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This is really, really disappointing. I've been pretty critical of Dark Sky at times for being mediocre for more than maybe 12 hours out, but for very short ter

This is really, really disappointing. I've been pretty critical of Dark Sky at times for being mediocre for more than maybe 12 hours out, but for very short term forecasts it worked great. I spent a fair amount of time outdoors and getting a 30 minute heads-up for "drizzle" versus "heavy rain" was excellent and really let me time how long to stay outside for. I'd really, really like a replacement on Android. While Wunderground could be it, it's unfortunately not. The app is heavy and crappy and ad-laden and weirdly non-nonsensical.

farisjarrah 7y ago
Windy is really great and they seem to try to foster a great community. They have weather apps for android or ios https://www.windy.com/ https://www.windy.com/
- mrrsm 7y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion, at first glance things look pretty nice. Hopefully their mobile app is as nice as their website.
  - noxiousz 7y ago
    Their mobile app is amazing it's basically a clone of the website so all the features are on the app as well.
- c0nsumer 7y ago
  It is great, and one of the other main weather apps that I use. But it lacks alerts. Dark Sky gives these (literally "Light Rain Starting in 20 Minutes" or "Heavy Rain Starting in 5 Minutes". Dark Sky also does a fair job of showing general forecast and chances of things over the next week or so. While I use Windy as an app for me to check and see what's going on, it's not nearly there on the prediction front. Much less notifications that help with "Woah -- heavy rain, time to head back to the car" or "Just a drizzle, cool, let's keep going".
- RivieraKid 7y ago
  The killer feature is that they provide data from the best global model (ECMWF) for free.
asteli 7y ago
Saildrone's forecast app is like Dark Sky but even better and more beautiful. They don't have an android app yet, just iOS, but I believe one is in development, and they have a full-featured in-browser client. No affiliation, but I know someone who works there who showed me their app. https://www.saildrone.com/forecast https://www.saildrone.com/forecast
dubcanada 7y ago
I've been using https://www.ventusky.com/ https://www.ventusky.com/ for ever and it's better in my opinion then dark sky.
- brlewis 7y ago
  Does it do notifications of approaching rain?
Markoff 7y ago
try Geometric weather, Today weather or Windy
starpilot 7y ago
https://spotwx.com/ https://spotwx.com/ is good for very technical forecasts. You can select the weather model, and it shows you the grid square corresponding to your queried location. windy.com is good for access to the European model, which used to do better in mountainous regions but now the GFS is quite good. It tends to be a "drier" model than GFS.
Rebelgecko 7y ago
I've been happy with Weather Timeline although I haven't followed all the drama behind the app's changes in management
duanem 7y ago
Rainviewer is working on a similar output as Dark Sky where they are a predicting the radar images forward up to 2 hours. I don't think this feature is released yet but with this situation and support, they might work on it faster.

farisjarrah 7y ago

Windy is really great and they seem to try to foster a great community. They have weather apps for android or ios https://www.windy.com/ https://www.windy.com/

mrrsm 7y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, at first glance things look pretty nice. Hopefully their mobile app is as nice as their website.
- noxiousz 7y ago
  Their mobile app is amazing it's basically a clone of the website so all the features are on the app as well.
c0nsumer 7y ago
It is great, and one of the other main weather apps that I use. But it lacks alerts. Dark Sky gives these (literally "Light Rain Starting in 20 Minutes" or "Heavy Rain Starting in 5 Minutes". Dark Sky also does a fair job of showing general forecast and chances of things over the next week or so. While I use Windy as an app for me to check and see what's going on, it's not nearly there on the prediction front. Much less notifications that help with "Woah -- heavy rain, time to head back to the car" or "Just a drizzle, cool, let's keep going".
RivieraKid 7y ago
The killer feature is that they provide data from the best global model (ECMWF) for free.

asteli 7y ago

Saildrone's forecast app is like Dark Sky but even better and more beautiful. They don't have an android app yet, just iOS, but I believe one is in development, and they have a full-featured in-browser client. No affiliation, but I know someone who works there who showed me their app. https://www.saildrone.com/forecast https://www.saildrone.com/forecast

dubcanada 7y ago

I've been using https://www.ventusky.com/ https://www.ventusky.com/ for ever and it's better in my opinion then dark sky.

brlewis 7y ago
Does it do notifications of approaching rain?

Markoff 7y ago

try Geometric weather, Today weather or Windy

starpilot 7y ago

https://spotwx.com/ https://spotwx.com/ is good for very technical forecasts. You can select the weather model, and it shows you the grid square corresponding to your queried location. windy.com is good for access to the European model, which used to do better in mountainous regions but now the GFS is quite good. It tends to be a "drier" model than GFS.

Rebelgecko 7y ago

I've been happy with Weather Timeline although I haven't followed all the drama behind the app's changes in management

duanem 7y ago

Rainviewer is working on a similar output as Dark Sky where they are a predicting the radar images forward up to 2 hours. I don't think this feature is released yet but with this situation and support, they might work on it faster.