The Weather Channel gave many Reddit users "grandma's house" vibes on April 1, with what appears to be a new permanent feature and not prank.

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Given that, the updated Storm Radar app from The Weather Company (owners of the Weather Channel app) caught my eye. There are tons of good weather apps out there, and I’m the kind of nerd that likes ...

That puny pulse of rain Wednesday morning may have been a welcome watering for the plants and grasses and evidently didn’t cause problems — except for the heavy hitters in the weather-app universe.