forecast data on netweather - accuracy and queries

[sriram]

Hello I have a few questions with regards to the forecast data on netweather

 

I am a member, and have the netweather extra subscription

 

1  Is the forecast data available to everyone - members and non-members alike ?

 

2 If all forecast data - that is UK 5 day, local 7 day and long range forecasts etc - is available to everyone -do members have access to member only forecast data - and if so where can it be found

 

3 I have a query with respect to the accuracy of data as I am a little bit worried - this morning at 7am for my postcode the data showed sunny skies icon, 7C and 90% humidity - what I actually had was 10 C, 60% humidity and cloudy skies at this time. At the moment I have partly sunny skies, 15 C, 48% humidity - but netweather is showing 13 C and 68% humidity. My postcode is DY3 3RG - just outside Wolverhampton

 

4 How often are the foreacast data updated - short and long range

 

I would be grateful if you could answer these queries

 

The radar is brilliant - well done - but if you can reassure me on forecast data accuracy I would be grateful

 

Regards Sriram

Edited June 10, 2013 by sriram

[Paul]

Hi, we have free forecasts on the site so yes some of the data is publicly available but some is for netweather extra (and lite) subscribers only. 

 

We do check the forecasts against actuals for accuracy and find that they perform well the majority of the time, although even at short range no forecasts are 100% - re your figures it's obviously quite hard to comment on the differences in temperature/humidity you saw because it could be a forecast oddity or it could be a local variation at your location or even the weather station readings themselves.

 

In terms of the short range forecasts they're all updated 4 times daily, the lrf data is updated daily.

 

Hope that helps

 

Paul

[sriram]

Thanks - can you tell me where the subscription only forecast data is on the sites

Edited June 10, 2013 by sriram

[johnholmes]

You have it with Extra, that is not available unless you pay for it, not text forecasts but model outputs

[IanM]

You can find a 48 hour hi res NMM forecast here http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi-bin/premium.pl?action=nmmfc , and there is a link to the 16 day extra detail forecast and other options above it too.

[sriram]

Thanks - scrolling through the forecast data that is for extra subscription members is difficult on mobile phone

On clicking the extra forecast link I get a text box with name of town or postcode, get forecast button and choose forecast day button

The forecast icons are underneath this - cannot scroll easily through the data on mobile - as it is easy on ipad or desktop pc

The radar on mobile is great with easy scrolling - but scrolling through forecast data on mobile is difficult / impossible

[IanM]

Sorry for the slow reply, I didn't spot you had responded, it might be easier to send an email via the 'contact us' links on the site so we can help you better.

 

Though your problem sounds a little odd as it uses the same scroll set up as the radar page, plus you can scroll the forecast left and right to see all the info.

 

Which phone, browser and operating system are you using?

 

Ian

[sriram]

phone is a samsung galaxy ace

 

browser is dolphin

 

I can scroll the radar OK  - but forecast data is difficult

[J10]

It looks as if there is a problem with the GFS Ensembles, they are stuck on 06Hz yesterday