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This article mostly discusses longer-term forecasts, but I have also been impressed with the quality and reliability of imminent-storm alerts. They have saved m
by Zamiel_Snawley 3y ago
This article mostly discusses longer-term forecasts, but I have also been impressed with the quality and reliability of imminent-storm alerts. They have saved me from getting drenched in a rain storm or allowed me to pull off the road for a break before a downpour.
It doesn't get a ton of press, but as this article highlights, progress has been steady and significant.
This article asserts that improving forecasts in low-income countries is underrated--does anyone know of studies that predict the impact better forecasts would have? Helping the poor with tech seems like the kind of project that many philanthropists could get excited about, and hopefully more effective than gravity lights and the like.
- macintux 3y agoAs someone who drives much of the summer with no top on his Jeep, Dark Sky was a revelation. I also managed to find a route between two bands of heavy thunderstorms (with a tornado watch to boot) one night far from home with no top and no doors using the radar. Modern technology is amazing.
- darknavi 3y ago> Dark Sky was a revelation Any replacement for it on iOS? Maybe I am crazy but Apple's weather alerts just don't seem like the same sauce.
- Larrikin 3y agoI think they were doing some magic with the Android phone sensors, large amounts of user reports, as well as the actual forecast models. Before Apple bought them, my Android phone was its own party trick at the bar. I'd be able to tell people down to the minute when it would start and stop raining. It was amazing for bar hopping on bad weather days.
- counters 3y agoNope. Simple computer vision / optical flow applied to radar image sequences.
- declaredapple 3y agoWhat the actual crap did Apple do to mess it up so bad then? Switching between providers on Carrot, Apple Weather often doesn't predict any amount of rain for the entire week, meanwhile I'm soaked in water in a thunderstorm, and NOAA and others predicted rain the entire week (which it did).
- counters 3y agoNo clue. They have strong folks on their weather team, too. Not obvious what's gone wrong over there.
- declaredapple 3y agoDark sky used to be accurate almost to the minute for me. Apple Weather will tell me it won't rain today or all week. Meanwhile NOAA will tell me I'm currently in a thunderstorm and that it will rain all week - And it was right. Carrot is nice because you can switch between several providers.