Weather underground alternative?

[techman]

I use WU at home. IBM has sold it, so don't blame them if you don't like it. On my phone I use Weather&Radar. In the car on android auto I can pull up a moving map screen of weather radar which is great when traveling and storm activity is occurring. You can see the storm cells relative to your travel

 

[gstrom99]

In the car on android auto I can pull up a moving map screen of weather radar which is great when traveling and storm activity is occurring. You can see the storm cells relative to your travel

You can? How? I have AA and have not seen that. Mine just has the road maps.

 

[techman]

Put Weather&Radar on your phone. You should then be able top add it to the AA list.

 

[ultrarunner]

The Apple weather app has been wrong several times predicting rain the last few weeks.

I’m trying to spray RN43 and no rain the the forecast and 4 hours later it’s raining?

Looks like 4 hours exposure was enough as it’s all turning brown.

Planned to spray today but it’s wet and drizzling…

 

[LHF2019]

The Apple weather app has been wrong several times predicting rain the last few weeks.

I’m trying to spray RN43 and no rain the the forecast and 4 hours later it’s raining?

Looks like 4 hours exposure was enough as it’s all turning brown.

Planned to spray today but it’s wet and drizzling…

That’s where doing your own forecasting pays off. But it’s not easy.

 

[ultrarunner]

That’s where doing your own forecasting pays off. But it’s not easy.

I don’t remember it being so off before…

The precip total also showed zero yet I had standing water in pots and windshield wipers

It was very minute but still enough…

 

[LHF2019]

I don’t remember it being so off before…

The precip total also showed zero yet I had standing water in pots and windshield wipers

It was very minute but still enough…

That's the beauty of your own forecasting. On the left under select cycle you can go back in time and see if the model runs remain consistent hour to hour or bounces around on the timing of rain. If it bounces it will be a crap shoot when the rain comes in. But just like any forecast mother nature is always in control. Last year I needed to spray after work. Everything was great. Get home go right to spraying. No rain until 5 and models were consistent. Well that didn't happen. Started to drizzle at 1 with rain by 3. The pre got in but roundup was not rainfast yet. Sprayed at 11 and needed 5 hours. All an app is good for is it tells you a percentage but doesn't really show what it is looking like as it moves through. The radar is only good couple hours previous to couple hours future. I'm planning 48 hours in advanced and the day of work have 18 hours of future forcast updated hourly. It took over 10 years to get where I'm at but in those 10 years have had hay rained on once and that was an extremely rare event where I learned that I need to pay attention to past model runs. There is a story in that event.

 

[mrmikey]

Around here you can search multiple weather forecasts until you find the weather you want. "No rain forecast today, sunny and warm" as you look outside thru the rain with a sweater on

 

[Torvy]

I use Accuweather. Just weather info without the hand-wringing you get with weather channel.

 

[masscity]

On my computer I have NWS forecast my town, NWS hourly, NWS radar, WU forecast, town 25 mi southwest of me and WU forecast, town 25 mi east of me.

On my phone I have NWS forecast my town and WU forecast close towns and My Radar.

I use the combination of all too give me my forecast.

 

[newbury]

DO NOT install this as an app on your phone. It has been linked to being a gold level spyware. Even if you uninstall it, it will automatically re-install within 24hrs.

It is an app that monitors Web surfing behavior to deliver pop-up ads. The app "snoops" on user behavior thru other apps.

It also violates 22 states spyware laws. If you download it, you accepted their terms and waived your state's law protection.

MS Defender on the PC labels it as spyware too.

AND read WeatherBug Terms of Use and Privacy notice. They even admit to using other apps on your device to feed their app of your behaviors.

https://policies.weatherbug.net/documents/policies/PrivacyPolicy/us-en/PP-US-EN-20180523-00.html

Any recommended Android spyware catchers that would warn me about stuff like that?

 

[ponytug]

Any recommended Android spyware catchers that would warn me about stuff like that?

Short answer, for Android, only download apps from the playstore, and totally reset (factory reset) your phone every few months. In between, limit the number of apps to the bare minimum and keeping checking for apps that you didn't download. Unfortunately, there are a number of Android specific malware apps at the moment that do automatically redownload themselves, and there are more than a few apps that are ok, but have been caught downloading other malware.

The longer answer might include buying a phone with a more secure operating system.

You can put things like BitDefender on your phone to protect you from malicious ads and links. But that won't solve a bunch of things, though I think it helps.

The memory sandboxing that modern phones have basically prevents "spyware catchers" from doing anything other than adding malware to your phone. Don't go downloading them.

All the best,

Peter

 

[bmaverick]

Short answer, for Android, only download apps from the playstore, and totally reset (factory reset) your phone every few months. In between, limit the number of apps to the bare minimum and keeping checking for apps that you didn't download. Unfortunately, there are a number of Android specific malware apps at the moment that do automatically redownload themselves, and there are more than a few apps that are ok, but have been caught downloading other malware.

The longer answer might include buying a phone with a more secure operating system.

You can put things like BitDefender on your phone to protect you from malicious ads and links. But that won't solve a bunch of things, though I think it helps.

The memory sandboxing that modern phones have basically prevents "spyware catchers" from doing anything other than adding malware to your phone. Don't go downloading them.

All the best,

Peter

I run with Ghostery on Android. That's all I know for some protection.

I only use the real basics on the phone. I don't add apps and I deleted a bunch when the phone was new.