I have been using the Classic Weather Underground site for several years, but they are closing Classic down on May 4. So I expect to change since the main Weather Underground site isn’t appealing.
Any recommendations?
Thanks.
I have been using the Classic Weather Underground site for several years, but they are closing Classic down on May 4. So I expect to change since the main Weather Underground site isn’t appealing.
Any recommendations?
Thanks.
I’ve found Intellicast to be very helpful, and to me it’s a toss-up compared with Weather Underground.
I use AccuWeather. There is a search box, in which you can enter your city and state (or maybe your zip code). The page you get from that will have your city and zip coded as part of the URL, which you can then bookmark for future instant access.
When I go to Yahoo News, there is always a brief weather forecast shown there, which always seems to be wrong.
I go straight to the NWS - http://www.weather.gov/
Brian
For giggles, I like http://dogeweather.com/ It’s cute for what’s happening now. Utterly useless for actual planning
The Weather Underground: wunderground.com
That’s my go-to site.
I like weather info that includes forecasts, current radar and relevant statistical information and avoids hype and bullshit like assigning phony names to storms.
On my cell I like WeatherBug. I can preset a number of cities where I have interests, easily see current conditions, 10 day forecast and it has good radar that can be easily switched to temps, wind, IR, etc.
Another vote for weather.gov NWS.
This. Exactly this. Their mobile site is pretty good too.
All fact, no advertising, no BS. What’s not to love?
LSLGuy
Professional weather consumer
usa
canada
Current conditions and forecasts for selected Canadian cities
Another vote for weather.gov. To the point, no ads, the mobile site is well designed.
One more vote for weather.gov, from another meteorology nerd.
For Dopers in Colorado who are not aware, I’ll recommend weather5280.com. It’s run by a group of advanced amateur as well as certified meteorologists (including a few who are on Denver and Colorado Springs TV) who take a measured approach to forecasting – if they’re relatively certain a weather event will happen, they’ll say so (and why). If they have no idea what’ll happen (as in the days leading up to today’s snowfall in Colorado when the models were in strict disagreement about what would happen exactly), they’ll say so (and why). They also explain their thinking in great detail – I’ve learned a lot about weather forecasting, and weather in general, in the last six months or so.
On a national scale, I don’t think you can do better than NWS. I have absolutely no use for The Weather Channel and its ilk.
Weather.com is fine for me. I just read the weather and ignore the click bait “news” stories. Plus you can set up 5 locations without having to create an account or anything.
The Vane is a very interesting blog for national weather news. The author goes into great detail about why the weather is happening. If the models conflict he’ll say so and why and what each one means.
Worth a look: various websites’ track records.