The National Weather Service's hilarious ad offers perfect last-minute gift idea

Are you struggling to find the perfect gift for that friend who has everything but feels compelled to complicate life by rejecting modern technology? Is your loved one constantly getting caught in the rain without an umbrella, but can’t be bothered by fancy apps that deliver real-time weather updates to his smartphone? Does he even have a smartphone?

Fear not! The National Weather Service has the perfect solution to your holiday shopping woes.

In a cheeky ad posted to YouTube on Dec. 17, an old-timey robotic voice explains that the device broadcasts current conditions and forecasts straight from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Never again will the recipient of this gift be unprepared for a blizzard anywhere in the United States. And if you’re in the mood to splurge, the more expensive model limits the radio’s smoke detectorlike alarm so that it goes off only for weather events within a specific county. Best of all, with the NOAA weather radio, all this pertinent information is delivered in a soothing computerized voice.

The voice concludes the holiday message with: "Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! Just be glad I don't sing."