Most accurate weather app

Most weather apps use the same databases - weather.com and accuweather, so the default I find is as accurate as any
 
Aharon said:
Most weather apps use the same databases - weather.com and accuweather, so the default I find is as accurate as any
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I found Weatherbug and Accuweather miles apart -and Weatherbug was more accurate.
(That said, haven't used Accuwaether in forever, so things may have changed....)
 
Sl8er said:
I found Weatherbug and Accuweather miles apart -and Weatherbug was more accurate.
(That said, haven't used Accuwaether in forever, so things may have changed....)
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I find Accuweather's RealFeel temperature is very accurate. That said, the Weather Underground temperature that HD Widgets puts on my main homescreen is usually the same as the Accuweather RealFeel, so weather services might manipulate their stats based on wind, humidity etc.
 
Bryn26 said:
I find Accuweather's RealFeel temperature is very accurate. That said, the Weather Underground temperature that HD Widgets puts on my main homescreen is usually the same as the Accuweather RealFeel, so weather services might manipulate their stats based on wind, humidity etc.
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Ok, yeah, like I mentioned I haven't used Accuweather in forever.
Weatherbug specifies what the temperature, humidity, wind, pressure, etc, would be, gives the temperature and then also the "feels like" temperature (which incorporates the above mentioned). That's all I can comment on :)
On he other hand, I found YR to be the best when it comes to rain -their temperatures are mostly off.
 
Sl8er said:
Ok, yeah, like I mentioned I haven't used Accuweather in forever.
Weatherbug specifies what the temperature, humidity, wind, pressure, etc, would be, gives the temperature and then also the "feels like" temperature (which incorporates the above mentioned). That's all I can comment on :)
On he other hand, I found YR to be the best when it comes to rain -their temperatures are mostly off.
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YR is excellent for certain areas. Most people I know who live in rural towns or even just lesser-known towns use YR, as it's the only accurate weather service for them.
 
Is SAWS data accurate?

Yes, it's the only accurate source in the world for SA. The only one! Sure the SABC get some very high level maps from us, and most of SA's newspapers get their data from us, but basically everything else you see is complete drivel.

It's our bad...we've been very tough to access up until now.

See the next topic for more insight as to why we are WAY more accurate than anyone else.
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Quite simply, everything else out there is completely inaccurate. Accuweather, Weather Underground, and all the international weather sites source their data from a single one of OUR pre-forecast model runs. We would NEVER publish that data to end users - it's a first rough cut of the high level systems, and has almost nothing to do with what happens in your town. After sharing that data with WMO met offices around the world (we get theirs, they get ours), we combine the results with 5 other local model systems, and then hand the complete set of data over to locally based weather forecasters. These are the guys who know everything about their region's topography, and do forecasts that models simply cannot do. It's the same way it's done all over the world; no single country would even dream of using the shared international model runs to do a local forecast.

Here's a brief list of what SAWS, and only SAWS, has exclusive access to:

* National radar network (how anyone can predict anything without radar is just laughable)
* National lightning detection network
* 5 regional offices
* A very large team of forecasters, each with regional knowledge of topography (eg CT mountain! Imagine modeling CT as a smooth globe!!)
* Numerous model runs which forecasters use for various systems (rain is done from a different model to humidity which is different from wind etc)

SAWS is Africa's only met office accredited by the WMO to do Africa-wide forecasts. No one else does it. So, when accuweather allows you to enter your exact geographic position to get a forecast for Dainfern being 8km away from Lanseria, they are doing an interpolation between the grossly inaccurate JHB forecast they have, and the grossly inaccurate PTA forecast. Just because they can show the current conditions of Lanseria (pirated from our realtime WMO data feed), it does not mean they have a forecast for Lanseria. We do. We own the weather station there, and we're required to do a very detailed forecast for that airport.

Don't believe us? Just watch our forecasts for a while and then decide. It'd be laughable...if it wasn't serious!

PS: Right now, eTV do not source from us, nor does Weather24, nor does DSTV weather channel. They all prefer to use the free feeds. So if you want an easy comparison, just watch any of those channels and compare to our forecasts, you'll quickly get the idea.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20090622081232/http://dev2.weathersa.co.za/subscr/faq.html

http://www.weathersa.co.za/
 
I'm using The Weather Channel now. Pretty good.

Before that I used Wunderground but predictions were very poor.
 
Put your phone in your pocket, walk out of your front door. If its warm, wear a T-Shirt. If it's cold go back in and put on a jersey.
 
noswal said:
Put your phone in your pocket, walk out of your front door. If its warm, wear a T-Shirt. If it's cold go back in and put on a jersey.
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People do that anyway. Weather forecasts let you plan for the future.
 
Bryn26 said:
People do that anyway. Weather forecasts let you plan for the future.
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There's no such thing as accurate weather prediction when it comes to PE… you should know that.
 
Some of the weather apps these days are way out. They tell you that at a spesific time there is a 80% chance of rain and then the sun shines during that period. :confused:

But thanks for the replies.
 
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