Poncho Says Stay Bundled Up This Evening & Prepare For Mid-50s Loveliness Tomorrow

Remember when you were a kid, and your mom or dad would say, “Don’t forget the umbrella, because it will rain tonight”? And you thought, “No way, the sun is shining,” and paid the price by getting soaked?

Well, you’re a grown up now, and need to remember when/if to move your car as well. How about if your morning weather forecast also reminded you that alternate side parking is suspended and you don’t need to worry about it? Sure beats driving back and forth along Ocean Parkway looking for a spot.

Enter Poncho, a personalized weather service with a personality. Instead of providing you with more data and visualizations to interpret, it gets to know you — when you wake up, how you commute to work, if you have pets to walk — and then gives you personalized advice and delivers it straight to your inbox or phone. There’s no app to install, no graphs to interpret. Poncho will tell you just what you need to know to get your day started, and nothing more.

How it works: Simply visit Poncho, then enter your name and answer a few questions about your daily routine. Then decide if you want your forecast delivered to your inbox or via text message (or both!), and you’re set! You will start receiving forecasts the very next day.