Useful weather site

[Stooby2]

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 

[snapper]

? all i get is ?
 
" Dont look at me ! "
?
 

[Dead Eye]

Try this, the link requires the http:// at the front otherwise it won't go to the right place

www.raintoday.co.uk

[baggy]

Cheers mate its a good site.

is good for your phone

[dazza]

Handy for me as I don't have a TV or windows and I can't look up 

[Grahamm]

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

[nakedadder]

Handy for me as I don't have a TV or windows and I can't look up 

 

[PlasticHarry]

What's wrong with the met office?: 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

[ddtwelve]

i use Accuweather on my mobile brill little app does daily, hourly maps and videos too anywhere in the world

[Streetbudgie]

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)

[taylor]

very true streetbudgie lol,  it,s not rocket science

[ddtwelve]

yep but with the uk weather could be dry where you are but 5 miles down the road downpours 

[Grahamm]

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.

[Exupnut]

http://weathergirlstv.com/from/united-kingdom/

Works for me :-)

[peterjca]

Used the met site for years. Surprisingly good:

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

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

[dazza]

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

   
ANAL

[PlasticHarry]

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

[Slaninar]

"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?!   

[bri h]

I work on the theory that if the rains cold its winter if the rains warm its summer.

[Grahamm]

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.