Get rid of the never-on-time weather reports and your not-so-funny weather man, now you can get weather reports and hurricane updates straight from your mobile!

Digital Cyclone, Inc., an innovator of wireless applications for mobile devices, has announced that their My-Cast 5.0 mobile weather service can now track down tropical storms and hurricanes. The new Hurricane Tracker feature now allows users to trace the path of storms and hurricanes in real time which shows the eye of the storm and where it's headed.

Paul Douglas, Chairman of Digital Cyclone, says "There's no doubt that America's weather is becoming increasingly severe and potentially deadlier than ever.With the new Hurricane Tracker feature, My-Cast users get that extra margin of safety, the critical hurricane information they need delivered directly to their mobile phone, to get a head-start and take appropriate action."

With the My-Cast 5.0, users can zoom into weather maps centered on any location in US and get information about the precise location, speed, and direction of storms and approaching weather disturbances through NEXRAD radar loops. Other features of the My-Cast 5.0 include infrared satellite imagery, advanced lightning tracking, and hourly weather forecasts for up to 7 days. Weather forecasts include temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, etc.

The My-Cast 5.0 also allows you to receive StormWatch plots and warnings for affected areas and states, as well as National Weather Service alerts in virtually the same time as they are issued. You can avail of this low-cost subscription service from your major handset carriers with data plans. So why wait for the weather report on your boob tubes when you can get it straight from your mobile? This way you can get a headstart in preparing for possible disasters that might hit your area.