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When I am in the Backcountry and need forecasts for anywhere in the world, there is no data source more reliable than the Norwegian weather service. Their whole
by elif 4y ago
When I am in the Backcountry and need forecasts for anywhere in the world, there is no data source more reliable than the Norwegian weather service. Their whole globe model is extremely accurate to the specific mountain or pass you are concerned about, with reliable mm and hour precision forecasts. In New Zealand it was way more accurate than any NZ sources I consulted.
They also have many (free) api's for whole world weather. If your life depends on it, they are my recommendation.
https://developer.yr.no/ https://developer.yr.no/
- nonethewiser 4y agoHow do you access it in the backcountry?
- elif 4y agoThis is fun actually. Once a week or so when I have connection, I load up the tabs I need for the next week in chrome, i.e. locations ~25km apart on my path. Then, when I'm on a mountaintop (usually at least 3-4 times a day when you are backpacking), I try to refresh them until I've updated the forecasts. If it loads, I take a screenshot and stop trying for the day. At night I review the screenshots and mark them up. After my last thru hike I vowed to turn this into an automatic app that would turn on the radio for these polls at certain altitudes based upon geospatial calculations and then turn off the radio automatically after acquiring a daily update.. but alas I never did.