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Post by Ethereal on Apr 19, 2020 2:07:11 GMT -5
We normally use Weatherzone here, but lately I've been a fan of weather-atlas.com. It's surprisingly accurate and specific. At least compared to Accuweather.
Any other good ones? Especially for those who are from Australia.
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Post by knot on Apr 19, 2020 5:41:14 GMT -5
• TWC (Weather.com AKA "Google Weather)
• BoM MetEye
I find them to be highly reliable for me, depending on the conditions. Weatherzone is hopeless for my region.
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Post by Beercules on Apr 19, 2020 5:51:49 GMT -5
BOM. Only official source for Australia. Everything else is foreignor-based 3rd party rot. Weatherzone sources their forecasts from the BOM.
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Post by knot on Apr 19, 2020 6:02:38 GMT -5
BOM. Only official source for Australia. Everything else is foreignor-based 3rd party rot. Weatherzone sources their forecasts from the BOM. Nope, not for all locations. Weatherzone tends to use its own forecasting system—called Opticast. Unfortunately, Opticast is a load of horseshit; it bases forecasts solely off of the nearest weather station, yet rarely considers altitude, windward or leeward position, frost hollows, etc. Meteye is an improved BoM, as you can select a location, even the most obscure locations, from absolutely anywhere on the Australian lamdmass (which is extremely useful for me and other folks who live in remote areas). |
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Post by Moron on Apr 19, 2020 6:55:55 GMT -5
If you use weatherzone forecasts, theres 3 tabs that say "opticast", "combined bom and opticast" and "bom". So at least you're able to choose what you want.
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Post by AJ1013 on Apr 19, 2020 8:47:44 GMT -5
TWC (Weather.com) and NWS are the only two decent ones.
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Post by Ethereal on Apr 19, 2020 8:52:07 GMT -5
BOM. Only official source for Australia. Everything else is foreignor-based 3rd party rot. Weatherzone sources their forecasts from the BOM. BOM is the definitive source of course, but I don't like its bland layout and cookie cutter, repetitive descriptions (partly cloudy, mostly sunny, partly cloudy, chance of showers, partly cloudy...yawn). Maybe I'm a huge weather geek, but I prefer specific and more engaging descriptions. Weather-atlas at least uses specific descriptors like "sun giving away to clouds, mix sun & clouds, etc" and it uses good illustrative graphics of the weather icons (like the sun, clouds and rain, which are eye-catching). |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2020 9:11:06 GMT -5
Met Office or Weatheronline for the UK.
Never use Accuweather or TWC.
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Post by Ariete on Apr 19, 2020 14:52:45 GMT -5
I mostly use FMI, but weatheronline for consistency with other posters in the forecast thread.
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Post by Steelernation on Apr 19, 2020 14:53:26 GMT -5
For the US, only NWS and TWC are good.
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Post by alex992 on Apr 19, 2020 15:04:42 GMT -5
NWS and TWC for the US (obviously).
Weatheronline is usually quite shit and warm-biased for US locations. Or tends to exaggerate warmth/cold.
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Post by Doña Jimena on Apr 19, 2020 15:53:44 GMT -5
I don't understand why many are obsessed with weatheronline here. My favorites are wetterzentrale.de and meteociel.fr.  |
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Post by Ariete on Apr 19, 2020 16:46:43 GMT -5
I don't understand why many are obsessed with weatheronline here. My favorites are wetterzentrale.de and meteociel.fr.
Habit. It became a consensus that us Europeans use weatheronline like 7-8 years ago...
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Post by knot on Apr 19, 2020 16:49:32 GMT -5
Habit. It became a consensus that us Europeans use weatheronline like 7-8 years ago...
So pretty much herd mentality. |
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Post by Ariete on Apr 19, 2020 16:50:30 GMT -5
So pretty much herd mentality.
I would use 'silent agreement'. IDK, I registered on C-D in summer 2012, and already then most were using WO.
Nothing wrong with WO IMO, quite accurate:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2020 22:44:06 GMT -5
We normally use Weatherzone here, but lately I've been a fan of weather-atlas.com. It's surprisingly accurate and specific. At least compared to Accuweather. Any other good ones? Especially for those who are from Australia. When I lived in Aus I used BoM and Weatherzone. Reading tea leaves to forecast weather would be accurate and specific compared to Accuweather. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2020 22:46:37 GMT -5
I don't understand why many are obsessed with weatheronline here. My favorites are wetterzentrale.de and meteociel.fr. It's the most accurate for here, comparable to the Met Office. |
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