What weather forecast to believe

Gil Martin · Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:14 am Post subject: What weather forecast to believe

I am the emergency management director for my township and need to get reliable weather information. NEVER, NEVER. NEVER go by the local media reports. We are expecting a bit of snow tonight. The TV and radio forecasts sound like a snow auction with enough numbers for a bingo game.

The more reliable sources of accurate weather information seem to be The National Weather Service (which is not allowed to hype the weather) or The Weather Channel. These folks are usually right on and forecast only a fraction of what the media hype reports.

All the best...
Gil

longwalker

Nation Weather Service is the best as far as I an concerned. The website is good and it allows you to see what is happening. Then you can make your own predictions based on your experience !

www.nws.noaa.gov

longwalker

chambered221

Them be the 2 I use !!!

Vince

I use Wundermap Interactive Radar and Weather Stations when I want to check out what's happening to you guys in the US.

Wundermap

Cheers, Vince

hunterjoe21

I don't believe ANY "weathercaster".

GrandPops used to say they "All live in cement block buildings without windows"...

slimjim

I'm with Vince. I always check the maps and forecast on the wunderground. Gives me info to make a determination if the weather forecasters are to be believed. I even use wunderground.com to check the winds in the Hourly forecast to decide when I should plan to shoot. (note, the link is for the DFW area, just insert your zip code to see your area)

Elvis

over here on the west coast they say " If you cant see the hills it must be raining and if you can see them its gunna rain again soon" always take sunscreen and a good coat.

slimjim

Sounds like Texas. If you don't like the weather, wait a minute.

slots918 · Member Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 138

I use intellicast.com and wunderground.com they are fairly accurate but the other day they both said a high of 65 and at 15:00 it was 77. A terrible mistake. Very Happy

Vince

Slots...I can't believe such a mistake mate...send them a bag fulla uppercuts mate.

I note that Bushy hasn't contributed to this thread yet...possibly hasn't read it either. Strange, being an "old salt".

Cheers, Vince

tikkat3 · Super Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800

I'm a firm believer in sticking your head out the window and having a good look around.
The prediction is then "expect more of the same"

Vince

The only real guaranteed weather reporter is below.

Cheers, Vince

English Mike

Ask the nearest airport what they use - it'll be the best available.

Elvis

Very good Vince.

BigBlue

They seem to be pretty accurate telling you what happened the day before.