What site do you use for weather forecast?

[mikester]

Here is my goto for 7 day forecast, in general weather forecasting is about as accurate as using the groundhog

Ontario - Weather Conditions and Forecast by Locations - Environment Canada

Choose a location to view accurate and detailed weather information

weather.gc.ca

This site is interesting and I've been finding it pretty good for near term weather forecasts in my area

Ventusky - Weather Forecast Maps

Live wind, rain, radar or temperature maps, more than 50 weather layers, detailed forecast for your place, data from the best weather forecast models with high resolution

www.ventusky.com

The free website version works well and gives you everything - no need to buy the phone version of the "app"

 

[Jstpssng]

OAA/NWS. They have the technology that other weather services access and use

They do. Yet other sites seem to translate it better into more accurate forecasts.

 

[John0829]

I used to depend on my weather horse, until he was no more, supplemented by the weather rock. Still use the weather rock but it is not as accurate as the horse was. As I tell my wife most weather forecasters cannot get it right or close even standing out in it.

Actually having our own weather station has been the best for figuring out the local scene. The national or commercial services always miss the mark for us, usually by a wide margin. Kinda like we live in a hole that no one has data for or wants to cover.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I use one of our local news stations mostly, they have a brief paragraph synopsis (updated numerous times per day) and a video of the most recent weather forecast from the news along with a 7 day forecast. I find that is good enough to get a good idea of what is going on locally and why. And their radar is pretty nice as well. When I want to get a longer look at the "10 day forecast" I will use Weather.com. If I need to look at history or figure out how much rain has fallen in a 48 hour period or want the skinny on a weather warning/watch I will turn to NOAA.

 

[DIYOrangeDave]

It seems to me that Weather Underground is one of the less inaccurate ones,
you can localize it in the drop down tab (light blue) under there name and actually pick local reporting stations for you local for the current conditions,

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I use that one as well as my weather station is included. I find they are slow in updating the forecast and including weather alerts. 24 hours in advance they are the most accurate for my specific location.

 

[ericm979]

For forecasts I use the carrot weather app, another app National Wx that gives access to NWS forecasts, sat photos and models, and the NWS point forecast web site. Lately I have been watching the weather closely in the winter to see if my frequent travels to Oregon will be affected by snow.

For current data I use ambient weather. We used to use Weather Underground but they changed their data policy so they own the data you upload from your web site and they keep making the app slower and less useful. We upload our weather station to ambient weather now.

 

[NorTracNY]

I actually use an app called Flowx. You can see NOAA, CMC, and ECMWF. This app is AMAZING, but be aware it's data heavy. If you don't have an engineer's mind, you'd probably hate it. It has so much information on one page that it can be overwhelming. I've found the accuracy to be excellent, but you have to actually look at the data to understand what the forecast is for your location.

 

[orezok]

Don’t need a weather site. It’s gonna be hot and dry today, just like yesterday and the day before that, and on and on.

 

[ning]

Don’t need a weather site. It’s gonna be hot and dry today, just like yesterday and the day before that, and on and on.

yeah that tracks

 

[ponytug]

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