Google offers local Accuweather video forecasts

Cory Bergman December 10th, 2006

Accuweather is distributing free, ad-supported video clips with both regional and city forecasts via Google Video. The city forecasts run 1-2 minutes long and cover the top 20 largest metro areas, and you can either watch them on your PC or download them to mobile devices. And given the Google-YouTube deal, the forecasts may end up on cell phones, too. All this leads Aaron, who tipped us on the story, to point out that “free video forecasts are a serious threat to companies that still expect their audience will pay $5 a month for the same thing.” (Thanks, Aaron! Have a tip? Let us know.)