[HN Gopher] Webapp for comparing weather forcast providers
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       Webapp for comparing weather forcast providers
        
       Author : ducktective
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-02-12 19:39 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (weather.simonton.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (weather.simonton.app)
        
       | joenathanone wrote:
       | I like the idea but this is really hard to read, could use some
       | UI/UX lovin.
        
       | butz wrote:
       | Would be great to add option for more services, e.g. yr.no, and
       | maybe custom ones for local weather. Another interesting idea
       | would be gathering prediction data and comparing to actual
       | (historical) data later, that should find most precise weather
       | forecast service.
        
         | DavidPeiffer wrote:
         | >Another interesting idea would be gathering prediction data
         | and comparing to actual (historical) data later, that should
         | find most precise weather forecast service.
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         | I've been interested in doing this for awhile, but I've had
         | trouble finding a data source of past predictions from their
         | sources. It's also a frustrating exercise to try to search for
         | online.
         | 
         | If anyone has data sources or additional context/keywords
         | available, I'd be interested!
         | 
         | For a couple years I ran an automated script which grabbed the
         | 10 day forecast from a weather site and was used for energy
         | forecasting at a manufacturer. I archived the data after
         | scraping it. As you'd guess, the variability of the weather is
         | notably higher 10 days out, but the forecasts were remarkably
         | accurate on a short term.
        
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