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Rudi McAnichal
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There might not be much to choose between them where accuracy is concerned, but I like the screen layout of:
www.netweather.tv
7 Day Local Weather Forecast | Netweather
The latest hour-by-hour weather forecast for your location over next 7 days. Includes pollen count and UV index.
www.netweather.tv
The trouble with trying to forecast the weather with any degree of accuracy is that it is basically a chaotic system, with many influences, and cause effect relationships where small changes can lead to large scale consequences.
Watching a forest on a hillside the other day, trying to see if there was any clear wind-induced pattern in the movement of the branches from one part of the forest to another, I was awestruck by how the process seemed almost totally random.
Occasionally, when the underlying atmospheric conditions are relatively stable, it is possible to make reasonably accurate predictions for a good few days ahead.
Watching a forest on a hillside the other day, trying to see if there was any clear wind-induced pattern in the movement of the branches from one part of the forest to another, I was awestruck by how the process seemed almost totally random.
Occasionally, when the underlying atmospheric conditions are relatively stable, it is possible to make reasonably accurate predictions for a good few days ahead.
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I've been using yr.no (and their mobile app) for years and have found it very reliable.
I look at 3 and pick the best!
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It’s odd that most people involved with weather predicting say the opposite?
I’d struggle to really recall weather forecasts back in the 90’s (obviously I do vaguely remember them getting it badly wrong in 87) as I was young(ish) and not that interested in such things but as I’ve got older and have taken more notice I think it’s currently as good as I can ever remember - certainly the forecast for a couple of days ahead is usually ok, any more than that and I think there is a big element of (very educated) guesswork and previous experience that they have to rely on…
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Thanks, I’ll try some of the other sites mentioned.
Its funny how may of you say bbc or met office when I specifically said they were NOT accurate.
Im not talking weeks ahead just a few days. They regularly say on a Thursday for instance, rain on a Sunday, and by the time it gets here its dry (or vice versa.)
A few weeks ago the bbc said that the next two weeks would be dry. Because of the time of year I thought this would be wrong and it was, the forcast changed and it rained on and off for 10 days out of the two weeks!
Its funny how may of you say bbc or met office when I specifically said they were NOT accurate.
Im not talking weeks ahead just a few days. They regularly say on a Thursday for instance, rain on a Sunday, and by the time it gets here its dry (or vice versa.)A few weeks ago the bbc said that the next two weeks would be dry. Because of the time of year I thought this would be wrong and it was, the forcast changed and it rained on and off for 10 days out of the two weeks!
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As a paraglider pilot the weather has the capacity to kill me very easily so I use lots of apps when planning to go out
First if staying local I look out the window at the clouds thats good for local forecasts, you can spot fronts coming in quite a few hours in advance.
Then go to XC weather easy and quick https://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/sennybridge
Then look at the BBC and met office and windfinder https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/cockett_swansea one of my favourites
and have a look at the synoptic charts https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weathe...#?tab=surfacePressureColour&fcTime=1421712000 I can sometimes read these quite accurately
Then I throw a kitten out the window and see what happens
Weather forecasting is a science but you cant really make an accurate forecast for very far ahead as it is a chaotic system
First if staying local I look out the window at the clouds thats good for local forecasts, you can spot fronts coming in quite a few hours in advance.
Then go to XC weather easy and quick https://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/sennybridge
Then look at the BBC and met office and windfinder https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/cockett_swansea one of my favourites
and have a look at the synoptic charts https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weathe...#?tab=surfacePressureColour&fcTime=1421712000 I can sometimes read these quite accurately
Then I throw a kitten out the window and see what happens
Weather forecasting is a science but you cant really make an accurate forecast for very far ahead as it is a chaotic system
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Try puppies they are more accurate
I keep an eye generally on what is coming from TV/net. I used to do a lot of high wind windsurfing and you soon get to know roughly what will make for wet/dry/windy weather in your own neck of the woods. We walk a guide dog and to avoid being drenched suddenly (sometimes in the time it takes to cross a car park here in Cornwall where you can go from dry to drowned rat in seconds)! We use a free app called 'Weather & radar'. It shows an animation of the next 15 minutes rain echoes. It is amazingly accurate and we sometimes sit in the car until a big shower has passed, or can see that one will just miss us. I do have a weather station up on the roof which is interesting when you live in such an exposed place.
