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Postby snowball » Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:15 am

what are your favorite sites to check up on weather...normally use weather.com but tonight it said 0 percent chance of snow in St George
as a friend was posting a picture of her yard in St George covered with lots of snow and on Sat. 60% chance of snow which is when I would be going through there...60 % is a lot...so wondering as weather goes which is most reliable in your opinion...and what do you consider in wind to fast to drive in? I'd rather no wind as in 3 mph but need to be realistic so is 14 or 16 mph to fast? drive a 5th wheel
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby Bethers » Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:19 am

14 to 16 I consider pretty normal for wind in some areas. Not saying I like it, but it's doable.

My favorite weather site is intellicast.com ... but I prefer accuweather.com on my phone because intellicast is too picture heavy so loads too slow. I also have weather.com on the phone - can you tell, I do comparisons?

And accuweather already has it down to 31 here ... brrrr .... good thing I'm off tonight, cuz it'll be downright cold when I would have been walking Peaches (we just got back). Unfortunately, a couple more nights of this. My water is turned off - using my tank. When it warms up, I'd better put more in the tank.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby IrishIroamed » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:07 am

Since I'm not on the road, I just check local weather sites. Hopefully my NOAA radio would work on the road. Any idea if it would or not? I know it has to be within some distance from a transmitting location.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby sharon » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:07 am

Accuweather.com is my go to for weather. I park it in any kind of wind over about 25MPH. Most of the time. 5'er can take more wind than a MH, but you haven't been driving long so I would be careful. I would be more worried about the snow than the wind.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby MelissaD » Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:17 am

Personally I think they just guess :lol: I have the Weather Channel app on my phone.

Looked on Bing weather which I think is Weather.com it also lists AccuWeather and Foreca so you can see all 3.

Saturday St. Goerge UT

Bing: 34/20 mostly cloudy and 60% snow
AccuWeather: 39/23 92% snow
Foreca: 35/10 75% snow
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby havingfunnow » Thu Dec 05, 2013 12:53 pm

I go with the National Weather Service website, since that's what small plane pilots use. I don't think it has phone/tablet aps.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby Cudedog » Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:10 am

I like noaa.gov this is the U.S. Government website. I have tried the others mentioned, but noaa is most accurate i think that the other sites mentioned get their info here as well.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby judi » Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:22 am

According to NOAA it is 13 degrees here in Portland, Oregon. The high for today is forecast to be 27, no precipitation. Monday snow. It's cold here but I think other parts of the country are experiencing worse conditions. I wonder if we'll see a repeat of this weather pattern again this winter.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby avalen » Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:39 am

on my phone, I have accuweather and weather channel and use them both. They are usually within a couple degrees of accuracy.
If I've got the computer available I like to go to wunderground.com as it shows all the maps and actually has a road trip planner.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby cpatinjones » Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:45 am

I use the weather icon on my iphone, as well as The Weather Channel, Accuweather and WeatherBug.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby snowball » Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:04 pm

last time I checked tomorrow should be a go if the roads are good here is hoping since it's freeway most of the way would think they will be...
thank you for your suggestions...the NOAA is it org or com?
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby Bethers » Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:14 pm

snowball wrote:last time I checked tomorrow should be a go if the roads are good here is hoping since it's freeway most of the way would think they will be...
thank you for your suggestions...the NOAA is it org or com?
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Sheila here's the link:

http://www.noaa.gov/

Upper left corner has the place to put in the location you want to see.
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Re: favorite weather sites

Postby mtngal » Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:34 pm

I like to compare two or three sites too; and then enter town/cities of my planned route into Weather Bug on my iPhone to keep on eye on while traveling. It's easy to add or delete locations as I change my mind about where I'm going (or where I've been).
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