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Who do you turn to for weather reports?

Started by garbon, May 23, 2013, 08:51:57 PM

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garbon

Right now if I look at the weather, google lists 80% chance of precipitation.  My old stalwart the weather channel lists a 0% chance of precipitation. One of the two is certainly off base and I've found that historically they contradict one another. So I ask Languish, who is your trusted weather source?*

*at the moment I have none and generally feel like:

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MadBurgerMaker

Weather.com and Accuweather (on my phone, Beautiful Widgets).  They both seem to line up pretty well.  I used to use Google on my phone, but I was sometimes getting strange info that wasn't reflecting what I was looking at outside so I switched the app over.

Grey Fox

Accuweather from HD Widgets. I had the same problem with google than MBM.
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Valmy

My Cell phone has a weather ap thing that came with it.  I have no idea what the source for its information is.
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Brazen

Another vote for Accuweather; even the hour by hour prediction is pretty good.

Eddie Teach

I'm partial to the groping Amanda Seyfried method of weather forecasting as well.
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garbon

Quote from: Neil on May 24, 2013, 08:00:51 AM
Google is fucking useless for weather.

Yeah it does seem that way. From what I recall, I didn't get rained on last night.

@Teach - :D
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garbon

Ugh, apparently (according to wiki), weatherbug is the 2nd most checked weather site after weather.com.
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Richard Hakluyt

I look out of the window and assume the weather will stay the same.

Unless it is pissing down with rain, in that case I consult the local BBC forecast for Preston and work out my best chance of avoiding rain whilst taking my constitutional.

Josquius

You know, I don't check the weather at all these days. I just take it for granted it will be reasonably fine and that someone will tell be if something freaky is to happen someday.
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Barrister

I have noticed that good old Environment Canada tends to be much more accurate than the Weather Channel, or whatever weather app is on my iPod.
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