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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Have you tried just looking at the sky and the horizon?  That tells me a lot.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    ... licking my finger and holding it up in the air tells me a lot @Obelixx ☝️ 💨 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    Obelixx said:
    Have you tried just looking at the sky and the horizon?  That tells me a lot.
    What? When there an App? Are you mad? That would be like going to a concert and actually enjoying it in real time rather than watching it trough a 2" (sorry, 50mm) scratched phone screen so i can enjoy it all later.....
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @steveTu Don't do concerts.   Too loud.  Hurt ears if it's rock/pop.  Not good at sitting still for classical and find oth'r people's fidgetting irritating.  Prefer it as background for crafting or some such.

    That would tell me which direction the wind is blowing but not what's coming with it @Dovefromabove
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Obelixx said:
    ... That would tell me which direction the wind is blowing but not what's coming with it @Dovefromabove
    Of course, but I was following on from you looking at the horizon 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    I always look at the rainfall radar, which shows you where it is raining and how it is moving. Much more reliable than a forecast for the short term.

    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/rainfall-radar#?map=Rainfall&fcTime=1571090100
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    The Dark Sky app is very good for very localised forecasts of rain within the next couple of hours.
    Rutland, England
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    Ah...but now it all depends on the data source. BBC went Meteox rather than Met Office. So I have the Met office localised forcecast (App) that gives rain radar, Meteox rain radar (App), OpenWeather (Applet) and Accu weather (as that's what my Smart TV uses - and if it's so smart why can't it make me a cup of tea?). All different data sources, saying slightly different things. Oh calamity. Just write 'turmoil' on my forehead and consign me to the home of the permanently bewildered.....
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    ...ps still raining...and the apps say (sniggeringly)...even the map of the UK looks like it's laughing at me....while it tries to kick Ireland into touch....
    ..and they were all saying <5% all morning when I got up at six...
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No apps here @steveTu.  Just observation.  Works a treat.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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