Apple Weather's forecasts are so bad my meteorologist made a post about it

3 years ago by MrTHXcertified to c/apple_enthusiast

Good morning. Since the forecast is pretty much unchanged—expect very hot and sunny weather for the foreseeable future—I want to briefly address a question I’ve received several times. And th…

Apple Weather forecasts for my area have shown a 30-50% chance of precipitation for eternity, even when there isn't a cloud in sight. My meteorologist has told his readers to ignore Apple's forecasts.

This started around the time the Apple Weather outages a few months ago and haven't improved. YSK that you can report inaccurate forecasts from within the app, but it hasn't improved for me.

I'm currently using Foreca on iPhone and the free version of Carrot on Apple Watch.

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forkbomb 4 points 3 years ago

I’ve been using https://mobile.weather.gov since DarkSky died and it’s much better than Apple Weather for my area. The radar is way faster loading as well.

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