![]() “But you’ll find it’s not usually as good as the forecasts from the large providers,” he said. Smaller providers often entirely rely on APIs and machine learning. “That takes a lot of resources, money and people and time and all that, so only the biggest providers have their own pipelines,” said Floehr. ![]() Sites like AccuWeather and use the federal government’s DICast forecasting system (or other proprietary ones) to make forecasts based on a number of models. In an another ForecastWatch analysis for 2015 to 2017, AccuWeather was the most accurate for precipitation and wind speed forecasts. Even then, it was only accurate 77.47% of the time in 2017. In a study of forecast accuracy between 20, ForecastWatch found The Weather Channel to be the most accurate. “Then dig in and see if they’re a provider that is consistently accurate.” “What I would suggest is that, if you have an app, ask them where they get their forecasts from or look in the about page and see how they’re getting their forecasts,” said Eric Floehr, founder of ForecastWatch, which analyzes the accuracy of weather apps and sites. It’s not that easy to track down just where some apps get their weather data from. ![]() Those minor discrepancies might not matter for mild weather, but when there are threats of flooding and severe thunderstorms in Charleston, South Carolina, getting accurate and complete information is crucial. Here’s what AT&T is doing to keep your phone working during Hurricane IanĪre period tracking apps actually safe to use? Everything you need to knowĭepending on which app you use, it’s either 63, 64, or 66 degrees Fahrenheit in Seattle, with a 5%, 10%, or 34% chance of precipitation at 11 p.m. ![]() Why the lawsuit against Apple’s AirTags may be bigger than you realize ![]()
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