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Thanks, I’ll check that out.
Fake weather reports
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Looks like weather underground has taken over this role. wunderground.com
ylekot
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The location of the weather stations makes sense, airports and military bases have a need for hyper local conditions where most places do not, also, they are 2 of the most comparable landscapes in most places, basically paved desert. The temperature can vary by distance and elevation and landscape like any other form of weather. Your gear and theirs could both be right. Wunderground has a widespread net because people have/do buy home weather stations that will connect to Wunderground
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That’s totally awesome. Now I’ve got to tell the neighbors that I’m going to mount it on their fence. Lol.
ylekot
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I'm betting they will be much more amenable hen they find out they can access the information as well from anywhere!
The more cynical amongst people here have noted that the law says if the temperature goes above 34c building work must stop to protect the foreign workers they ship in, official statistics show it never does...
No other job on earth (besides possibly politicians) can be so wrong, so often as a meteorologist and still get paid.
I look at the thermometer outside, take a quick look at local radar and make a judgment call. I'm as often right as the forecast.
A personal peeve is the chance of precipitation percent. This is seldom accurate.
A good friend of mine says "If they say there's a 30 percent chance of rain, that means there's a 70 percent chance it won't".
It's just math, but that mindset makes me feel a little better.
I look at the thermometer outside, take a quick look at local radar and make a judgment call. I'm as often right as the forecast.
A personal peeve is the chance of precipitation percent. This is seldom accurate.
A good friend of mine says "If they say there's a 30 percent chance of rain, that means there's a 70 percent chance it won't".
It's just math, but that mindset makes me feel a little better.
ylekot
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Agreed.
I still prefer to think of it as a 70% chance there will be less than 0.01 inch of rain than a 30 percent chance there will be.
You know what I absolutely HATE though? When the ice in my glass melts and it causes the water level to rise and spill over the rim. What a mess!I gave up on a popular geography magazine when the cover showed waves smashing halfway up the skyscrapers on Manhattan...
Think it was supposed to be in 2021.
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You know what I absolutely HATE though? When the icein my glass melts and it causes the water level to rise and spill over the rim. What a mess!
Ah, you know that one. Still, it fools millions. AA
Rhody
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Yes I want that job.
On the 30% rain issue. I have a detailed weather app I think I paid for that lets me drill down on the % rain to see that the rain is expected say at 3pm so I have a better idea of when it’s coming and not a generic % all day.
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I was just going to suggest WU. From a quick search it looks like they have about 15 stations in the general area of Austin, and none of them are located in the airport. Click the ”change station” link and pick one of the pins on the map. Hopefully there is one close to you.
I just checked my location, and there is a station at the hotel I'm staying at.
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OK I logged into wunderground.com. There are a few stations close to my house. So I’m going to compare those based off of what my local media is telling me. To be continued… thanks for the website info.
I've just looked a wunderground, and selected the nearest station to me: it says it's 89F which is 32C. My weather app says 33C, so it's pretty close.
Rhody
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As was mentioned earlier in this thread there are home weather stations. Good ones are quite expensive. There’s another thread on b&b about these. I’ve had a few cheaper versions over the years and they usually break.
Its 35°C here, sun splitting the trees, alls well, sunshine and lolly pops. There fake weather report from Worcestershire.
Rhody
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I have a basic temperature device with an outside sensor so I checked the temp against the weather app I use and it was just one degree different.
do we really need forecasts anymore? I almost feel as though they throw out a 50% chance and call it a day. that way, they're only wrong half the time and still get to collect six figures
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