accurate weather forecast site

[labguides]

What is the most accurate weather forecast site?
Weather.com and accuweather.com give different forecasts. I also checked NOAA.

 

[mtngal]

It's always interesting to read weather predictions. I usually check the NWS (NOAA) along with reading the detailed weather discussion posted by a UCLA meteorologist/faculty member. It always gives me an appreciation of the problems associated with weather forecasting, especially for Southern California, where there are so many different climates (desert, mountain, beach, valley). They all use similar (if not the same) computer models and when the various models don't agree, they have to guess which one is going to be more accurate. Not an easy thing to do sometimes, especially when slight changes in wind direction can make the difference between rain or warmer than normal temperatures, and the models change from run to run.

If anyone figures out how to accurately predict mountain weather for more than 2 days out, they'll make a mint!

 

[stevedmatt]

Did you put accurate and weather in the same sentence?

I would think that anymore than 2-3 days out in most geophaphical locations is no more than an educated guess. Anymore than 4-5 days out is just a guess.

Meteorologist don't even predict the weather anymore. They use computer models that revert to historical situations where the weather patterns were similar. They then tell us what happened more times in the past when those patterns were similar. So basically, they tell us history, not future.

 

[BSQ]

none. I usually use three and take an average of them.

 

[Dani]

Try the weather at www.msn.com. In preparation for a recent vacation, as usual, I checked the weatherchannel. For what purpose, I do not know. As usual, they were 100% wrong. Leading up to the vacation friends were upset by the forecast at the weatherchannel. I told them what has been my experience for years with them when it comes to the Caribbean. As far as the weatherchannel is concerned, it is always partly cloudy and there is always a chance of rain. I told them to check www.msn.com which was by far more accurate. The worst part is that as we boarded the plane, there was a screen that the airline provided giving the weather compliments of the Weatherchannel...partly cloudy and raining. People boarding were not happy. Needless to say, it was sunny and clear when we arrived.

 

[dmharris]

my cleaning lady says she's going to be a weatherman/woman because you don't have to right!!