Weather is big business. Farmers want to know when is the best time to plant (or harvest). Event organizers want to know if a thunderstorm might come up during an open-air concert. And the rest of us want to know about their daily commute and plans for the weekend barbeque.
During a chat not long ago in the #Soylent channel of SoylentNews' IRC server, I discovered there are likely others who have an interest in all things weather-related.
I thought it might be interesting to see what weather resources my fellow Soylentils use. Not just for forecasting, but for getting current conditions, and while we are at it, let's include space weather forecasts, too. Note: I live in the USA and my primary browser is Pale Moon; please submit comments with other resources!
Many of the sites require some Javascript, but I have had success using NoScript and selectively enabling from 1 to 4 domains to get things to work.
My favorite going-down-the-rabbit-hole site is at nullschool.net -- click on the word "earth" to bring up (and hide) a menu of features and presentations you can choose. Check out ocean currents and temps, surface winds and temps, etc. See their about page for a more detailed summary of the options.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:01AM
Heh, that was the weather service I was referring to in my earlier comment. Of all the ones I evaluated, they were consistently the worst, no-one else even came close. And the worst thing is that since they're the government-mandated service, if you're using weather info in an official capacity (e.g. pilots) you have to use them even if you know they're going to be wrong. Try asking a pilot in NZ "who do you *actually* use for your weather info?" some time. Not "who do you officially use" but "who do you actually use".