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  1. Red Thunder

    Red Thunder Crème de la Crème

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    #1 Red Thunder, Aug 23, 2020
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    Posting here as I hope it comes under 'gadget'
    The weather app I was using 'Darkskies' has been bought by Apple and is no longer available for Android

    Can anyone recommend a reliable weather app?
     
  2. MTBskier

    MTBskier Well-Known Member

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    WTF (what’s the forecast). My favorite app. Hilarious, and reliable info.
     
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  3. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    Just downloaded WTF, MTBskier. I’ve just looked it over and changed a few settings and already like it. Thanks for the recommendation! :):sun::cool:
     
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  4. Thripster

    Thripster Elite Member

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    #4 Thripster, Aug 23, 2020
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    Rain Alarm (Rain Alarm Pro without ads) for local rain forecasting. Rainy Days for global rain. You can make good self forecasts taking into account wind speed/direction with both of those. LighteningMaps.org for worldwide instant lightening strikes. Xcweather (data collected from UK airfields) for windspeed/direction, pressure,visibility, temperature and cloud cover.
     
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  5. steve lovatt

    steve lovatt Something else

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    AccuWeather is pretty good.
    Screenshot_20200823-084831_AccuWeather.jpg Screenshot_20200823-084821_AccuWeather.jpg
     
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  6. OldNick

    OldNick Elite Member

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    I use weather radar, good if you ignore the adverts!

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    The animated view shows how the weather moves over the day
     
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  7. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    Looks like a good app, Steve. Thanks for the recommendation. :) But I do have to say that I laugher my arse off when I saw the first photo that indicated "No precipitation for at least 60 minutes". :joy: That's a very short window of opportunity for a dry ride! Here in southern Arizona the app would probably say "No precipitation for at least 60 days". :eek::confounded:
     
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  8. Repooh

    Repooh Rarely Satisfied

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    Despite all the technology they’re all pants I use AccuWeather Darkskies and BBC Weather you get three different versions of the truth. If I had to choose Accuweather seems to be less wrong
     
  9. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    They all just work off computer models, generally they will look at half a dozen different models discard the two from either end of the scale and interpolate the rest of the info so it will always be a best guess and depend on which series of models they use.
    That is not to put down the work of meteorologists but we have seen a marked reduction in accuracy since they have been told they must use this method rather than forecast by looking at the actual information.
     
  10. Thripster

    Thripster Elite Member

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    #10 Thripster, Aug 23, 2020
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    Beeb forecast consistently out of date ........find it much better to do own forecast based upon what can be seen from the apps. Don't think they'd use Been for D Day weather planning......
     
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  11. Red Thunder

    Red Thunder Crème de la Crème

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    I have downloaded and installed bothe AccuWeather and WTF, I will see how they both compare over the coming days

    Thanks for the recommendations
     
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  12. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    I’d love to hear your thoughts on the comparisons after you’ve used both apps, @Red Thunder!
     
  13. steve lovatt

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    We have to take what we can get Sandi! :confused:
     
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  14. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    How true, Steve! That goes for most everything in life.
     
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  15. Red Thunder

    Red Thunder Crème de la Crème

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    I have deleted the weather apps I had on my phone and found a good one
    Hyperlocal Weather
    Has a map/radar function, daily, and hour by hour forecast

    I think it's from the same creators as Dark Skies so has similar functions, just different.
     
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  16. Flay

    Flay Well-Known Member

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    I have downloaded this and it simply sits there and won't do anything at all. Won't accept an input location and give forecasts like the BBC one does. Well, what am I doing wrong ?
     
  17. crispey

    crispey crispey creme de la creme

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    Try raintoday, I have found it to be pretty accurate, I use it mostly for work so the free short term forecast works for me but you can judge what’s going to happen further afield by looking at the radar map
     
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