What does everyone find reliably accurate?
Related: why the F is there so much discrepancy between forecasts? For exactly the same location and time this morning, Met Office says 11% chance of rain, BBC says 49%, Apple says 0%. Surely they are all getting readings/data from the same place… how do they interpret it so differently?
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First, do they all have the same interpretation for e.g. precipitation?
https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/28/weather-what-does-the-rain-percentage-mean-on-forecasts-and-the-iphone-app-14996926/
I personally have 3 apps installed and cycle through them if I’m heading out, and get a good enough idea what weather I can expect.
We’re still far off hyper-localised weather forecasts, but perhaps with cheaper sensors, more connectivity, and better models, will get there soon.
The joys of living on an island. Weather is very variable hour by hour so I guess it depends on when the forecast took a reading.
BBC. I find American based forecasts are rarely right.
I use BBC weather for a general idea and then look at netweather rain radar for a look at real time rainfall. It’s really useful to decide whether it’s a good idea to go for a dog walk or not.
The window
I find apple weather good, it used to be shit.
One of [these](https://i.etsystatic.com/17577383/r/il/da9a84/4257236453/il_fullxfull.4257236453_z1dg.jpg)
Last year met office was perfect, this year BBC have got it right more often than not
BBC isn’t bad for a general idea of how the day is likely to look, but the fact is about 90% of the year the weather could probably be summed up by the word ‘changeable’
One thing I’ve learned in my many, many years as a pedestrian. Generally dress for the rough temperature, but also prepare for rain/cold wind/sweltering sun.
Ventusky is the best. Almost always correct. At least it is here in Greece.
Met Office for the UK.
Met Office app
I go between BBC and Met Office. Reality is usually in between them.
I use a combination of Met Office, XC Weather and, usually the most accurate; looking out the window.
Think it depends where you live. I’ve used met and BBC but found both frustratingly unreliable
I now use ‘The weather channel’ which is more detailed and accurate
Nothing is perfect
[TWO](https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/) has never let me down yet and as a bonus, explains the shit out of all the models it uses.
Looking out of my window,,I can usually tell what will occur in the next two minutes. That’s pretty much as good as it gets.
I did an analysis recently because I’m a nerd and the results were essentially that they were all as bad as each other 🤣
I use three different one, if it’s for something important (like a day out) and try and get an average
[Windy.com](https://Windy.com) on my laptop
the weather app on my phone (which just seems to be called ‘weather app’)
and the weather app on my wife’s phone (which is a different weather app)