NOAA weather forecast page

[John Paul Sanborn]

I merged the two threads backwards, I think if I deleted this one I would delete all of them

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...1&textField2=-88.1203&degrees=F&FcstType=text

You can search by zipcode on this page to get your forecast, then go down to the lower right and get a 2 day, hour to hour graph of temp, wind, precip....


http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...tField2=-88.1203&degrees=F&FcstType=graphical

I guess because it is a meta chart I cannot link it as an IMG

Looks pratty handy for planning out work with temp, wind and precip

 

[John464]

Thanks! I usually use weather.com and track on radar a storm before the start of a work day, but this looks much more detailed.

 

[fireman]

weather

thanks john for info very helpful to plan your week.

 

[Bigus Termitius]

I do it every morning with breakfast, and a lot of times I don't make the call until that morning on whether or not we are going to run. I usually cross reference NOAA with what the weather channel's home page (www.weather.com) is saying. Often the truth is somewhere in between. I like NOAA and all, I'm a storm spotter for the Chicago branch, but they are sometimes too far off for me to make a good judgment based on them alone.

The website is an outstanding source of weather data though, no question. We have a NOAA weather radio incorporated into the 2 way FM radio in the truck so I do enjoy the updates on the go.

We used to use the weather radio to chase tornados as kids, so when I found out that they (NOAA) had classes that you could take to become an official spotter, I jumped at the chance.

Now I'm on official business. LOL!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Thanks! I usually use weather.com and track on radar a storm before the start of a work day, but this looks much more detailed.

Our tax dollars at work!

 

[pdqdl]

I use it too.

I use the hourly graph extensively, as most of my income in the winter comes from snow removal. [The tree trimming around here seems to just dry up !]

Unfortunately, I have found that while it is the best weather info available, and probably better than any of the news weathermen, the NOAA boys still miss the prediction quite a bit.

I find that it is not what they say is going happen that counts, but how they have changed it from 4-12 hours prior. NOAA never changes their prediction radically when they mis-judge a storm, they just drift in the changes a little at a time. Even if the big snowstorm is a total miss, they won't modify their prediction to look like they blew it.

Track their changes, and you have insight into their goofs. No changes for 24 hours...count on it being right !