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Best very detailed rain forecast

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Created by NR > 9 months ago, 30 Jul 2013
NR
WA, 517 posts
30 Jul 2013 12:26PM
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What is the best 24/48 hour rain forecasting website. I have started looking at weatherzone, which uses Opticast modelling. Are there any better options. I have only been looking at the site for a few days but so far the % chance and the actual seen don't seem to be overly that great. Any thoughts or is that as accurate as it gets.

I know all this is irrelevant as in 2 months it will be nearly 0% for the next 6 months.

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
30 Jul 2013 1:30PM
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Anything with a rain radar on it. They can't forecast anyway so check the radar for yourself and work out what's coming and wether or not it'll hit you.

Mark _australia
WA, 23701 posts
30 Jul 2013 1:55PM
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Look on the Elders website that all the farmers use

Whatever is shown on there never eventuates apparently so which site you look at is maybe dictated by if you want it to rain or not rain

NewScotty
2350 posts
30 Jul 2013 6:06PM
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I look out the window - foolproof.

Harrow
NSW, 4521 posts
30 Jul 2013 8:55PM
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If Seabreeze shows 3 drops of water, then light sprinkles. If 4 drops, then it will rain.

I like the standard weather that comes on the iPhone. It gives rain % chance for every hour for the next 24 hours, and seems to a reasonable job.

Chook2
WA, 1249 posts
30 Jul 2013 7:18PM
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Elders always gives 5% chance of less than 1mm of rain, as this is the default for dew in the morning on fine days.

This isn't too bad most of the time for a long term forcast.
www.yr.no/place/Australia/Western_Australia/Esperance/long.html
Their "Meteogram" hour by hour, is great and usually very good for wind.

KiteBilly
VIC, 90 posts
30 Jul 2013 10:23PM
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Wind Guru gives you cloud cover at 3 different levels, high cloud, Mid and Low, and then the forecasted rain in MM below that, It's right more often than its wrong.

SandS
VIC, 5904 posts
31 Jul 2013 7:34AM
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