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rhinochopig
Original Poster
16,050 posts
67 months
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A lot of the farmers around us are starting to use this for their weather forecasting. A mate who's an ex-farmer recommended it to me and I've been trying it for the last week and it's been spot on almost every day compared to the dreadful accuracy of the BBC and Met forecasts.
Anyone else tried it and if you have has it been accurate for your area? If you haven't give it a try and report back. An accurate forecast for the UK's changeable weather would be very useful.
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ewenm
24,427 posts
114 months
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I've been using it for a couple of weeks and it seems pretty accurate. 
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Super Slo Mo
2,232 posts
67 months
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I'm going to shamelessly name drop now, although it's not that exciting, but John Kettley recommended that site to me last year when we were chatting over a beer following a job we'd both worked on.
It's pretty good, and goes into quite a bit of detail regarding wind speeds etc. It's ran from Norway so I understand.
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GTIR
19,072 posts
135 months
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I thought it was what farmers say!
"Yar, no"
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Jasandjules
45,354 posts
98 months
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Never heard of it but now it's saved as a favorite..
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Digger
5,686 posts
60 months
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Their long term forecast (9 days) makes for quite depressing reading!
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AndrewEH1
590 posts
22 months
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 Great site - never heard of it, will probably replace Met/BBC if it proves accurate
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tonyvid
8,567 posts
112 months
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I work a fair bit in the far north of Sweden - its the best site for weather forecasting by a long way for Lapland. The UK does have a lot more unstable weather but I find it still very good. 
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Kiltie
3,729 posts
115 months
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This looks good - thanks. I work in offshore opersations (drilling and marine construction) so accurate forecasting can be critical. The best success I've had in recent years was from NowCasting (pretty pants website - sorry). NowCating was actually specifically developed for European ferry companies to establish that the forecast window was adequate for their crossing duration. As I recal, their base data was from the Danish meteorogical agency. I think it's the case that, in the UK, commercial forecasting services all use the same raw data (Met Office) and so the only difference is from their individual interpretation and predictions. I may be wrong though and I'm happy to be corrected. Thanks again for posting this - it's in my favourites. Cheers, Eric
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rhinochopig
Original Poster
16,050 posts
67 months
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GTIR said: I thought it was what farmers say!
"Yar, no" It used to be, now it's more likely to be: "I say old bean, does one know where one can source some off-road tyres for a 22" rim for the Rangy?"
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GTIR
19,072 posts
135 months
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rhinochopig said: GTIR said: I thought it was what farmers say!
"Yar, no" It used to be, now it's more likely to be: "I say old bean, does one know where one can source some off-road tyres for a 22" rim for the Rangy?" I bet they still complain a lot though.
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jshell
4,980 posts
74 months
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Norwegian website, been using it for over a year with good results!
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s3fella
6,470 posts
56 months
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perdu
3,246 posts
68 months
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Jasandjules said: Never heard of it but now it's saved as a favorite.. Similarly likewise thanks for the headsup
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MX7
6,537 posts
43 months
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I've been watching the weather since this thread was started, and it's almost spot on. A thousand times better than the BBC.
Cheers!
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GTIR
19,072 posts
135 months
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Me twice.
Racing was on over the weekend and I showed a few owners and trainers that website and it's been very accurate hourly.
Top tip.
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Yachtworker
754 posts
24 months
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The most consistant site I have ever found is passageweather.com, it is absoulutely spot on for wind and waves, plus if you go over to the visibility & precipitation tab you can see exactly what is coming from where and at what time. This site could not be clearer in forecasting and an absolute must for anyone at sea but translates very well for land use.
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Fun Bus
12,509 posts
87 months
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OP, been meaning to thank you for the heads up on this as I'm massively interested in the weather for Friday this week. It also allows me to learn some Norwegian at the same time - or at least it did until I saw you can change language!
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richcorsavxr
466 posts
41 months
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cheers, theres also an app for iphone
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Caractacus
2,408 posts
94 months
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I've used www.netweather.tv for the last three years and it has never let me down - excellent service all round. Biggest plus for me is that I can type in my postcode and it tells me what's going on here, right here - we're the only folk with this postcode in the UK
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