What is the abc57weather application, how does it work?

According to the introduction of The Weather Company, abc57weather is a Weather app on the Android platform. There is currently a 4.5.903 version released on Sep 19, 2017, you can see the details below.

ABC 57 Weather is proud to announce a full featured weather app for Android.

Features

• Access to station content specifically for our mobile users
• 250 meter radar, the highest resolution available
• Future radar to see where severe weather is headed
• High resolution satellite cloud imagery
• Current weather updated multiple times per hour
• Daily and Hourly forecasts updated hourly from our computer models
• Ability to add and save your favorite locations
• A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness
• Severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service
• Opt-in push alerts to keep you safe in severe weather