Weather widget: too bad it's tied to "Accuweather"

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote kap]Here is what I go by: When I am hot I am HOT!!! When I am not; I am not LOL! So True!!
Kap, what happened to Einstein's "Carton Box"??

BGnR

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[quote BigGuynRusty][quote Don Kiyoti]Microclimate?? What a load! What joy do you get from being such a pill? And where does this "fear" enter in to my post? It's BS I dislike and it seems to me that Accuweather reeks of it. As mentioned in my post, the NWS includes a heat index with their data which is much truer to what I feel when I go outside than the misinformation Accuweather has.

What Mavic posted surely seems to fit with what I see from Accuweather. One thing I forgot to mention in my original post: the 106º forecast for tomorrow will be reduced to match the NWS by later this evening.

And MacManMaz: oh puhleez! Man, I can hear the fear in your voice from here!
You are are an incredible "Self Loather" if you hate "BS" so much!!

BGnR
please, let's stop this right here. enough.

[Don Kiyoti]

[quote billb]Accuweather seems to get the same temp from the same airport reporting station as NWS and WUnderground for my zip code. (the numbers and data all coincide)

Could you be between two reporting areas ?

WUnderground at least states the station code where the temp info is coming from so you know you are comparing apples and oranges.
I'm far enough from Tucson International (where the NWS numbers are pegged) that the temp there and the temp at my house could easily be different by a degree or two. Mostly I look at NWS (or my widget) to know if it's going to be about the same, hotter, or way hotter for the next few days. So it's not important that Accuweather or anyone else give me the exact number for my house. I just thought it was curious that Accuweather seems to inflate their numbers.

[Marc Anthony]

You'll get different results if you input your zipcode—rather than your city's name—in the widget's field; this is usually much more accurate, but I do still find that Accuweather is typically a little off for days other than the current one.

[OWC Jamie]

Can itt be as bad as the local TV network weather forecaster <> temperatures , rain and snowfall amounts to match thier forecasts from the day before ?


If they <> the <> area temp with all the available private and elementary, middle, junior and high schoool local hobby weather stations, then there could be problems.


Our airport is down in a hollow, so the temp there can be affected by cold air sinking.
Except for differing time reporting delays, all the www wethers seem to be the same.

[datbeme]

I'm not directly affected by the infamous Tucson Accuweather Conspiracy, but now I don't know whether it's going to be 59 or 63 in Chicago, and I'm afraid of where this all might lead. Is Accuweather making money off my son's decision to forgo wearing Under Armour to soccer practice?

[Don Kiyoti]

[quote billb]Can itt be as bad as the local TV network weather forecaster <> temperatures , rain and snowfall amounts to match thier forecasts from the day before ?


If they <> the <> area temp with all the available private and elementary, middle, junior and high schoool local hobby weather stations, then there could be problems.


Our airport is down in a hollow, so the temp there can be affected by cold air sinking.
Except for differing time reporting delays, all the www wethers seem to be the same.
It's almost unbelievable, but all three of Tucson's local network affiliates have really good weather people. One of them has been with his station almost 20 years.