Snowstorm works both as a widget, and an application. Both can be configured, and some of the configuration is shared between the widget and the application.

You will reach the widget specific parts if you tap on an installed widget, and in the forecast view selects menu, and then settings. The widget tab that you see there, won't be visible if you go to settings from the application view.

The common configuration is what you see if you go to settings through the application. It will also be visible if you go to settings from an installed widget.

The global tab contains settings are commonly used, and affects both widgets, and the application.

Changes to that Snowstorm will try to filter out places that are small, and possibly don't have population.

Changes so that forecasts aren't automatically downloaded. Set this to true if you want to control when forecasts should be downloaded. You can force downloading of a forecast by tapping on a widget, selecting menu in the forecast view, and then selecting refresh.

Changes so that Snowstorm only downloads forecasts if WiFi is detected.

Decides if Snowstorm should use the cell towers to get current location, or if it should get current location from GPS data. Snowstorm will in both cases download a forecast for the current location unless you specify a hardcoded location in the Widget tab (only applicable for widgets)

Decides if temperatures should be displayed in Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Decides if Metrics should be used instead of Imperial units.

Decides if time should be displayed using 24h clock, or AM/PM.

Decides what unit to display air pressure in.

Decides what unit to display wind speed in.

Decides if Swedish language should be used or not.

Decides what font size to use in the details dialog.

Decides if the 4×1 widget only should display day forecasts.

Decides if night icons should be used as evening icons if evening icons are missing in the current skin.

The global/advanced tab contains settings that seldom are changed. Changes affects both widgets, and the application.

Decides how often the widget should check if there is a newer forecast. A forecast that is downloaded contains information on when it expires, so setting this to a low value does not mean that a forecast will be downloaded. It means that it might be downloaded depending on the “Threshold movement” value. This does also affect how often the widget on the background will change the displayed forecast. I.e. setting this to a value that represents 12 hours means that the weather widget will display the same forecast for 12h (unless you do a manual refresh). The forecast that is displayed in the widget might be old if this is set to a too high value.

The value to use for max result when trying to find a city/location from GPS coordinates. A high value means more network traffic, but can give better precision. This value is ignored if “Use Yr URL” if checked.

Determines how large the initial search area is when trying to find a known location from current position.

Indicates how much the search area should be expanded in km (one km is about 0.62 miles) if the previous search couldn't find a city/location in the previous search. Geonames can handle searches up to 300 km from the given location, so a very high value means that an expanded search won't be done. This value is ignored if “Use Yr URL” if checked.

The value represents, in km (one km is about 0.62 miles), how much the user/phone can move from previous location without a new forecast being downloaded. E.g a value of 10 means that an old forecast, that still is valid in time, will be used if the user is moving less than 10 km from the location that the forecast represents. This value is ignored if “Use Yr URL” if checked. Note that the movement only is checked with the periodicity of “Update frequency minutes”.

Some settings are specific to each widget that is installed. Changes to these settings will only affect the current widget, and not the others.

The tab contains widget specific settings.

Decides if a hardcoded Yr URL should be used instead of current location. Note that current location never will be used if this option is selected.

The Yr URL to use if you don't want to use current location.

Decides if the weather widget should display the forecast for “Yr URL” if the current location can't be retrieved.

Changes so a transparent background is used for the current weather widget. This setting overrides the default background for a skin.

The font color to use for location name, and temperature in the widget.

The font color to use for day and time in the widget.