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Comment by PaulDavisThe1st

3 years ago

I'm not a phone user, so the presentation of weather for me always tends to look fairly different than anything you'd "typically" see on a phone.

That said, I have a hard time imagining how I could improve on the data density, clarity and depth of this 10 day forecast, customized by me, from wunderground.com

https://imgur.com/5PIiB1h.png

You can see clearly:

   * 24hr temperature cycles
   * cloud cover vs. sun
   * wind speeds (with direction)
   * precipitation likelihood and amounts
   * barometric pressure
   * overall conditions

Note only that, but I can mouseover the display and get per-hour specific details for every parameter.

During storm season, with 1 click I can get to the "wundermap" which gives me 45-60 mins of storm tracking display, allowing me to make my own guess on whether or not a given storm complex is going to hit us head on or not, using "local knowledge" to shape my conclusion.

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dendrite9  3 years ago

I like that chart, though I wish there would be some uncertainty in the lines further out. Sometimes I want a sense of the trends, it isn't like I plan 10 days out based on precip numbers. Though a range would give me a direction to lean. Coordinating with friends who tell me about a chance of rain in a week as a reason to alter plans is frustrating.

It looks like the yr.no chart view that I've used on my phone for years. I appreciate having the pressure, precip, temp on separate but aligned charts to avoid too much density.

Weather representation is hard though. I care about different things at different times of year. In the winter: temp, freezing line, precip, wind speed/direction, and jet stream postion in 4-12 hour increments.

In the summer: temp, cloud cover, thunderstorm chance, precip on a 12 hour tto daily level. But I care about wind speed and direction on a hourly level for water activities.

In both cases I like an easy way to see the radar/satellite images and sometimes the model trends so I can see where precip or cloud cover is more or less.

jnmandal  3 years ago

Do you mind sharing how you set that forecast UI up?

  • PaulDavisThe1st  3 years ago

    It's 95% them, 5% my choices of what to show. There's a customize button just above the right corner of the actual display. Click on that, and select what parameters you want to see from the 10 options. I chose to show: Cloud, Humidity, Chance of Precipitation, Pressure, Temperature, Wind Speed.

    Hope that helps. Oh, this is also the "10 day forecast". I never use the daily or hourly views.