Mauna Loa eruption 24-hour time lapse from USGS webcam (wait for 00:01:00)pspahn t1_iy6i7yp wrote
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I'm sure it was somewhere on Reddit that I saw Accuweather, et al want the NWS privatized or some shit so they can put a paywall between them and forecast data/discussions. Of course being a loyal redditor I didn't look anything else up or verify the claim, so I have to assume it's true.
BarbequedYeti t1_iy6n2be wrote
It was true. I forget which one was lobbying for it, but yeah. It was a thing. I would like to see my tax dollars go to a decent free app for the US, provided by our government weather service. Seriously. We should have a free kick ass weather app.
pspahn t1_iy6nr9d wrote
I've used windy.com for some time and I'd say it's pretty kick ass for free.
weather.gov is where I'll often go for extra discussion, and there is an API they provide. I used it to build a very generic 10-day forecast grid for a specific station, and it's mostly functional (sometimes responses come back empty). Weather.gov is fine, but they could definitely use a fresh update on the frontend.
invent_or_die t1_iy6p14d wrote
Wunderground is good but now owned by IBM. Ventusky is amazing. Both worth buying imho
RebarBaby t1_iy7066m wrote
Wunderground WAS good. Now it's essentially controlled by the same entities as "The Weather Channel"/"Weather.com"...
I still use it because their 10 day graph is great, but their ads are encroaching more and more every day.
I'll look into Ventusky, I need a less commercialized replacement. Thanks!
invent_or_die t1_iy79088 wrote
Ventusky is cool for seeing weather/airflow at different altitudes, it's got a lot of options. I have fires near me a lot so its Ventusky and Inciweb for fire information
__BONESAW__ t1_iy7d259 wrote
Canada had an app that was recently replaced with AccuWeather i believe or maybe the weather network. Fuckin appaling
KazooOnExhaustPipe t1_iy7glmn wrote
In Germany, the public weather forecast service had to start charging people to use their app because a parasite company sued them to stop them from providing a public service for free, as they considered that to be predatory of their parasitic business model, which was overtaking the same public weather forecast data and slapping some ads on it. Also that sentence is way too long now.
Tsiyeria t1_iy703px wrote
The last time I looked at the The Weather Channel website, I saw mention of a premium subscription.
Fuck that noise. I didn't even look to see what they're paywalling, I just closed the website.
rethebear t1_iy7jf2r wrote
"The G Word with Adam Conover" episode 2 "Weather" talks about this.
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