# Does anybody actually use the forecasting in the UK? **URL:** \ **Category:** Tempest Owners\ **Tags:** rain, tempest\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223 "2026-07-09T15:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davegeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@davegeo](https://community.tempest.earth/u/davegeo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/1 "2026-07-09T15:23:41Z")
I’ve had my tempest mounted at 25ft off the ground in the West Midlands in the UK, on a well secured pole above the roof, and it rarely has erroneous measurements (very occasionally reporting rain when in fact it’s just very high winds, other than that it correlates pretty closely to the other three stations about 5 miles in each direction from me). Why then, does the weather forecast invariably tell me it’s going to rain or that a thunderstorm is likely throughout most days - including alleged 60% chance right now (and for the next 10 days), when although the temperature is about 32C, humidity is a mere 35%, pressure is 1017mb (having only dropped gradually from 1020mb yesterday morning)? The Met Office, Accuweather and Meteoblue all currently report less than 5% chance of rain for the foreseeable future, so why is the Tempest forecast pretty much unusable? ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/2 "2026-07-10T09:41:55Z")
I’m seeing exactly the same in Cambridgeshire. I’ve never seen the forecast so badly out. Something must be going on with the Tempest forecast ---
**Author:** ![davegeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@davegeo](https://community.tempest.earth/u/davegeo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/3 "2026-07-10T09:54:51Z")
Yeah it’s particularly bad right now, but it’s done this to a slightly lesser extent ever since I installed it (having just checked the data, that was about a year ago) ---
**Author:** ![jeremytrading](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jeremytrading](https://community.tempest.earth/u/jeremytrading)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/4 "2026-07-10T21:23:56Z")
Yes I agree totally wrong forecast anyone approached Tempest on this? ---
**Author:** ![user336](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a3d4f5/32.png) [@user336](https://community.tempest.earth/u/user336)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/5 "2026-07-13T08:06:01Z")
Just coming to say I see the same thing in North London. Forecast has been saying Thunderstorms or at least Rain constantly for the last week or so an is for the next week! Even the “current” forecast for now tells me it’s Rainy. The station readings are accurate and now rain for weeks, so something is very off. Id thought the forecast was generally pretty good normally, this makes it unusable though. Not opened a case with support but I’ll do that if I get time. ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/eric/32/13553_2.png) [@eric](https://community.tempest.earth/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/6 "2026-07-13T16:19:07Z")
I kicked it to the science team, now wait till they find where in the flow it misses the ball. Ain’t any better in France 😇 ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/7 "2026-07-14T00:07:37Z")
“Five day rainfall accumulations in most of the UK are expected to be zero” > **[UK weather: no widespread rain in forecast as heatwave continues](https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cvge2zq0zg3o)** > > Heat has been this big story of the summer so far but there has also been a lack of wet weather, as Ben Rich explains. Tempest is getting it pretty badly wrong at the moment! ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/eric/32/13553_2.png) [@eric](https://community.tempest.earth/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/8 "2026-07-14T07:19:31Z")
science folks discovered an issue with rain prediction and applied a correction last night (EU time). Can you all monitor again if this is now more accurate ? For me it is better and more in line with other models. How about temperatures predictions for you ? ---
**Author:** ![john4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@john4](https://community.tempest.earth/u/john4)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/9 "2026-07-14T09:11:03Z")
Closer today but forecast a degree higher than BBC or Weather Channel ---
**Author:** ![user336](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a3d4f5/32.png) [@user336](https://community.tempest.earth/u/user336)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/does-anybody-actually-use-the-forecasting-in-the-uk/28223/10 "2026-07-15T21:57:38Z")
Definitely much better for me, no rain forecasted at all, as expected, vs it showing rain or thunderstorms every day before the fix. Thanks for getting that raised and fixed. Temps seem to match up with other services for the next few days for me too, so I’d say this looks like a good fix.