What short term weather app are you using?
 

I used the Dark Sky app for years. It was terrific for short term forecasts- what was going to happen in the next hour or two. It was not better than anything else on long term forecasts. It allowed me to fit hour long bike rides between storms- and pull in minutes before it started to rain. Out camping or hiking in areas I could not predict weather myself well, it gave terrific short term forecasts- and warnings of heavy rain in 30 min. Just enough time to find a site and set up a tent.
App was purchased by apple in March, and has gone downhill from there. Short term forecasts are now no better than everything else. It is a significant decline. For example, I have been caught out on a bike ride in the rain 20 miles from the house twice in the last 2weeks. With the old Dark Sky app, I would not get wet once a year.
So the best is dead.
What are you guys using for short term local forecasts?
Thanks. Stay dry
Gary

This app was mentioned in a thread a few months ago. I like it a lot:

https://www.ventusky.com/

A pilot friend turned me on to this site...type in your location

https://www.accuweather.com/

I just go outside... very accurate :).

Accuweather for the longer, less accurate forecast.

I am fairly accurate locally, but found this especially useful when travelling. I really could not predict the weather well hiking in the western mountains.
The old dark sky was easy to read, and was really really good for the next 2 hours. I have found nothing even close. The other apps are ok for long term, miss being nearly perfect short term.
gary

I just push a button on my phone, and ask Siri......

No joke I have " weather puppy " loaded on my phone . I find it quite accurate and it shows 12 + 24 hour forecast by the hour . And cute puppy pics what's not to like 😁

Radar Now

WTForecast injects a little humor into the process.

Boring, but what about NOAA for your ZIP?

If all you’re looking for is short term rain probability, The Weather Channel app will show you predictions on their maps for 6 hours into the future.

I like MyRadar. All current weather info by phone's location, real-time radar, wind grahpic, etc.
Also tracks hurricanes, earthquakes, alerts/watches with overlays, etc. Worth the $5 (or whatever) for the ad-free version, IMO.

I use the weather channel app. It was terrible until about a month ago when they upgraded it.
Now it's ok....everything I need.

I will look into several of these, but none are as easy /mindless to use as the old dark sky app.
Dark sky was also active, it would notify me heavy rain in 11minutes- for example. Hiking in the mountains you could not always see it, but 11min later it was usually wet.
Gary

Yup. Extremely useful for seeing rain, hail, and approaching clouds.

+1
I have Accuweather but their business model sucks.

Dark Sky. Paid app but best hands down, for me. apple just acquired them

Dark Sky was the best, by far. Since being acquired by apple its short term accuracy has plummeted. It is now, at least in central florida, no better than the other apps out there. I still use it, but it is not like it was. Bummer
Gary

For accurate current weather conditions i use one of these.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1592835375.jpg

We are in the heart of tornado alley. All the main TV stations have a weather app and they are great. I use one from KWTV9 and another called Weather Radio. There is even a third choice, for Oklahoman's called Mesonet. It is tied to all the weather reporting stations in all 77 counties. Mesonet would be useless in other states.

The nice thing about the News 9 Weather app is it works all across the states, and and knows to warn me of pending thunder storms, any severe storms or flash flooding. All of those are free, and on the iTunes store and I presume the Android store for apps.

KWTV Chanel 9 locally has one the largest team of storm trackers in the nation, and better RADAR than the National Weather Center in Norman, OK.

Virtually all the on air people at the local TV stations talking about weather are real meteorologists, not some talking head reading the forecast from NOAA.

I have the WeatherChannel app and now hate it. It constantly dings when there is a news story even though all but emergency notifications are off and it does not respect the DND set in the app for news stories. It will be gone this week as I am tired of constant dings in the night.

+1

It' jsut as (in)accurate as all others but it's funnier.

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