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woodsprite

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5. If I had to pick from the 3, I'd go with WeatherUnderground.
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 10:24 AM
Feb 2015

In reality, when I'm trying to figure something out weather wise, I go to Bernie Rayno's video at Accuweather. Their main forecast is essentially a forecast by committee (use lots of weasel words), but Bernie is one of their Sr. forecaster's and he explains a lot during his videos. Bastardi used to be pretty good, but since he left AW, he's pretty much just spouting climate change denier rhetoric in between his 140 char tweets about the weather.

I also tend to read the threads in the Accuweather forums (the link should be down under Social on the left hand side of the page). If there is anything even slightly showing up on the models, there will be a discussion on it. It's usually listed something like "Feb 26-27 Storm MidAtl/NE" Something that says your region. A good number of states emergency management people tend to gravitate to the forums.

Yup, I confess. I am a weather weenie.

What region are you looking for?

If you're in the north eastern US, you may also get some good info out of the following FB pages -

Justin Berk, Meteorologist (if you're in MD)
Wx Risk (if you're in Virginia, West Virginia, NC areas)
Eastern PA Weather Authority (if you're in New Jersey, Eastern PA or Delaware)

And you can always type in "US National Weather Service" in the FB and choose the one for your area.

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Anyone really into weather forecast sites? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 OP
Weather.com is my homepage ann--- Feb 2015 #1
Really? Interesting. I must not know how to set it up - it seems Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #17
I use NOAA Sherman A1 Feb 2015 #2
that's another one too that is really the weather.gov feed. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #18
I tend to gravitate to the local stations... Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #3
Accuweather is the least accurate. Here's another reason to avoid them: FSogol Feb 2015 #4
Interesting, I had no idea. I've been using them, will try alternatives! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #8
Well crap...they have the most favorable forecast ! Geez - who would Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #9
If I had to pick from the 3, I'd go with WeatherUnderground. woodsprite Feb 2015 #5
Same here. In my experience, WeatherUnderground has consistently been the most accurate FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #11
Yes. And I love that sliding hour by hour bar - it gives you everything Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #15
central tx. And thanks - they are showing only a 35% chance of rain Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #14
hmm just read that wunderground is owned by the Weather Channel nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #16
Yes, I think it transferred hands last year, but they haven't had a chance to ruin it yet. n/t woodsprite Feb 2015 #19
LOL - wish I could remember the site I LOVED that went defunct when bought. nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #20
Go to the source: brooklynite Feb 2015 #6
Nope...don't like that one :>) 50% chance of wintry mix. nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #10
I have WeatherBug installed on my computer. It's never let me down yet. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #7
Thanks - it's cool - I always hate having to enter the place Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #12
Works extremely well! Just installed the extension for Google Chrome Linux. It RKP5637 Feb 2015 #13
Weatherbug is great! tosh Feb 2015 #23
intellicast spanone Feb 2015 #21
The master, of course BarbaRosa Feb 2015 #22
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