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General => General => Topic started by: Stooby2 on 11 May 2013, 02:10:56 pm

Title: Useful weather site
Post by: Stooby2 on 11 May 2013, 02:10:56 pm
http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ (http://www.raintoday.co.uk/)


Handy to see what's coming your way or roughly how long the current rain is going to last.


Edited so the link works  :)
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: snapper on 11 May 2013, 05:01:33 pm
? all i get is ?
 
" Dont look at me ! "
?
 
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: Dead Eye on 11 May 2013, 05:04:10 pm
Try this, the link requires the http:// at the front otherwise it won't go to the right place

www.raintoday.co.uk (http://www.raintoday.co.uk)
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: baggy on 11 May 2013, 06:38:49 pm
Cheers mate its a good site.

 is good for your phone :) (http://WWW.raintoday.co.uk/mobile[/url)
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: dazza on 11 May 2013, 09:13:39 pm
Handy for me as I don't have a TV or windows and I can't look up  :rolleyes
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: Grahamm on 11 May 2013, 10:18:08 pm
I've paid for the premium version because it gives you better definition and a forecast of where the rain is likely to be over the next couple of hours which is very handy for planning routes to avoid it :thumbup
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: nakedadder on 11 May 2013, 10:28:11 pm
Handy for me as I don't have a TV or windows and I can't look up  :rolleyes

 :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: PlasticHarry on 13 May 2013, 07:50:03 pm
What's wrong with the met office?: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/beta/ (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/beta/)

All there including surface pressure charts and it's free!

Their Android app is pretty good too.

H
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: ddtwelve on 13 May 2013, 08:31:21 pm
i use Accuweather on my mobile brill little app does daily, hourly maps and videos too anywhere in the world :lol
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: Streetbudgie on 13 May 2013, 08:44:01 pm
I have a foolproof weather guide method:

Open door
Go Outside
Am I wet?
Yes - it's raining
No - it's not raining

Free of charge and you can update your software every day at no cost (by this I mean change your pants)
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: taylor on 13 May 2013, 08:52:30 pm
very true streetbudgie lol,  it,s not rocket science :lol
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: ddtwelve on 13 May 2013, 09:06:03 pm
yep but with the uk weather could be dry where you are but 5 miles down the road downpours  :eek
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: Grahamm on 14 May 2013, 12:06:36 am
What's wrong with the met office?:

It doesn't give you the rainfall predictions as accurately and as far ahead as the Rain Today site does.
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: Exupnut on 14 May 2013, 12:16:09 am
http://weathergirlstv.com/from/united-kingdom/

Works for me :-)
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: peterjca on 14 May 2013, 01:26:14 pm
Used the met site for years. Surprisingly good:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/#?tab=fiveDay (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/#?tab=fiveDay)

With all sorts of different charts, updated at least two-hourly.


Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: dazza on 14 May 2013, 02:40:46 pm
I've paid for the premium version because it gives you better definition and a forecast of where the rain is likely to be over the next couple of hours which is very handy for planning routes to avoid it :thumbup
   
ANAL :b
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: PlasticHarry on 14 May 2013, 08:00:09 pm
Quote
It doesn't give you the rainfall predictions as accurately and as far ahead as the Rain Today site does.
 
It does for where I live. Enter your location and the rainfall radar will show in large scale and offer predictions for several hours ahead. I've watched the rain come in over the hills* at the same time as the radar showed it. Spot on.

I would guess that site just uses the Met Office data anyway - can't imagine it has it's own radar stations set up.

* Northumberland.

H
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: Slaninar on 15 May 2013, 05:42:22 am
"Will it rain?" The site checks your IP address and if it's a UK one it says:

"Of course it will, you're in the UK, what did you expect?!   :)


Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: bri h on 15 May 2013, 06:25:34 am
I work on the theory that if the rains cold its winter if the rains warm its summer.
Title: Re: Useful weather site
Post by: Grahamm on 15 May 2013, 01:12:30 pm
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It doesn't give you the rainfall predictions as accurately and as far ahead as the Rain Today site does.
 
It does for where I live. Enter your location and the rainfall radar will show in large scale and offer predictions for several hours ahead.

The Met Office site only gives an hour-by-hour breakdown, the Premium version of the Rain Today one breaks that down to five minutes sections which can be much more useful.