Weather forecast

[Dextersg]

Of all the choices we've got of weather forecasts is there one that appears to be more accurate then the others, it's doing my head in this year

 

[Northeastfarmer]

They are all sh!t

 

[Dkb]

Accuweather is quite accurate. It’s goes on to forecast for weeks but I don’t know how accurate that would be. But certainly I always feel they get the weeks forecast fairly accurate

 

[topground]

The sales director for a major brewery asked a couple of us farmers last night what the weather was going to do this summer. He said 'you farmers know what is going on and I need to know what the weather impact on beer sales will be'
He obviously had more faith in us yokels than the the weather forecasters. We offered a beer for forecast deal.

 

[Gulli]

They've turned into a bloody joke, it's not a forecast if it changes every hour, it's just telling you what the weather is doing at the that point, which is useful if you work in an office with no windows...

Although some of the time it gets that wrong too.

 

[Zippy768]

Getting on my t!ts to. Seems to be dry (albeit overcast) when they say rain, when they say "turning brighter in the afternoon" it rains.
Forecast heavy rain this afternoon but I bet it wont happen.
Also they should define heavy rain. On and off rain yesterday which was, so called, heavy, but little more than drizzle

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Long and short of it is showery weather is next to impossible to forecast.
Dry settled spells they can cope with. Or proper rain.
But when showers are such that a mile down the road is dry whilst we're getting frequent showers, how can anyone forecast that? Apart from saying "risk of showers".

 

[Dextersg]

Weather forecast in the south East has changed since 7 o clock this morning

 

[primmiemoo]

It will never be easy to get weather forecasts for the South West peninsular, but I find Windy.com is often handy. I'm not sure who's information they use to compile their forecasts - undoubtedly more than one source - but I've found them ok across a week.

There's also the Irish Met Office, whose long range forecast is useful. I sort of stitch those two in with the BBC regional forecasts on TV. It's coming up to tourist season, so the Beeb gets flak about accuracy when it comes to rain and showers, and becomes delightfully vague as a result. Commercial TV forecasting is even worse, so I never watch it now.

 

[Clive]

You get what you pay for

Sencrop forecast is very good as is the Riza contour one - both have a cost however

Best free one is Dark Sky - it’s the one we use on the TFF weather page

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

I use the BBC weather app on my phone which I find is pretty accurate over a few days . On Sunday it said it would start raining at 6pm - it started at 5.58 .

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I use the BBC weather app on my phone which I find is pretty accurate over a few days . On Sunday it said it would start raining at 6pm - it started at 5.58 .

The bbc is diabolical...their app doesn’t even match their tv weather

 

[Dextersg]

The bbc is diabolical...their app doesn’t even match their tv weather

Absolutely right, the weather forecast at 7o clock is completely different to the local bbc and the app is different again. With weather forecast like that 'does'ent make hay making any easier

 

[Short_Angus]

Anybody else remember when you used to be able to phone a met office human based at the local airport. Dad did that regularly at hay time and always said they were very good.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Just as a point of info - the met office app has both written summary and symbols (for every hour for the current day) as no doubt do plenty of other apps. The symbols are computer generated and can be far more area specific, whilst the blurb is the forecaster's interpretation, but generally more regional.

This gives both their strengths and weaknesses - a human being is able to suggest uncertainty and possible alternatives, whilst the computer is updated far more frequently and can be more specific to your area.

I also find the rain radar page very useful, tracking showers or rain band's progress to enable short term decisions.

 

[Bob the beef]

The Norwegian weather service do a pretty good forecast for the U.K. Was a bit unsure when a I was told this, but to be fair they are generally looking west all the time for their own weather.

www.yr.no

 

[Dextersg]

The Norwegian weather service do a pretty good forecast for the U.K. Was a bit unsure when a I was told this, but to be fair they are generally looking west all the time for their own weather.

www.yr.no

That's interesting

 

[ianlucasshearing]

I am constantly looking for a decent weather forecast! Shearing is not easy this year!!!!

 

[davieogrutha]

I quite like to use magicseaweed.com, bit of a faff getting to the weather maps but once on it they are pretty decent.

 

[Gulli]

The Norwegian weather service do a pretty good forecast for the U.K. Was a bit unsure when a I was told this, but to be fair they are generally looking west all the time for their own weather.

www.yr.no

They are my main forecast. Used them a lot in nz where they were very accurate. Bit hit and miss here lately