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Ask HN: What is your preferred weather website?

19 pointsby tango24over 6 years ago
What do you use for looking up weather? All the top results generally have tons of advertisements, or do not provide a weather map, or are a horrible user interface.

23 comments

8_hours_agoover 6 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;weather.gov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;weather.gov</a><p>I live in a coastal area with highly localized weather, and weather.gov gives me by far the best forecast. Sites which only have city-level granularity don&#x27;t work well when the temperature can be 5-10F different less than a mile away.
vinhnxover 6 years ago
Yr.no - also check out their iOS app <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yr.no&#x2F;?spr=eng" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yr.no&#x2F;?spr=eng</a>
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King-Aaronover 6 years ago
While it doesn&#x27;t count for much if you&#x27;re outside of Australia, the BOM (Bureau of meteorology) is probably the best I use.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bom.gov.au" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bom.gov.au</a>
Nicksilover 6 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;weather.gov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;weather.gov</a> - Primary source<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;windy.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;windy.com</a> - Neat visualizations<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;darksky.net" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;darksky.net</a> - Secondary&#x2F;Quick-glance source
akulbeover 6 years ago
Another vote for <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;darksky.net" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;darksky.net</a>
notacowardover 6 years ago
I like Weather Underground for most things. The 10-day graph presents information in a way I find useful and easy to understand. However, for the weather <i>right now</i> I like AccuWeather&#x27;s MinuteCast. It&#x27;s eerily accurate. I use them to plan my runs on variable days, and I almost never get caught in the rain if they say it&#x27;s supposed to be clear. On the other hand, if it says it&#x27;s going to rain in 23 minutes and I decide to wait for a bit, it practically always <i>does</i> rain in exactly 23 minutes. Ditto for snow in the winter. The exact amounts might be off, but the timing is usually spot on.
bgdnpnover 6 years ago
I just use -&gt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.ro&#x2F;search?q=weather" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.ro&#x2F;search?q=weather</a>
farseerover 6 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;weather&#x2F;map" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;weather&#x2F;map</a><p>Very intuitive and simple weather map
bprosnitzover 6 years ago
Are there any weather websites with confidence intervals?
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beningradover 6 years ago
When it comes to planning an alpine climb, I use <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mountain-forecast.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mountain-forecast.com</a> to judge what sorts of gear I might need. Super niche use-case, but it&#x27;s better than anything else I&#x27;ve found.
Jeremy1026over 6 years ago
Weather Underground[1], I love their 10-day forecast view with the graphs of temperature, precipitation chance, pressure, and winds.<p>1) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wunderground.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wunderground.com</a>
ebcodeover 6 years ago
I usually just go here to look at the west coast: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssd.noaa.gov&#x2F;PS&#x2F;TROP&#x2F;trop-epac.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssd.noaa.gov&#x2F;PS&#x2F;TROP&#x2F;trop-epac.html</a>
guben20over 6 years ago
weather-util[1] for text forecasts<p>#IMAGEVIEWER a static url for radar i.e. [2]<p>weather.gov&#x2F;&quot;zipcode&quot; for anything needing greater detail<p>[1]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fungi.yuggoth.org&#x2F;weather&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fungi.yuggoth.org&#x2F;weather&#x2F;</a><p>[2]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radar.weather.gov&#x2F;lite&#x2F;N0R&#x2F;BGM_loop.gif" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radar.weather.gov&#x2F;lite&#x2F;N0R&#x2F;BGM_loop.gif</a><p>Out of the scope of the question, my local TV news station gives the most accurate forecast of any other source. Also handy are top of hour terrestrial radio updates and NOAA Weather Radio.
ezekgover 6 years ago
The UI sucks but it gives you the most info: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radar.weather.gov&#x2F;radar.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radar.weather.gov&#x2F;radar.php</a>
Odenwaelderover 6 years ago
Not a website, but the german DWD WarnWetter App gets its forecasts directly from the german national weather service (DWD).
Lordarminiusover 6 years ago
on Linux CLI or any its cousins :$ &quot;wttr.in&#x2F;&lt;your city&gt;&quot; Gives a 3 day forecast that I have found to be quite accurate
dpeckover 6 years ago
$ curl wttr.in&#x2F;atlanta<p>Is great if you’re in the terminal.
trevynover 6 years ago
Google: &lt;place&gt; weather
tudeloover 6 years ago
weather.gov hourly forecast. It has a nice graph :)
anotheryouover 6 years ago
graph heavy android app: flowx
GlenTheMachineover 6 years ago
Forecast.io
lingzover 6 years ago
Met Office
arwineapover 6 years ago
windy.com<p>Provides the means for me to look for myself :)