I understand that weather on TV can’t be hyperlocally accurate. But a weather app on my phone has my exact GPS coordinates. Why can’t it tell me exactly when a rain cloud will be passing over my location?

It’s gotten to the point where I just use precipitation maps to figure out my rain chances for the day.

The hourly forecast is mostly useless because it’s not a chance % but a % of the area that will be raining.

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    3 months ago

    Weather Underground allows you to filter down to your zip code. Not accurate down to your exact vicinity, but better than the weather forecast for your entire city.

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      3 months ago

      I was also going to suggest Weather Underground.

      The sensors include crowdsourced information from personal weather instruments that people have installed themselves.

      There are 3 measuring stations within a 5 min walk of my current location, and a large number of them all across my city.

      The only downside I see is that the app is ad supported.