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AlexeyD
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Re: best weather site

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ajkagy wrote:Anybody tried Joel Gratz new hiking/14ers weather app?

https://www.opensummit.com/
Yep, that's a good one (I know Joel personally, and can say that the methodology used to generate these forecasts is legit).

Another good one, also created by local forecasters, is this: https://www.bouldercast.com/summitcast-hiking-forecast/

For that second one, you have to pay for forecasts beyond 2 days. For $27/year, though, I don't feel too bad supporting these guys (they do this mostly for fun, not as a full time thing)
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Scott P wrote:NOAA is usually best.

From my experience, Mountain Forecast is pretty useless in Colorado and very inaccurate. Surprisingly, I found it to be pretty accurate in places like Mexico.
I agree and have heard similar things from other people. NOAA is my go to in Colorado/Utah, but I have used Mountain Forecast twice now while climbing the Mexican volcanoes and was surprised by the accuracy of forecast temps, wind speed, etc.

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Re: best weather site

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RockCaCO3 wrote:
rpdawes wrote:There's no best weather forecasting site. As for myself, I usually obtain and analyze the information from three different sites.
Same here. I use (in no particular order):

https://spotwx.com/
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/
http://www.weather.gov/

My favorite weather forecasting sites are

https://www.mountain-forecast.com/

http://www.hikercast.com/

http://www.weather.gov/
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Re: best weather site

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http://weather.unisys.com/index.php - a very useful weather site with lots of info and graphics.