Lid
How to use Lid
Lid tells you the chance that warmer air is sitting on colder air at one place. That layer is called a lid. Cloud and mist can sit under it. A hill can be clear above it.
You do not need to have used an app before. If you can tap and type, you can use Lid.
1.Open Lid
Open Lid in your web browser, or tap the Lid picture on your phone’s home screen.
You will see the word Lid, then a long box that says Search a location.
2.Find a place by typing
Tap the long box. Type a town, a glen, or a hill. Names will appear underneath.
Tap the name you want. Lid then looks up the forecast for that spot.
3.Or use where you are
Beside the search box is a round button with a small target on it.
Tap it. Your phone will ask if Lid may use your location. Tap Allow.
If you tap Don’t allow, nothing is broken. Type a place name instead.
4.Or choose on a map
Tap the button that says Choose on a map. A map opens.
Tap the spot you want. The pin moves there. Then tap Use this spot.
Tap Hide map, or Close, if you change your mind.
5.Read the big number
The large copper number is the chance of a lid for the hour shown above it.
Under the number is a plain word: Very likely, Likely, Possible, Low chance, or Unlikely.
The number is for that one spot, not a whole town or glen.
For about the next day and a half, the percentage can sit about 20 points either side of the number. Further ahead, treat it as a hint.
6.Look at another hour
Tap Earlier to go back one hour. Tap Later to go forward one hour. Tap Now to come back to the present.
Hour by hour is a row of bars. A taller bar means a higher chance. Copper means 60% or more. Tap a bar to read that hour.
7.See if a hill clears the lid
Temperature with height shows whether the air gets warmer as you go up. That bend is the lid.
Closest high point names a hill near the place and says if it is high enough to stand above the lid.
8.Save a place you use often
When a place is open, tap Save place.
You can put it in place of a shortcut you already have, or tap Add as another. You can keep up to eight.
The tiles under the search box are those shortcuts. Tap one to open it again. The copper number on a tile is the chance right now.
Open the Saved places box to rename a place or remove it. Tap the title of the box to open it. Tap the title again to close it.
9.Open the other boxes
Some titles have a small arrow. Tap the title to open the writing inside. Tap it again to close it.
- What a lid is — a normal hour, and a lid.
- Why this number — what pushed the chance up or down.
- What this can mean — fog, frost, or a clear top.
- How this percentage is made — where the number comes from.
10.Change the units, or share
At the top right, °C uses metres and Celsius. °F uses feet and Fahrenheit. Tap the one you want.
Tap Share to make a picture of this hour. You can send the picture, or tap Save picture to keep it.
A last note
Lid is for information. It is not a safety forecast. If you are driving, walking in cloud, or worried about frost, use a local forecast as well.