Thousands of websites, mobile apps, scripts and Windows software programs developed with the free Weather.com XML feed will stop working at midnight eastern time on Oct. 31st, 2011.

Today came the Weather.com announcement that their free weather XML feeds will no longer be provided.  If developers want to continue receiving weather data from Weather.com they must subscribe to the new Weather Channel® API, but for a price.

How much does it cost?

• Plan 1: Web only, Monthly Subscription Fee: $62.98 (USD) plus tax, if applicable.
• Plan 2: Web only, Monthly Subscription Fee: $185.98 (USD) plus tax, if applicable
• Plan 3: Mobile only, Monthly Subscription Fee: $185.98 (USD) plus tax, if applicable

So I don't know if you call it another case of corporate greed or another sign of the bad economic times the world is in but this announcement comes at a bad time for many.

The best I can tell, Weather.com gets their large scale data for FREE from the NOAA and then uses that data and possibly other data from other sources to create their services.

So what does this mean for popular weather software programs like WeatherPulse™ and their thousands of followers?  The immediate future for most will not include supporting the Weather.com site or business model.  To stay a free service they will have to reach out to other sources to provide the weather data for their projects and followers. 

Weatherbug has already approached the WeatherPulse™ team and will provide the Weatherbug data for free, this has been a few years back, so this might possibly be the future of Weatherpulse. 

One large advantage to using the NOAA data is they give it away for free with no restrictions to it's use or how it's presented. This could mean a mobile app could be developed for WeatherPulse™ at a low cost and still provide a free Windows program.  Developers that wish to continue providing free weather software may need to use the NOAA data too.  Unfortunately many non USA fans will find their weather data is not available from the NOAA data source.

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Weather Pulse™ is a powerful weather and satellite image display software for the Windows desktop and requires an Internet connection. View current weather conditions, forecasts, display popular satellite images from around the globe, share images with your friends and family, stay updated on current and expected weather conditions, it’s just plain fun!

NOTICE:  Weather Pulse™ will stop working at midnight Oct. 31st, 2011
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