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Why are weather apps with warm and cold fronts plotted so hard to find?
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:33 am
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:33 am
Does plotting fronts take some extra level of coding that weather companies are not willing to pay for? What's the deal? Weather fronts used to be the norm for forecast maps. Now they are hard to find.
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Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:34 am to GumboPot
They can’t give a clue where the weather machines are man.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:35 am to GumboPot
Front just passed thru cenla
Lower humidity TYFYS
Lower humidity TYFYS
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:36 am to GumboPot
Wunderground app. Click the map and selective ‘overview’. I think that is what you are looking for
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:36 am to S
Jealous. I won't feel that air until 4 pm.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:37 am to stickly
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:37 am to GumboPot
MyRadar
It’s very light on ads compared to most of the weather apps too.
It’s very light on ads compared to most of the weather apps too.
This post was edited on 6/10/20 at 9:38 am
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:38 am to GumboPot
I use "My Radar" which is a great app for radar, but it has a wind layer you can add that I use. It really helps show where the front are and where storms are headed. During the tropical storm you could see what was actually happening much better than seeing just a radar image.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:39 am to GumboPot
They have to be drawn by hand and it wasn't worth it anymore.
If you still want them the national weather service has them still.
If you still want them the national weather service has them still.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:39 am to GumboPot
Gonna crack the windows tonight.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:16 am to S
Why is it the Weather Channel app asks you to pay for almost everything you click on now?
Strange times were in.
Strange times were in.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:27 am to Klark Kent
quote:
MyRadar
Is awesome and worth a couple of bucks to get the pro version. Desktop app is great too!
I use MyRadar, and I like the NOAA app for winds.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:29 am to GumboPot
5G has thrown off the movements of these fronts thus making it hard to forecast.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:29 am to GumboPot
let's see, most people refer to directions as "up, down, left, and right"
you really thing they can comprehend a frontal boundary?
you really thing they can comprehend a frontal boundary?
Posted on 6/10/20 at 11:05 am to YF12
quote:What?
They have to be drawn by hand
Posted on 6/10/20 at 11:08 am to GumboPot
I use the windy.com app - the fronts are easy to spot based on wind direction and air temperatures. You can put it in motion and see the forecast for a few days in advance. I'm a truck driver and drive out west a lot, and when those fronts come through the wind goes nuts between Wyoming/Minnesota down to New Mexico/Texas. It's a real easy way to keep up with it.
This post was edited on 6/10/20 at 11:09 am
Posted on 6/10/20 at 11:13 am to GumboPot
Also, I get your pain - most weather apps now don't have forecast videos at all but a billion videos of "OMG LOOK AT CUTE DOG PLAYING IN RAIN". Its aggravating as hell, but I found Weatherbug Premium has 3 day forecasts during the winter months.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 11:16 am to Korkstand
quote:
What?
When they do weather forcasts for fronts they are done by hand because computers still cannot put the human touch on them.
Seriously
Posted on 6/10/20 at 11:25 am to YF12
quote:By the "human touch" do you mean "less accurate but better-looking"?
When they do weather forcasts for fronts they are done by hand because computers still cannot put the human touch on them.
Seriously
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