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| Thread ID: 137408 | 2014-07-05 05:52:00 | Go WeatherAndroid Premium App.. Going Free | kahawai chaser (3545) | PC World Chat |
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| 1378597 | 2014-07-05 05:52:00 | Been looking for a weather app to plan mowing lawns, what with changing weather. Go weather Premium going free until the 6th. No ads, 24-hour and 10-day detailed forecasts, and special widget themes. Need to enter codes - from Talk Android. (www.talkandroid.com) |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1378598 | 2014-07-05 06:18:00 | Knowing how "accurate" our weather forecasters are....I normally just look out the window ;) | Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1378599 | 2014-07-05 07:34:00 | There are tons of free weather apps and many of them are pretty good. I suspect all the free and paid ones probably source their data from the met service anyway. I paid the 2 or 3 $ for the met-service app myself. Its accurate as any other my opinion - which is to say so so. I don't plan when to mow my lawns, if it's not raining, I have the time, and they need it, I mow them. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1378600 | 2014-07-05 09:20:00 | Accuweather is the best I have found - upgraded from free to paid because they are so accurate | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1378601 | 2014-07-05 10:03:00 | They are all crap. last weekend was supposed the wet Saturday fine Sunday, then fine Saturday wet Sunday. It was fine both days!! Except if you lived 20km away. The only forecast you can rely on your own guess work. For some unexplained reason this method is right most of the time! | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1378602 | 2014-07-05 13:12:00 | I have a weather station in my back yard. Other than that I look at the sky. If the cats come inside and they are soaking wet I know that it is raining outside. Mobile weather apps are quite handy when you are travelling. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1378603 | 2014-07-05 22:01:00 | I use the yr.no website from Norway it has the most accurate NZ weather even for the smallest settlements of any I have come across | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1378604 | 2014-07-05 23:37:00 | I use the yr.no website from Norway it has the most accurate NZ weather even for the smallest settlements of any I have come across I found where to get the New Zealand forecasts from here (www.yr.no). I am able to get forecasts for Invercargill, Gore and Te Anau which is handy for me. One concern is are the times shown in Norway or New Zealand times. The MetService forecasts a -1 frost for Invercargill on Monday while the yr.no forecast predicts a -1 frost for Invercargill on Tuesday morning. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1378605 | 2014-07-06 09:36:00 | Knowing how "accurate" our weather forecasters are....I normally just look out the window ;) Yeah looking works for the day - like a snapshot - along with feeling any outside drop in temperature There are tons of free weather apps and many of them are pretty good. I suspect all the free and paid ones probably source their data from the met service anyway. I paid the 2 or 3 $ for the met-service app myself. Its accurate as any other my opinion - which is to say so so. I don't plan when to mow my lawns, if it's not raining, I have the time, and they need it, I mow them. Agree - All pretty good for a prediction (operative word here), across different regions, and cities globally. Available time for mowing lawns is essence for planning against incremental weather. More so if at home to mow them. I think Go weather App seems to be heavily theme/widgit based of which many to buy - probably where they try to make money. Accuweather is the best I have found - upgraded from free to paid because they are so accurate Agree - But try like to something different They are all crap. last weekend was supposed the wet Saturday fine Sunday, then fine Saturday wet Sunday. It was fine both days!! Except if you lived 20km away. The only forecast you can rely on your own guess work. For some unexplained reason this method is right most of the time! I always thought any broadcasted weather forecast is simply that. A estimate of sorts, never really accurate. (and repeatable) Kinda like a macro view rather than micro. Regional/County vs suburbs. I have come across suburbs partially wet and the other part dry! For a forecast fine day. I have a weather station in my back yard. Other than that I look at the sky. If the cats come inside and they are soaking wet I know that it is raining outside. Mobile weather apps are quite handy when you are travelling. Interesting - Do you log the data? The Howick Weather station is run buy a individual it seems. Uploads the data and charts to the internet. Visit here (http://howickweather.info/). I guess it's a example of a micro view or suburb specific, improving accuracy compared to data used by apps and broadcasters. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1378606 | 2014-07-09 02:30:00 | Interesting - Do you log the data? The Howick Weather station is run buy a individual it seems. Uploads the data and charts to the internet. Visit here (http://howickweather.info/). I guess it's a example of a micro view or suburb specific, improving accuracy compared to data used by apps and broadcasters. You can buy a weather station for about $200-300. I upload data from it to Weather Underground here (www.wunderground.com). |
Bobh (5192) | ||
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