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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 12:55:25 GMT
I'm really getting into the Wunderground website and pretty much always check it out to work out what to wear and take out with me on my rides. The use of local weather stations is handy to see what is currently happening and the forecast page to determine the best time of day for a weather window of opportunity. www.wunderground.com/There is a stats page which shows the averages over a given period. It's been pretty windy around here of late and the average wind speed for last week was 25.5 mph with the October average being 17.5mph. www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IENGLAND580#history/s20141021/e20141028/mweek
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Post by Steph on Oct 28, 2014 13:52:45 GMT
I use that and AccuWeather to see what it's supposed to be like out. I tend to believe whichever is the better forecast! More often than not they both say the exact same thing though. I find AccuWeather a lot better/easier for extended forecasts though, possibly just because I've been using it longer. It's the opposite on my phone though, find Wunderground a lot easier to use on there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 14:40:28 GMT
I too use AccuWeather.com for the most part it's fairly reliable, wind direction is my first check. If i stick my head out he door i get the same info., sometimes think hanging a piece of seaweed would get the results just the same...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 14:48:46 GMT
Its cold outside ......bit of fun!
50°F
People in Southern England turn on the central heating People in Edinburgh plant out bedding plants
40°F Southerners shiver uncontrollably Glaswegians sunbathe on the beach at Largs
35°F Cars in the South of England refuse to start People in Falkirk drive with their windows down
20°F Southerners wear overcoats, gloves and woolly hats Aberdonian men throw on a t-shirt; girls start wearing mini-skirts
15°F Southerners begin to evacuate to the continent People from Dundee swim in the River Tay at Broughty Ferry
0°F Life in the South grinds to a halt Inverness folk have the last BBQ before it gets cold
-10°F Life in the South ceases to exist People in Dunfermline throw on a light jacket
-80°F Polar bears wonder if it ' s worth carrying on Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers
-100°F Santa Claus abandons North Pole People in Stirling put on their ' long johns '
-173°F Alcohol freezes Glaswegians get upset because all the pubs are shut
-297°F Microbial life starts to disappear The cows in Dumfriesshire complain about farmers with cold hands
-460°F All atomic motion stops Shetlanders stamp their feet and blow on their hands
-500°F Hell freezes over Scotland will support England in the World cup
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Post by r0b1et on Oct 28, 2014 19:15:11 GMT
I use that and AccuWeather For the love of God please stop.
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Post by r0b1et on Oct 28, 2014 19:18:08 GMT
Seriously, if you are in the UK, use the met office website, but don't just look at your location, look around, or use the map. The met office give the most reliable forecasts for the UK, largely because their model is designed most critically for the UK. BBC etc use the data, but in my experience, the MO website is quicker to react to latest information. All that said, I think the MO website is poor and doesn't provide a good representation of the model forecast! Quick link for you all to check for chance of rain: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~gc903759/weather/forecasts/map.html
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Post by KiwiBeard on Oct 28, 2014 19:26:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 20:11:00 GMT
Seriously, if you are in the UK, use the met office website, but don't just look at your location, look around, or use the map. The met office give the most reliable forecasts for the UK, largely because their model is designed most critically for the UK. BBC etc use the data, but in my experience, the MO website is quicker to react to latest information. All that said, I think the MO website is poor and doesn't provide a good representation of the model forecast! Quick link for you all to check for chance of rain: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~gc903759/weather/forecasts/map.htmlMet office website: All the gear, no idea. It's all fine and dandy having all the info but in my opinion they have a long way to go to catch up with the competition in terms of presenting that information (on the website) to Jo Public. The Met Office android app is pretty good for on the go info. Roll on the super computer complemented by a super website. To be honest, I am more than happy with the met info in this country. The accuracy of the forecasts is superb on most occasions.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 20:12:09 GMT
I'll have to use that if I ever tour Norway again, Kiwi.
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Post by Steph on Oct 28, 2014 20:26:41 GMT
I use that and AccuWeather For the love of God please stop. Always found AccuWeather to be both easy to use and, more importantly, accurate. There is a reason I rarely (as in, pretty much never) get caught out in the rain during rides.
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Post by sodafarl on Oct 28, 2014 20:45:27 GMT
Dave that title won't be used in too many pubs lol
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Post by r0b1et on Oct 28, 2014 23:37:02 GMT
Seriously, if you are in the UK, use the met office website, but don't just look at your location, look around, or use the map. The met office give the most reliable forecasts for the UK, largely because their model is designed most critically for the UK. BBC etc use the data, but in my experience, the MO website is quicker to react to latest information. All that said, I think the MO website is poor and doesn't provide a good representation of the model forecast! Quick link for you all to check for chance of rain: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~gc903759/weather/forecasts/map.htmlMet office website: All the gear, no idea. Entirely agree... as my work twitter account pointed out too. It is also why I rejected more media stardom today - the new supercomputer will allow much better forecasts of small scale weather (think summer storms, not winter lows/fronts) and hence MUCH better warning for flash flooding etc. But currently they are a long way behind the ball on the presentation of the forecast. They have the very best model in the world and then have a website display so poor it doesn't give the true impression of what the model shows, if you know what you are doing, you can figure it out, but you shouldn't have to be. I've heard strong rumours they are recruiting staff to improve it... time will tell, the last improvement was still 5 years behind.
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Post by r0b1et on Oct 28, 2014 23:39:09 GMT
For the love of God please stop. Always found AccuWeather to be both easy to use and, more importantly, accurate. There is a reason I rarely (as in, pretty much never) get caught out in the rain during rides. They are disreputatble and using freely available GFS (American) model data, which isn't turned for this side of the Atlantic. To judge "will it rain tomorrow?", it'll do ok. To judge "what time can I go out on Thursday?", it won't. At least you aren't using Exacta weather.
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Post by r0b1et on Oct 28, 2014 23:40:07 GMT
Oooo... nice, and they have a good model that will do well here or it would not do well in Norway... and metograms are where its at in my opinion. Right into the bookmarks.
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Post by r0b1et on Oct 28, 2014 23:52:19 GMT
Looked it up, they use the ECMWF model (which is very good, probably of similar ability to MO, though not the resolution) to feed their own national one (their national model doesn't reach this far). The amazing thing is the data from the ECMWF is really ahrd to get one's mitts on and that is a good (and new to me) source.
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