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If you live in a country where local, short-term rain / shower forecast is essential (like [1] [2]), it's funny to see how incredibly bad radar forecast is. Th
by stabbles 3y ago
If you live in a country where local, short-term rain / shower forecast is essential (like [1] [2]), it's funny to see how incredibly bad radar forecast is.
There are really convenient apps that show an animated map with radar data of rain, historical data + prediction (typically).
The prediction is always completely bonkers.
You can eyeball it better.
No wonder "AI" can improve that. Even linear extrapolation is better.
Yes, local rain prediction is a different thing from global forecasting.
[1] https://www.buienradar.nl https://www.buienradar.nl
[2] https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/service-und-publikationen/applikationen/niederschlag.html https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/service-und-publikationen/...
- bberenberg 3y agoInteresting that you say this. I spent in month in AMS 7-8 years ago and buienradar was accurate down to the minute when I used it. Has something changed?
- bobviolier 3y agoI don't know how or why, but yes, it has become less accurate over at least the last year or so.
- supdudesupdude 3y agoFunny to mention. None of the AI forecasts can actually predict precip. None of them mention this and i assume everyone thinks this means the rain forecasts are better. Nope just temperature and humidity and wind. Important but come on, it's a bunch of shite
- je42 3y agoHowever, tools like buienrader seem to have trouble in the recent months/years to accurately predict local weather.