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I really like the way that the Norwegian site yr.no does this: http://www.yr.no/place/United_States/California/San_Francisco~5391959/hour_by_hour.html http://w

I really like the way that the Norwegian site yr.no does this: http://www.yr.no/place/United_States/California/San_Francisco~5391959/hour_by_hour.html http://www.yr.no/place/United_States/California/San_Francisc... Nice and simple, without any fancy Flash/animation going on. Take a look at the "Detailed" view to see pressure and cloud cover on the same graph. Compare the two of them, and I find this much more readable.

dfc 15y ago
I like the layout of yr.no better too. Unfortunately it is only in Celsius so not as useful for me...
bosse 15y ago
Thanks! I'm a sysadmin at met.no, and will forward your comments to the devs. I found the OP solution interesting in regards to visualizing historical observations. As of now, we have a system seperate from yr.no for that (but I believe it is still accessible from api.met.no).
- smackay 15y ago
  Great work on the graphics - concise and informative. Coverage in western Europe for wind speed and pressure on the advanced map is limited to the North Sea, and Northeastern Atlantic. Is this due to limited access to the data or because Scandanavians think that it is always sunny and warm in Iberia so the weather is not worth reporting.
  - bosse 15y ago
    Our primary sector is the Northern Atlantic and the North Sea from Faroe Islands/Iceland and up to and including the Arctic. We do those calculations based on observations from several sources (like weather stations, weather balloons and satellite imagery) that we feed into our meteorological and oceanographic models. The stuff we create for our sector are in principle always made public, and you'll see those products on yr.no and on the API. We also retrieve and use observations and products from partner institutions like NOAA (US) and the ECMWF (EU). Some of the partners (mostly national services) do not accept redistribution, so some areas might unfortunately only have basic meteorological and oceanographic data made available on our API. It's amazing how popular yr.no has become. We got word from some South African farmers who said they were using yr.no instead of their national service, as our service was of better use for them. (The distance between Oslo and Johannesburg is 6010 miles.)
dalys 15y ago
I also like yr.no and the hour by hour view it provides. As many other Swedes I use it every day. A plus for yr.no is all the free data that is available! Probably the best weather site there is, if you're in a northern Europe country at least. http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/ http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/
jacobn 15y ago
We've got a simplified version that's html-only in the pipeline, should be out "any day now", so do check back. (disclosure: I'm one of the devs on the site)
CodeMage 15y ago
I found yr.no visually appealing and easier on the eyes, but I found WeatherSpark more informative. WeatherSpark allows me to put other stuff on the graph, such as humidity. If there's an option to do that at yr.no, I missed. I also prefer being able to see the exact values right there on the graph, instead of having to look them up in a table. Just my personal preferences.

dfc 15y ago

I like the layout of yr.no better too. Unfortunately it is only in Celsius so not as useful for me...

bosse 15y ago

Thanks! I'm a sysadmin at met.no, and will forward your comments to the devs. I found the OP solution interesting in regards to visualizing historical observations. As of now, we have a system seperate from yr.no for that (but I believe it is still accessible from api.met.no).

smackay 15y ago
Great work on the graphics - concise and informative. Coverage in western Europe for wind speed and pressure on the advanced map is limited to the North Sea, and Northeastern Atlantic. Is this due to limited access to the data or because Scandanavians think that it is always sunny and warm in Iberia so the weather is not worth reporting.
- bosse 15y ago
  Our primary sector is the Northern Atlantic and the North Sea from Faroe Islands/Iceland and up to and including the Arctic. We do those calculations based on observations from several sources (like weather stations, weather balloons and satellite imagery) that we feed into our meteorological and oceanographic models. The stuff we create for our sector are in principle always made public, and you'll see those products on yr.no and on the API. We also retrieve and use observations and products from partner institutions like NOAA (US) and the ECMWF (EU). Some of the partners (mostly national services) do not accept redistribution, so some areas might unfortunately only have basic meteorological and oceanographic data made available on our API. It's amazing how popular yr.no has become. We got word from some South African farmers who said they were using yr.no instead of their national service, as our service was of better use for them. (The distance between Oslo and Johannesburg is 6010 miles.)

dalys 15y ago

I also like yr.no and the hour by hour view it provides. As many other Swedes I use it every day. A plus for yr.no is all the free data that is available! Probably the best weather site there is, if you're in a northern Europe country at least. http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/ http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/

jacobn 15y ago

We've got a simplified version that's html-only in the pipeline, should be out "any day now", so do check back. (disclosure: I'm one of the devs on the site)

CodeMage 15y ago

I found yr.no visually appealing and easier on the eyes, but I found WeatherSpark more informative. WeatherSpark allows me to put other stuff on the graph, such as humidity. If there's an option to do that at yr.no, I missed. I also prefer being able to see the exact values right there on the graph, instead of having to look them up in a table. Just my personal preferences.