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Weather forecast is best told as a narrative and reducing it to a sports score like temperature / rainfall will always be problematic for many regions. I’m in

by bmink 1y ago

Weather forecast is best told as a narrative and reducing it to a sports score like temperature / rainfall will always be problematic for many regions. I’m in SF and I have not looked at a “TV/app style” forecast in years. Instead every morning I read: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=CI&glossary=1&issuedby=MTR&product=AFD&site=MTR&version=1 https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=CI&glossary=... During the day I look periodically at: https://fog.today https://fog.today

vrosas 1y ago
Enjoy NOAA’s data while they still have funding.
mplanchard 1y ago
I also like the pure NWS data, and will take a moment to shill Deep Weather on iOS, which provides a nice, easy interface to the NWS products for an area.
- fred_is_fred 1y ago
  I've been looking for something like this but unfortunately I am halfway between two stations and with the mountains here makes enough of a difference that neither one is accurate.
- ttobbaybbob 1y ago
  or if you want nicely wrapped pure NWS data you can get results like https://trytako.com/card/EK32MAxL85E5_KOZy6R3/?dark_mode=true https://trytako.com/card/EK32MAxL85E5_KOZy6R3/?dark_mode=tru... via our API
  - hnburnsy 1y ago
    NWS already has it wrapped nicely just supply your lat/long, and offers the XML version too. Example... Hourly Weather Forecast Graph (48 hours) https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-81.3881&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-8... XML Version https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-81.3881&FcstType=digitalDWML https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-8...
- hnburnsy 1y ago
  >I also like the pure NWS data NWSNOW for Android, includes the vaunted "Forecast Discussion". Side load, No ads, no tracking, pure NWS and NOAA data. https://www.nwsnow.net/ https://www.nwsnow.net/
gdryke 1y ago
I made a val to clean this up a little better: https://www.val.town/x/greg_dryke/nwsForecastDiscussionWeb https://www.val.town/x/greg_dryke/nwsForecastDiscussionWeb The `<pre>` on the NWS site was really messy on mobile, this is nice and neat. Feel free to fork it and use your own, or this link should work for your NWS site too! https://greg_dryke--0816a61c279c11f09d52569c3dd06744.web.val.run/?site=MTR https://greg_dryke--0816a61c279c11f09d52569c3dd06744.web.val... (No promises on possible future changes if you do start using it, but it's pretty stable.)
- jimmaswell 1y ago
  I found reader mode in Firefox Mobile worked fine too, but yours doesn't have the broken line breaks like reader mode did.
deepsun 1y ago
Is it possible to navigate to that page from weather.gov (not having a direct link)? Cannot find a way.

by bmink 1y ago

vrosas 1y ago

Enjoy NOAA’s data while they still have funding.

mplanchard 1y ago

I also like the pure NWS data, and will take a moment to shill Deep Weather on iOS, which provides a nice, easy interface to the NWS products for an area.

fred_is_fred 1y ago
I've been looking for something like this but unfortunately I am halfway between two stations and with the mountains here makes enough of a difference that neither one is accurate.
ttobbaybbob 1y ago
or if you want nicely wrapped pure NWS data you can get results like https://trytako.com/card/EK32MAxL85E5_KOZy6R3/?dark_mode=true https://trytako.com/card/EK32MAxL85E5_KOZy6R3/?dark_mode=tru... via our API
- hnburnsy 1y ago
  NWS already has it wrapped nicely just supply your lat/long, and offers the XML version too. Example... Hourly Weather Forecast Graph (48 hours) https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-81.3881&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-8... XML Version https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-81.3881&FcstType=digitalDWML https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.4963&lon=-8...
hnburnsy 1y ago
>I also like the pure NWS data NWSNOW for Android, includes the vaunted "Forecast Discussion". Side load, No ads, no tracking, pure NWS and NOAA data. https://www.nwsnow.net/ https://www.nwsnow.net/

gdryke 1y ago

I made a val to clean this up a little better: https://www.val.town/x/greg_dryke/nwsForecastDiscussionWeb https://www.val.town/x/greg_dryke/nwsForecastDiscussionWeb The `<pre>` on the NWS site was really messy on mobile, this is nice and neat. Feel free to fork it and use your own, or this link should work for your NWS site too! https://greg_dryke--0816a61c279c11f09d52569c3dd06744.web.val.run/?site=MTR https://greg_dryke--0816a61c279c11f09d52569c3dd06744.web.val... (No promises on possible future changes if you do start using it, but it's pretty stable.)

jimmaswell 1y ago
I found reader mode in Firefox Mobile worked fine too, but yours doesn't have the broken line breaks like reader mode did.

deepsun 1y ago

Is it possible to navigate to that page from weather.gov (not having a direct link)? Cannot find a way.