What is the best weather forecaster?

I don't check often, but sometimes if it matters I will check a few online forecasters - if they match then I think there is a good chance they might be right.

This weekend looks like a storm coming through (gusts between 60 - 70mph on Sunday) - not too bad for here - I'll just check that the buckets and bins are not left lying around. I classify that as 'quite windy'

I like windy.com for the colours! This is Saturday morning illustrating the windy west of the UK. Sometimes, if you look at the overnight temperatures, in the winter you see a clear outline of Britain's coast in a different colour - the power of the (warm) sea!

What forecasters do you use? or do you just like a surprise!

There is a gentleman on another social media platform that just REALLY likes the weather to the point that he has a large following due to his accuracy. This fellow doesn't even live in the area anymore but still provides weather updates and reports out on storms while they build, they go over, and gives post storm summaries.

One man's passion project has been my best weather forecaster and I'm just glad he shares his knowledge freely.

Frankie is one of my favourites.  He's not always accurate, but he says it with passion.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx7jt4I-KPT6guTWwLxn50w

I like www.wunderground.com for finding out existing weather conditions. It is hooked up to all of the personal weather stations that people publish to the internet. So when I am at work I can find the temperature within a half mile of my house. Their Wundermap is a great resource.

I use Weather Underground. If you look at the 10-day, you can see chance of precip, humidity levels, cumulatives, wind, all the stuff I need if I need to decide when laundry's going to get done or whether the rabbits can be out in the yard, etc etc. It isn't always perfect (I think it errs more on the side of caution, the forecasted rain doesn't always actually fall) but it's pretty good. I like numbers and graphs.

I was using Weather Underground 10 years ago, when it was fast and without the bloat. When it was purchased by some other company it became impossible to use and I switched to PWS.

PWS Weather

It's using personal weather stations, so I can check the weather from the station that is 1 km away from me and in the mountains the proximity to the station matters a lot. It still gives different temperatures readouts than my microclimatic valley, but at least the rain forecast matches my observations.
The website is still not bloated and has historical data.

Nancy Reading wrote:I don't check often, but sometimes if it matters I will check a few online forecasters - if they match then I think there is a good chance they might be right.

This weekend looks like a storm coming through (gusts between 60 - 70mph on Sunday) - not too bad for here - I'll just check that the buckets and bins are not left lying around. I classify that as 'quite windy'

I like windy.com for the colours! This is Saturday morning illustrating the windy west of the UK. Sometimes, if you look at the overnight temperatures, in the winter you see a clear outline of Britain's coast in a different colour - the power of the (warm) sea!

What forecasters do you use? or do you just like a surprise!

The best weather forecaster is the one that provides accurate and timely updates for daily planning. Understanding temperatures with https://180ctof.com/convert-celsius-to-fahrenheit/
centigrade to fahrenheit conversion makes it even easier.

I usually cross-check a couple too — no single forecast is always right! Windy.com is great for visuals, but I find the Met Office (for the UK) tends to be the most reliable when it comes to actual conditions. Weather Underground or PWS can be handy for hyper-local updates if there’s a nearby station. For me it’s less about “the best” and more about blending a few sources to spot the trend.

I'm a fan of earth.nullschool.net for its visualisations and the way that it aggregates multiple models to derive simulations. I also tend to learn a lot by reading the forecast discussions put out by National Weather Service meteorologists on the regional pages of www.weather.gov and wish there was more direct availability of this sort of product in Aotearoa. MetVUW does a fair job with the technical stuff, but our so-called "public" services (Metservice and NIWA) are a bit hit or miss with the unfiltered info and to make matters worse, seem to compete with one another instead of cooperating.

This:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_pains