If you cannot remember your user name or password, simply go to www.weatherfarm.com and on the login page, click on "Have you forgotten your User Name or Password?" to retrieve your personal information.

Step 1:

Using your mobile device, go to www.cwb.ca/wfapp. Click the "Download the WeatherFarm BlackBerry Application" link.

Click on "Download" when the pop-up window appears on your screen. Once installed, select "Run" (not "OK").

Note: The installation process may prompt you to restart your phone. It may also request you to "allow" communication between your phone and the application.

Step 2:

Enter the same username and password that you use for accessing www.weatherfarm.com on your home computer.

(If you do not remember you username and/or password, you can retrieve it by following these steps. If you are not a registered WeatherFarm user, go to www.weatherfarm.com to setup a free account.)

Select a polling interval for the application. This determines the frequency* you wish WeatherFarm to communicate with your mobile device and, if conditions are met, trigger a notification. Click "OK".

The WeatherFarm mobile application is now installed on your mobile device and integrated with the
WeatherFarm mobile Web page. You can access you weather anytime by simply clicking on the WeatherFarm mobile button:

Read the next set of instructions to find out how to setup your automated weather alerts.

*If you want to change the polling interval at a later date, go into your mobile phone's options and select "WeatherFarm" from the list to modify your settings.

The following provides you with instructions on how to setup your mobile phone to automatically receive an alert triggered when conditions (i.e. wind speed, humidity, dew point, etc.) exceed the thresholds you have set.

Step 1:

For ease of navigation, it is strongly recommended to setup your alerting settings using a desktop computer, rather than a mobile phone interface.

Click on the WeatherFarm application icon to load the mobile site. Next, in the drop-down menu on the homepage and select "Severe weather".

Step 2:

Under the "Threshold alerts" tab, you will notice there are no active alerts. In order to setup the WeatherFarm application to automatically notify you of any triggered weather observations, click on the "Manage threshold alert preferences" tab.

Step 3:

Before you can setup automated alerts, you first have to indicate from which location(s) or specific weather station(s) you would like to receive alerts.

From the "Manage threshold alert preferences" tab, click on "Add new location". Next, type the name of the desired location (i.e. your farm, your home, etc.), click "search" and select the appropriate location from the generated list.

Some locations (especially larger centres) may have multiple weather stations, so you may be asked to narrow down your search by selecting a specific station.

Note: You can add up to 10 locations.

Step 4:

Now that you have established your desired location, the next step is to add rules for this station. Click on "Add rule" for the desired location and then click on "Add observation rule" on the following page.

Note: You can add up to five rules per location.

Step 5:

This section is where you establish your observation threshold rules.

(1) Observation:
This drop-down menu contains a series of weather observations for you to choose from.

(2) Operator:
This enables you to determine whether the observation alert is triggered when the conditions are "greater than" or "less than" the desired value.

(3) Value:
This is where you input the desired value for the observation.

(4) Unit:
This indicates the unit of measurement for the weather observation (units of measurement can be toggled between metric or imperial by clicking on "Preferences" in the drop down main drop-down menu.")

Example:
In the illustrated example, this farmer is interested in being alerted as soon as the wind speed exceeds 20 km/h at the closest weather station to his farm while he's in the process of applying a fungicide.

If the wind speed is greater than 20 km/h (>20 km/h), he will automatically receive an alert on his mobile phone.

Once created, provide a rule name and click "Save" to enable alerting for this observation.

Step 6:
If you want a more specific weather observation notification, you can add additional conditions to your rule. To do this, click on "Add clause".

Example:
In addition to wind speed, the farmer also wants to know when the air temperature exceeds a certain amount, since this affects fungicide application efficacy. The farmer only want to receive notification when two conditions are met: (a) when wind speed exceeds 20 km/h and (b) when the temperature exceeds 30 degrees Celsius.

Step 7:

You can add several weather observation rules for multiple locations in any region to help with your farm business needs. You can add, edit or delete your alerting rules as the seasons change.

You have successfully setup your mobile device to automatically receive your personal weather observations settings.

Step 8:

When an alert is triggered two things will happen.

(1) The WeatherFarm icon in your menu items will flash an alert.
(2) A pop-up window will appear on your screen.

To view the details of the alert being issued, simply click on the WeatherFarm icon and go to the alerting section under "Severe weather".

The following provides you with instructions on how to setup your mobile phone to automatically receive severe weather alerts (i.e. snow storms, lightning risk, tornados, etc.) from Environment Canada and the U.S. Weather Network Service.

Step 1:

For ease of navigation, it is strongly recommended that alerting settings be setup using a desktop computer, rather than a mobile phone interface. You will still receive your alerts on your mobile phone. By going to m.weatherfarm.com on your desktop internet browser, you will see the same page that you would see if you were using your BlackBerry.

Click on the WeatherFarm application icon to load the mobile site. Next, in the drop-down menu on the homepage and select "Severe weather".

Step 2:

Under the "Local alerts" tab, you will notice there are no active alerts. In order to setup the WeatherFarm application to automatically notify you of any severe weather alerts being issued, click on the "Manage threshold alert preferences" tab.

Step 3:

Before you can setup automated alerts, you first have to indicate from which location(s) or specific weather station(s) you would like to receive alerts.

From the "Manage threshold alert preferences" tab, click on "Add new location". Next, type the name of the desired location (i.e. your farm, your home, etc.), click "search" and select the appropriate location from the generated list.

Some locations (especially larger centres) may have multiple weather stations, so you may be asked to narrow down your search by selecting a specific station.

Note: You can add up to 10 locations.

Step 4:

Now that you have established your desired location, the next step is to add rules for this station. Click on "Add rule" for the desired location and then click on "Add weather service rule" on the following page.

The list displayed shows the public weather service providers servicing the location you provided (Environment Canada and/or the U.S. National Weather Service).

Step 5:

The last step is to give your rule a name and to select the weather services from which you want to receive severe weather alerts. Click "Save".

You have successfully setup your mobile device to automatically receive severe alerts and notifications from public weather service providers.

Step 6:

When an alert is triggered two things will happen.

(1) The WeatherFarm icon in your menu items will flash an alert.
(2) A pop-up window will appear on your screen.

To view the details of the alert being issued, simply click on the WeatherFarm icon and go to the alerting section under "Severe weather".

Step 1: In the web browser address bar, type http://m.weatherfarm.com and click "Go".
Step 2: Welcome to WeatherFarm Mobile. From here you need to set your default home station. This is the station nearest the location for which you want current weather information. To do this, click on the "change" link circled in red in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
Step 3: Type the name of the location you want to set as your default station and click "search". This will generate a list of results based on your key words. Select your desired location.
Step 4: There may be additional weather stations within close proximity to the one you selected. To further refine your search, click on the "Change weather station" link circled in red. This will generate a list of additional stations in the region – select the one that best suits your weather information needs.
Step 5: Now that you've set your preferred default station, the final step is to add the WeatherFarm mobile icon to your iPhone home screen. To do this, simply open the menu button ( ) and then click on "Add to home screen".
Step 6: WeatherFarm is now conveniently accessible on your iPhone home screen.