messaging

With recent updates to modern smartphones, maintaining connection off-the-grid is easier than ever. You can now use your device's built-in satellite messaging capabilities to pull hyper-local weather reports, ensuring you're never caught off guard in the backcountry.

Introducing SMS Weather On Demand, the app for adventurers and anyone who operates beyond the reach of the internet. Use the app to request detailed weather forecasts for your exact location using SMS text messaging.

The Need for
Off-Grid Forecasting

Nature is unpredictable, and conditions can change rapidly without warning. Historically, leaving cellular coverage meant flying blind when it came to anticipating incoming storms, temperature drops, or changing winds. Staying informed is a matter of safety and comfort.

Legacy Satellite Gear
Why Pay Extra Subscriptions?

Dedicated Satellite Devices Devices like Garmin InReach or Zoleo offer excellentSOS capabilities and weather features, but they come with a hefty upfront cost and require expensive monthly subscriptions.
NOAA Weather Radios Good for generalized regional broadcasts, but radios add unnecessary weight to your kit and don't provide the hyper-local tracking needed for specific valleys, peaks, or campsites.
Relying on Pre-Trip Forecasts Taking screenshots of the weather right before you lose service is a common approach, but limits your agility if a weather pattern unexpectedly changes or lasts longer than planned.

The Game-Changer
Built-In Smartphone Satellite Tech

The latest smartphones, including the iPhone 14 series (and newer) running iOS 18, along with modern Android flagships (such as the Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25) running Android 15, now offer native satellite text messaging out of the box. This means you can send standard texts from anywhere with a clear view of the sky.

By texting via satellite to SMS Weather On Demand, you can request and receive hyper-local, precise weather forecasts delivered straight to your phone's native messaging app, ensuring you always know what to expect.

How It Works

The initial setup happens while you're online, so that you're ready to go when you're off the grid.

Get Set Up Online

Create an account to verify your phone number. Then use the "Add to Home Screen" feature on your phone to install and run our lightweight application so it can be used offline.

Go On Your Adventure

Head out even where there's no internet. As long as your phone has the capability to send texts or use satellite messaging, you're covered.

Request Your Forecast

Open the app from your home screen. It uses your GPS location and your selected forecast options to help prepare a unique text for your request.

Send and Receive

Just hit 'send' in your messaging app. You'll get a weather forecast texted back in moments.

Please note: Standard messaging rates from your cellular or satellite carrier will apply for the SMS messages you send and receive. Coverage and Deliverability are also dependent on the cellular/satellite messaging providers you use.