Sick and tired of crap weather forecasts.

[Globalti]

My grouse is that forecasts are too dumbed down when many people are actually able to work it out for themselves. Instead of giving us a pointless recap of today's weather they could spend twenty seconds giving a thinking person's guide to what they expect to happen in the next 24 hours followed by the dumbed down detail for the dummies.

Edit: that Magicseaweed site is pretty good!

 

[classic33]

But that was forecasts of crap weather; not crap weather forecasts .

Riding in snow doesn't have to be crap.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I use the met office rain radar - you can see what is actually occurring out there http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...28400&map=Rainfall&zoom=8&lon=-2.33&lat=52.11 Best thing on the interwebby (apart from CC obviously).

 

[Brandane]

Riding in snow doesn't have to be crap.

True.... As long as it's fresh and not compacted and rutted by folks out showing off in their 4x4 tonka toys.
I had a great ride earlier this year on a gorgeous sunny day with about 6" snow on the ground, on my MTB wearing spiked tyres. Not another soul on the road, just mile after mile of minor road covered in fresh snow .

 

[classic33]

Nice when your the only form of wheeled vehicle on the road. Then we truly own the roads.

 

[asterix]

Rain is ok. It's sleet and snow I don't like.

 

[Piemaster]

Oi! Give it rest on the snow will you all please. Ta. We're only just into Autumn, plenty of other crap weather to complain about before then.

That's the thing though, everybody complains about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it.

 

[vernon]

Just a rant,i watch and read the BBC weather forecasts and plan my rides as such.Well i have lost two days already this week.Where is todays rain then.Now 12-30 but just grey.Watching last nights weather forecast i expected an Ark outside my house this morning.I could have nipped to Otley for a brew.But no i took notice again and i am going crazy.Stuff the housework i am fed up of that.Well out tomorrow bugger it.

You need one of these. They're 100% accurate.

 

[snorri]

i would like them to give more detailed info about the wind. Many tv reporters never even mention it. .... your average tv doesnt like to talk about wind much i guess.

Perhaps you already use Wind Guru?
http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?typ=none

 

[tmesis]

Rain-alarm.com is great for an immediate assesment of the next few hours or so

 

[Mr Celine]

Meteox gives you a five minute rain radar. Also has links to sat24.com which gives an idea of where the clouds are coming from.

http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=loop1uur

 

[Matthew_T]

I use this: http://www.windfinder.com/ Its relatively accurate and I like how it lists the weather by hours.