When does Atmos send a severe-weather alert?

Push notifications are easy to abuse. The temptation is to send one every time the wind picks up. Atmos takes the opposite approach: an alert only fires when conditions cross a real, location-specific threshold.

Categories Atmos watches

• Thunderstorms — convective activity with lightning risk in the next 60 minutes.
• Hail — surface hail of 0.75" or larger.
• Freezing rain — sub-freezing surface temps with liquid precipitation in the forecast.
• Damaging wind — sustained winds or gusts above the user's set threshold (default 40mph).

How saved locations work

Atmos Pro lets you save up to 50 locations — home, work, the cabin, the in-laws — and severe-weather alerts fire for *every* place you've saved, not just your current GPS position. That's the difference between "the storm hit while I was away from home" and "I knew before I left the office."

Master switch + per-category control

Settings → Notifications gives you:

• A master on/off for all push notifications
• Per-category toggles for thunderstorm, hail, freezing rain, wind
• Quiet hours so you're not woken up at 3am by a thunderstorm 40 miles away
• Per-location overrides

Privacy

Push tokens are stored per-user in our backend and removed when you delete your account. Location is only sent when you actively open the app. See the Privacy Policy for the full picture.