Which is your weather forecast of choice?
Jul 17th 2011, 12:35 pm
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Which is your weather forecast of choice?
We lazily stick to BBC but I know there are way more specific weather forecasts for different regions in Spain (bear in mind we have no Spanish tv).... I find Cadena100's morning forecast which is national reasonably accurate for our area, but what websites/channels does anyone use and how accurate are they?
Jul 17th 2011, 12:47 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
We lazily stick to BBC but I know there are way more specific weather forecasts for different regions in Spain (bear in mind we have no Spanish tv).... I find Cadena100's morning forecast which is national reasonably accurate for our area, but what websites/channels does anyone use and how accurate are they?
http://www.aemet.es/en/portada for avisos/warnings
http://spotlight.accuweather.com/dyn...&cityId=306435 as a firefox app
http://www.meteoxabia.es/ for local
& http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/...Select=WEATHER if I want to check history
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Jul 17th 2011, 12:47 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
i use a few:
http://www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/prediccion/municipios
http://www.weather-forecast.com
http://www.wunderground.com
where the first does tend to be accurate and updated often...
Ohh SNAP on a few of them!!!
http://www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/prediccion/municipios
http://www.weather-forecast.com
http://www.wunderground.com
where the first does tend to be accurate and updated often...
Ohh SNAP on a few of them!!!
Jul 17th 2011, 12:52 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
There are loads of sites which will give you a forecast for up to 14 days for your specific area.
However they are all getting the basic information from the same source, the UK met office or the US Global Forecasting System who make the data freely available to all.
The actual forecasts are generated by computer and split down into as many as 500000 locations worldwide.
As you can imagine, there is going to be minimal human intervention so these forecasts can be pretty inaccurate and usually don't take into account local features which can severely affect the forecast. Also any forecast more than 5 days ahead is statistically going to more likely to be wrong than right!
Unfortunately, human nature is to assume that the more detailed the forecast is, the more accurate it will be - unfortunately it is usually the opposite.
That said, the Spanish Met Office is as good as any. For your area try
http://www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/pred...equera-id29015
Personally I download the raw data files into a program called Ugrib and use that - it shows charts covering pressure, wind and rain for 7 days for whatever area you define.
Temperature forecasting is pretty difficult for small areas but again, having looked at many sites the Spanish met office is pretty good in that respect.
However they are all getting the basic information from the same source, the UK met office or the US Global Forecasting System who make the data freely available to all.
The actual forecasts are generated by computer and split down into as many as 500000 locations worldwide.
As you can imagine, there is going to be minimal human intervention so these forecasts can be pretty inaccurate and usually don't take into account local features which can severely affect the forecast. Also any forecast more than 5 days ahead is statistically going to more likely to be wrong than right!
Unfortunately, human nature is to assume that the more detailed the forecast is, the more accurate it will be - unfortunately it is usually the opposite.
That said, the Spanish Met Office is as good as any. For your area try
http://www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/pred...equera-id29015
Personally I download the raw data files into a program called Ugrib and use that - it shows charts covering pressure, wind and rain for 7 days for whatever area you define.
Temperature forecasting is pretty difficult for small areas but again, having looked at many sites the Spanish met office is pretty good in that respect.
Jul 17th 2011, 1:03 pm
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Jul 17th 2011, 1:04 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
As you can imagine, there is going to be minimal human intervention so these forecasts can be pretty inaccurate and usually don't take into account local features which can severely affect the forecast. Also any forecast more than 5 days ahead is statistically going to more likely to be wrong than right!.
Temperature forecasting is pretty difficult for small areas but again, having looked at many sites the Spanish met office is pretty good in that respect.
Temperature forecasting is pretty difficult for small areas but again, having looked at many sites the Spanish met office is pretty good in that respect.
That sounds interesting.
Jul 17th 2011, 1:06 pm
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Jul 17th 2011, 1:14 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
Why look at the forecast in Spain July/August...hot and sunny 30C - 40C
Jul 17th 2011, 1:39 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
We use tutiempo.net and then set it to our specific village. Don't rely on the 8-14 day forecast though. It's just guessing!
Jul 17th 2011, 1:50 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
We lazily stick to BBC but I know there are way more specific weather forecasts for different regions in Spain (bear in mind we have no Spanish tv).... I find Cadena100's morning forecast which is national reasonably accurate for our area, but what websites/channels does anyone use and how accurate are they?
good graphics, satellite view and also covers Western EU inc UK
Jul 17th 2011, 2:17 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
www.eltiempo.es
good graphics, satellite view and also covers Western EU inc UK
good graphics, satellite view and also covers Western EU inc UK
For this week it is giving max readings of 25c - it's usually that at 9am and is currently 32.5c
Jul 17th 2011, 2:36 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
I wonder where you take your readings Fred.
I think to get a fair reading unaffected by reflections or heat build up in concrete and stonework you need to be out in the campo, in a shaded spot of course.
Jul 17th 2011, 2:49 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
The readings are taken on a very expensive cordless weather station which logs data 24/7 on a dedicated PC. It measures wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity, rainfall and temperature in and out.
The temperature sensor is about 3m above ground, 30m from the house in a proper screened shelter in clear air.
The temperature sensor is about 3m above ground, 30m from the house in a proper screened shelter in clear air.
Jul 17th 2011, 2:52 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
The readings are taken on a very expensive cordless weather station which logs data 24/7 on a dedicated PC. It measures wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity, rainfall and temperature in and out.
The temperature sensor is about 3m above ground, 30m from the house in a proper screened shelter in clear air.
The temperature sensor is about 3m above ground, 30m from the house in a proper screened shelter in clear air.
What a brilliant series of replies, chaps... plenty to work from there!
Jul 17th 2011, 2:55 pm
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Re: Which is your weather forecast of choice?
The readings are taken on a very expensive cordless weather station which logs data 24/7 on a dedicated PC. It measures wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity, rainfall and temperature in and out.
The temperature sensor is about 3m above ground, 30m from the house in a proper screened shelter in clear air.
The temperature sensor is about 3m above ground, 30m from the house in a proper screened shelter in clear air.
is it sellable ??
