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So this is neat but I just want to point out the #1 weather app in Japan (I think) is the Yahoo Weather app and it has similar maps https://apps.apple.com/jp/a

So this is neat but I just want to point out the #1 weather app in Japan (I think) is the Yahoo Weather app and it has similar maps https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/yahoo-%E5%A4%A9%E6%B0%97/id521974902 https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/yahoo-%E5%A4%A9%E6%B0%97/id521... I also want to take a moment and mention that I'm frustrated that Apple and Google apparenrtly don't care whatsoever how good their weather predictions are. I believe both use 3rd party services but I have screenshots and photos of them being hilariously wrong. It also makes me curious, this seems like one of those big data things. Google and Apple should be able to know when their forcasts are off. They could easily test which services are more accurate for a given region instead of using just one global (and bad) weather service they're using now.

baq 7y ago
There’s a reason forecasts are called such :) I follow the Atlantic hurricane season since a few years ago and the forecast discussions of the NHC are amazingly informative, especially so when models disagree. In short, there isn’t a perfect provider and even models that are usually the laughing stock can sometimes be the most accurate.
- mikekchar 7y ago
  I agree with the OP, at least for Google. For whatever reason, the weather information for my area in Japan is not even close -- for example off by 15 degrees C some days. It has either confused my location for another one, or it's just coming up with random data. It's actually a bit hilarious because whatever data they are using, it's the same data that Pokemon Go is using. I played that game for a while and the two agree exactly. I could get all the rain Pokemon without a cloud in the sky...
1ark 7y ago
Yepp. It's not often we talk about Yahoo! these days, but the Yahoo Japan weather app is top notch. To the minute rain forecast. I dodged the rain many times because I waited at the office a few minutes longer or rushed to the station.

baq 7y ago

There’s a reason forecasts are called such :) I follow the Atlantic hurricane season since a few years ago and the forecast discussions of the NHC are amazingly informative, especially so when models disagree. In short, there isn’t a perfect provider and even models that are usually the laughing stock can sometimes be the most accurate.

mikekchar 7y ago
I agree with the OP, at least for Google. For whatever reason, the weather information for my area in Japan is not even close -- for example off by 15 degrees C some days. It has either confused my location for another one, or it's just coming up with random data. It's actually a bit hilarious because whatever data they are using, it's the same data that Pokemon Go is using. I played that game for a while and the two agree exactly. I could get all the rain Pokemon without a cloud in the sky...

1ark 7y ago

Yepp. It's not often we talk about Yahoo! these days, but the Yahoo Japan weather app is top notch. To the minute rain forecast. I dodged the rain many times because I waited at the office a few minutes longer or rushed to the station.