I live within 20 miles of the coast. I'll often listen to it last thing, or pick up the shipping forecast from the Met Office site. The fixed length and wording

I live within 20 miles of the coast. I'll often listen to it last thing, or pick up the shipping forecast from the Met Office site. The fixed length and wording means you know when to take notice better than chatty general forecasts. It gives an awful lot of info that's simply not in general forecasts and apps. Specialised apps can go the other way and give way too much. You mention flying, back when I used to fly a little I found it's a heck of a lot more friendly than decoding METARs, so it's a good starting point if thinking of flying next day. The main thing missing is cloudbase - that's easy, poke your head out the door. :)