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10-20-16, 10:01 AM
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Mostly I just look out the window, but I also find this helpful, occasionally:
https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/
https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/
10-20-16, 10:35 AM
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I like Weather Underground for its Android app. It's clean, simple and has a homescreen "widget" icon that shows current conditions. I can customize the app to give me the info I want and hide what I don't want. They had to incorporate ads last year, but they seem less obtrusive than some other apps I tested.
10-20-16, 11:12 AM
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Try this, put bike outside, look at the seat. If it has snow on it dress warm. If it is wet, think about rain gear. If the bike blows over, use the drops. More seriously, I like the local weather station on tv. Local and accurate.
10-20-16, 11:46 AM
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I've found nothing better than an app called Dark Sky. It uses what they call "hyper local" forecasting, in that it uses your gps location and pulls data from all nearby weather stations to give extremely localized projections. I used it on tour and also when I was visiting rainy Portland,OR.
It is scary accurate. It will give you push notifications saying "drizzle/light rain/heavy rain, etc starting in xx minutes, ending in xx minute", and lo and behold. To the minute almost every time!
Forewarning- it is a $4.99 app. No recurring fees though.
It is scary accurate. It will give you push notifications saying "drizzle/light rain/heavy rain, etc starting in xx minutes, ending in xx minute", and lo and behold. To the minute almost every time!
Forewarning- it is a $4.99 app. No recurring fees though.
10-20-16, 12:38 PM
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I check the MyRadar app on my iPhone. If there's no rain nearby I'm out the door. 
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10-20-16, 12:46 PM
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WeatherBug and AccuWeather for Android. And my own joints and sinuses as a backup. Occasionally the two apps differ but between them the overall forecast is usually very accurate. Sometimes my body is more accurate.
Earlier this week both forecasts were for mostly sunny and hot weather with cooling by Thursday-Friday. I noticed the barometric pressure was falling and my joints and sinuses were aching by Tue-Wed. That usually means t-storms coming. Sure 'nuff, despite the rosy forecasts we had some loud t-storms with lots of lightning early Friday morning but with relatively little rain.
Earlier this week both forecasts were for mostly sunny and hot weather with cooling by Thursday-Friday. I noticed the barometric pressure was falling and my joints and sinuses were aching by Tue-Wed. That usually means t-storms coming. Sure 'nuff, despite the rosy forecasts we had some loud t-storms with lots of lightning early Friday morning but with relatively little rain.
10-20-16, 01:01 PM
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I just look outside. All the weather apps use locations which are far enough away that the reports often differ from the microclimate on my side of town. Especially the wind readings, those are nearly always off. Now that it's colder out I'll start stuffing a rain jacket in the backpack.
10-20-16, 02:15 PM
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I have a barometer in a lee on the house, and use National Weather Service .
Between the two, I'm rarely caught surprised by weather; there are NOAA weather stations 15 miles south of me, and 10 miles east, so I find it quite accurate.
Between the two, I'm rarely caught surprised by weather; there are NOAA weather stations 15 miles south of me, and 10 miles east, so I find it quite accurate.
10-20-16, 02:27 PM
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Weather.gov, and its looping radar, usually work for me. Since most commercial forecasters start from the NWS, and the NWS site itself lacks all the goofy commercials, why not go to the source?
10-20-16, 05:31 PM
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Yup, this time of year in Texas is when I begin to either carry a light jacket or long sleeve shirt, or wear a sleeveless wicking baselayer beneath my short sleeve jersey or pullover shirts. I really like the Pearl Izumi sleeveless baselayer (there are probably others that are just as good). It can extend the comfort range under a short sleeve shirt/jersey from the high 50s-low 60s on up and still be comfortable up to 90F.
10-20-16, 06:34 PM
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I'm another one for just going outside and assuming that the weather in my driveway will be the same wherever I go for as long as I'm out. Of course, I sometimes get wet, although in north Texas that isn't much of a problem. I'm often too warm or too cold but that can usually be taken care of by taking off or putting on a layer. North Texas is very forgiving.
10-20-16, 07:41 PM
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I've found nothing better than an app called Dark Sky. It uses what they call "hyper local" forecasting, in that it uses your gps location and pulls data from all nearby weather stations to give extremely localized projections. I used it on tour and also when I was visiting rainy Portland,OR.
It is scary accurate. It will give you push notifications saying "drizzle/light rain/heavy rain, etc starting in xx minutes, ending in xx minute", and lo and behold. To the minute almost every time!
Forewarning- it is a $4.99 app. No recurring fees though.
It is scary accurate. It will give you push notifications saying "drizzle/light rain/heavy rain, etc starting in xx minutes, ending in xx minute", and lo and behold. To the minute almost every time!
Forewarning- it is a $4.99 app. No recurring fees though.
10-21-16, 06:05 AM
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Weatherbug app and I go by what the map shows. Forecasting both with local TV news and on the app is wrong 90% of the time. The map shows where the rain is and you can extrapolate when the rain is going to be in your area.
If I'm looking to ride after work, I look to see what is happening in Ohio during the day and check where any rain is when I'm ready to head home.
Same with temperature when you are looking to plan the weekend. Can't look at temperature for Saturday on Wednesday, it will change. They can barely get accurate current conditions on forecasts let alone predict 3 days ahead. Many scheduled rides have been canceled due to 90% chance of rain and it turned out to be a cloudless day and many were canceled at the last minute because of 10% chance of rain turned out to be horrendous thunderstorms all day.
If I'm looking to ride after work, I look to see what is happening in Ohio during the day and check where any rain is when I'm ready to head home.
Same with temperature when you are looking to plan the weekend. Can't look at temperature for Saturday on Wednesday, it will change. They can barely get accurate current conditions on forecasts let alone predict 3 days ahead. Many scheduled rides have been canceled due to 90% chance of rain and it turned out to be a cloudless day and many were canceled at the last minute because of 10% chance of rain turned out to be horrendous thunderstorms all day.
10-21-16, 08:09 AM
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I use Storm. It used to be the Intellicast app but they did a total makeover and renamed it. Seems to have fairly accurate predictions.
10-21-16, 08:35 AM
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+1!
Dark Sky was five bucks well spent. It'll give you pretty accurate by-the-minute rainfall predictions based on your GPS location and has an easy to read timeline that'll tell you not only whether it'll rain, but how hard. The radar display's better than any other mobile app or web site I've tried, too.
...and with Family Sharing on Apple devices, that five bucks bought it for me, the wife, and kids.
Dark Sky was five bucks well spent. It'll give you pretty accurate by-the-minute rainfall predictions based on your GPS location and has an easy to read timeline that'll tell you not only whether it'll rain, but how hard. The radar display's better than any other mobile app or web site I've tried, too.
...and with Family Sharing on Apple devices, that five bucks bought it for me, the wife, and kids.
10-21-16, 09:54 AM
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I have to see the live radar loop
Intellicast - Current Radar in United States
click "play animation"
you can select a state from the drop down or just click the approx spot where you live
Intellicast - Current Radar in United States
click "play animation"
you can select a state from the drop down or just click the approx spot where you live
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