how well do you trust the weather sites?

[richards0170]

as has the rest of the country down in the south west we seem to have been embrawled in a day of **** weather. am planning on getting out sunday afternoon but the met office website gives it clear tomorrow and wet again Wednesday. I cannot see how this will clear by tomorrow morning as it gives it nice all day from dawn till dusk and then pouring all day sunday :(

[bluesj]

Well they got it right for here, it seams to be raining. A lot!

[Beardo]

i use the Met Office app, but look at the rain satellite maps rather than the forecasts

[sitsinhedges]

xcweather.co.uk is quite good generally but can change at the last minute. It's free though so you can't complain really.

[oldypigeonpopper]

hello, the wet weather will drop a lot of crops like barley so there is a good chance when the rain stop and a few sunny day the pigeon will be keen to feed and hope for many some good shooting

[Andra]

I find bbc weather to be a good rough guide, wind direction seems to be close to the mark most of the time...... I cannot rem a day when it has not rained up here!!

[FalconFN]

Most, if not all, weather sites, apps and forecasts get their data from the met office, they just present it differently.

[Les*1066]

Generally 50-50. Half the time they say it will rain, it does, and when they say it won't rain, they're wrong.

[Gordon R]

I find them all laughable. We are promised heat-waves, then a summer washout is predicted.

[mossy835]

well it says good down here all day tomorrow,we will see.

[E.w.]

I find them all laughable. We are promised heat-waves, then a summer washout is predicted.

+1 there a joke.

[kent]

They are very, very good indeed under certain conditions they can get it spot on 24 hrs or more in advance. In others its no more than a good guess but they don't say "heck we aint sure today" sometimes I wish they might. Summer seems to be harder than winter

[Alpha Mule]

I use Rain Alarm, which is recent rainfall satellite imagery - so you can see for yourself what's just happened.

Accuweather.com

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/shows rainfail again but seems to use a different sensitivity than Rain Alarm or bac to http://www.wunderground.com which will give current conditions from loads of stations (incl. temp., wind direction, precipitation,,)

And my current favourite: http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=total_cloud_water/orthographic=-2.12,50.73,2146

 

Don't trust the BEEB forecasts further than I can spit.

[silver pigeon69]

"Home and dry" App has been spot on for the short term (next 3-4 hours). It has been accurate to within a few minutes! Long term, i dont think anyone can get spot on as the winds, land temp and sea temp are always changing. If your near the coast, the 24hr shipping forecast is usually very good.

 

 

edit: spelling

Edited July 25, 2015 by silver pigeon69

[Redditch]

Anything over 3 days is total guesswork ('They might just as well take a dartboard with weather in it and throw a dart at it blindfolded)

That said, even the next days forecast they often get wrong here :( so always take everything with a pInch of salt

Edited July 25, 2015 by Redditch

[THE MEK]

Weatherpro from meteo,has been spot on with very good wind and rain animations

[Harnser]

The best forecast you can have is to look out of your window . It's the only one I have ever relied on .

 

Harnser

[dazb1967]

The BBC predicted rain in North Tyneside today for 17.00, it actually started at 16.55, they can't get it much closer than that. they have been a bit out with there wind lately though

[richards0170]

To be fair the met office gotnit spot on hour for hour over the passed couple of days

[wacker]

Xc weather is very good, in fact my girlfriend is a pilot, weather is very important in aviation, and she told me about the site. Works for me, never let me down yet.

[ghosthunter]

+1 for the met office app but it does change. That said its usually quite accurate but like others have said its most accurate on the short term. Long range forecasts are like the lottery.

[anser2]

I was on my way to work the other day driving through heavy driving drizzle with a cold north wind , when the local BBC weather girl on the car radio stated what a a lovely warm , sunny morning it was. For gods sake , she was brocasting from only 16 miles away so the weather could not be that different from where I was. Perhaps she should just put the script down and just look out of the window sometimes. O I forgot they do not have windows in a recording studio !

 

I can never understand how you can get three different forcasts from the BBC for the same day from the TV, radio and their web site ?

 

Having said that the BBC 24 hours forcast is reasonably correct most of the time , but for anything beyond that , its pure fiction.

Edited July 26, 2015 by anser2