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I have to scroll all they way down to the buttom to find the information source -- WorldWeatherOnline. Does people not care about where their whether data is so

I have to scroll all they way down to the buttom to find the information source -- WorldWeatherOnline. Does people not care about where their whether data is sourced from? Living in Japan, I have always been wary of these type of service, since I find a lot of them really inaccurate. And I just checked, Tokyo show 15C on that website, while high resolution current weather information from Japan Metrological Agency show 18C.

LeoPanthera 4y ago
This is why I like Windy.com. They give you the output directly from the various weather models and you can actually see them all in parallel or just pick whichever one works best for your location.
- brewdad 4y ago
  Living in the PNW where predicting snowfall can be problematic to say the least, I love looking at the various windy.com models. One particular storm, that lead to about an inch of sticking snow this past winter had ranges from 2-20 inches predicted by the various models. The worst part is the 2 inch prediction came from the model that is generally considered the least reliable for our area.
is_true 4y ago
I think you are comparing a weather model with the current reading from a weather station.
- innocenat 4y ago
  So you are saying that "weather right now" shouldn't be a reading from weather station?
  - is_true 4y ago
    No. It should. But a lot of weather data sites use data from models instead of current readings from nearby stations.
cmeacham98 4y ago
I'll admit I'm just speculating because I don't know much about weather and weather data collection, but is it not possible there's a 3 degree difference between 2 different places of measurement in Tokyo (i.e. both are correct to some degree?)
- _moof 4y ago
  > is it not possible there's a 3 degree difference between 2 different places of measurement in Tokyo I don't know about Tokyo in particular, but generally speaking, for a large coastal city that wouldn't surprise me at all.
- teaearlgraycold 4y ago
  > while high resolution current weather information from Japan Metrological Agency They are complaining about location precision. It might be very coarse (equivalent to US zip code size). It’s a valid complaint. I use Dark Sky on iOS because it’s accurate to 10 meters or so.
- innocenat 4y ago
  I checked about dozen station in Tokyo and they were the same.
e-dant 4y ago
Metrological?
timonoko 4y ago
Seems to be mostly Airport data. Helsinki Airport is not in Helsinki, so this information is quite useless. Also we do not measure windspeed in km/h.
- yxhuvud 4y ago
  Windspeed unit was configurable though.
avgcorrection 4y ago
> Does people not care about where their whether data is sourced from? Weather or not I care is really not your concern.
usr1106 4y ago
I agree. I always avoid these aggregators that offer world-wide coverage. The quality of the data is often questionable. As a cyclist I'm mostly interested in rain. So I check the rain radar of the national weather service, which has excellent resolution. Even when travelling I spend 5 minutes to dig out the relevant local pages of a national weather service and bookmark them. Not something I have to do so frequently that any kind of automation would be needed. Weather apps and this client are a solutions in search of a real problem. Yes, it's a nice demo, I like working with the terminal. But I am not working with weather all day long.

LeoPanthera 4y ago

This is why I like Windy.com. They give you the output directly from the various weather models and you can actually see them all in parallel or just pick whichever one works best for your location.

brewdad 4y ago
Living in the PNW where predicting snowfall can be problematic to say the least, I love looking at the various windy.com models. One particular storm, that lead to about an inch of sticking snow this past winter had ranges from 2-20 inches predicted by the various models. The worst part is the 2 inch prediction came from the model that is generally considered the least reliable for our area.

is_true 4y ago

I think you are comparing a weather model with the current reading from a weather station.

innocenat 4y ago
So you are saying that "weather right now" shouldn't be a reading from weather station?
- is_true 4y ago
  No. It should. But a lot of weather data sites use data from models instead of current readings from nearby stations.

cmeacham98 4y ago

I'll admit I'm just speculating because I don't know much about weather and weather data collection, but is it not possible there's a 3 degree difference between 2 different places of measurement in Tokyo (i.e. both are correct to some degree?)

_moof 4y ago
> is it not possible there's a 3 degree difference between 2 different places of measurement in Tokyo I don't know about Tokyo in particular, but generally speaking, for a large coastal city that wouldn't surprise me at all.
teaearlgraycold 4y ago
> while high resolution current weather information from Japan Metrological Agency They are complaining about location precision. It might be very coarse (equivalent to US zip code size). It’s a valid complaint. I use Dark Sky on iOS because it’s accurate to 10 meters or so.
innocenat 4y ago
I checked about dozen station in Tokyo and they were the same.

e-dant 4y ago

Metrological?

timonoko 4y ago

Seems to be mostly Airport data. Helsinki Airport is not in Helsinki, so this information is quite useless. Also we do not measure windspeed in km/h.

yxhuvud 4y ago
Windspeed unit was configurable though.

avgcorrection 4y ago

> Does people not care about where their whether data is sourced from? Weather or not I care is really not your concern.

usr1106 4y ago

I agree. I always avoid these aggregators that offer world-wide coverage. The quality of the data is often questionable. As a cyclist I'm mostly interested in rain. So I check the rain radar of the national weather service, which has excellent resolution. Even when travelling I spend 5 minutes to dig out the relevant local pages of a national weather service and bookmark them. Not something I have to do so frequently that any kind of automation would be needed. Weather apps and this client are a solutions in search of a real problem. Yes, it's a nice demo, I like working with the terminal. But I am not working with weather all day long.