Have you ever wondered what the weather is like on down the road? Weather in the Distance is a unique Windows Phone 8 weather app that will give you the current conditions from points as close as one mile away up to 24,901 miles away. The app uses your camera viewfinder, compass and shutter button to give the app a virtual reality feel to things. Weather in the Distance is a simple and fast way to get a feel for the weather off the horizon and beyond.

The layout for Weather in the Distance is fairly straightforward. When you first launch the app, you'll be asked to calibrate your Windows Phone compass (spin it around in a figure eight pattern). You can tap the "done" button and jump right into the application but if your compass isn't calibrated it will effect the accuracy of the app. Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more

Once you've got the compass issues straight, all you need to do is set the distance at the bottom of the screen, hold up your Windows Phone in a particular direction, press the camera button. This will pull up the weather forecast for that spot in the distance. What is displayed is the forecast for today that includes the high/low temps, humidity levels, barometric pressure, and wind speed/direction as well as the current temperature and conditions. The city that is closest to the point in the distance is also displayed.