Best weather app?

[ScotiaLass]

Now I'm cycling regularly, I'm always checking on the weather!

I have the Met Office app on my S4, but do you have one that you use that you would recommend?

 

[GreigM]

I find the BBC weather app to be pretty reasonably correct.

 

[oiljam]

I like and use XC Weather regularly. I find the wind directions really useful

xcweather.co.uk

 

[Ganymede]

Already got a thread going on this here: http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/weather-websites-for-predicting-my-commute.143211/

Some really good suggestions on it.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Thanks...didn't see the other thread

 

[Dave 123]

Seaweed.....

A fairly old app I must admit.....

 

[ScotiaLass]

Seaweed.....

A fairly old app I must admit.....

And if you don't live near the sea?? Oh wait, I have a Loch nearby, does that count?

 

[Born2die]

Erm the window have a looksie outside. Ok I will be a tad more helpful I use bbc weather most of the time

 

[gavroche]

Bbc for me too.

 

[ColinJ]

Why apps, rather than websites? Not just for the weather forecast - I mean generally.

 

[the_mikey]

Apps are easy on a phone/tablet just hit the weather button or just have a widget on the phone desktop, navigating to a website on mobile or tablet is slow and requires excessive effort, I use the BBC weather app.

 

[ColinJ]

Apps are easy on a phone/tablet just hit the weather button or just have a widget on the phone desktop, navigating to a website on mobile or tablet is slow and requires excessive effort, I use the BBC weather app.

I'll give the BBC app a go. I use the weather pages on the BBC website almost every day, so I will soon see which I prefer.

I think it is funny that when I was first getting into using the internet, I was way ahead of most people, but now a whole new layer of technology has come along and I have not been keeping up with it!

I have games apps on my tablet, but generally go to websites to access internet content.

 

[ColinJ]

I've just tried the BBC app on my tablet, which happens to have the same screen resolution as my laptop.

BBC Weather website on laptop: Doubeclick browser icon, singleclick browser shortcut to BBC weather, it opens up with the local forecast because that is how I set it up, I click the Monday tab, and I see all of Monday across the screen in 24 hourly columns.

BBC Weather app on tablet: Touch app icon. It starts up and detects where I am - that's nice. I see a weather summary, but everything is too big. It might be ok on a phone screen but it is too big on an 8.9" 1280 x 800 pixel tablet screen. Look for a setting to change how stuff is displayed ... nope, I can't find any way of telling it to make everything smaller and show more info at one time. Where is the hourly forecast? Ah, I have to swipe to see it. Only 12 hours shown across the screen.

Verdict: I prefer the website!

(I don't normally use my phone for this kind of thing, but I might give it a go on that tomorrow.)

 

[the_mikey]

There is better information on the website, but for a quick glance at the weather forecast then the app is hard to beat.

 

[Leaway2]

There is better information on the website, but for a quick glance at the weather forecast then the app is hard to beat.

I always keep an eye on the website http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ during the day. I can't see the damn phone without putting my specs on anyway.