Personally I’ve never found the weather forecasts on my Davis VP2 to be particularly accurate. Throwing darts on a board would achieve about the same level of accuracy I’ve found on my Davis. I really think these graphical forecasts are more of a ‘cutesy’ thing than anything else.
I’d rather have a more accurate graphical depiction, pulled from a weather site, than the Davis guesstimates.
Indeed, the forecasts displayed by the Vantage Pro2 and the Vantage Vue consoles are a ‘joke’ as they are based on very simple algorithm.
I have been using Weather Display for some 14 years to process the data from my Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station. Weather Display also try to display the forecasts. but they are also based on very simple algorithm.
In order to get accurate forecasts for the area where my weather station is located, I have been using a specific program, the ‘WXSIM - Interactive Local Atmospheric Modeling System’. The software produces its forecasts using a combination of imported real-time and model data (from the Internet and from my home weather station) and its own internal modeling capabilities. The forecasts produced by WXSIM are very close to the forecasts produced by Environment Canada for the community.
I can’t speak for WF, but from what I know they have no global solution (yet?). Take for example the raincheck option, it works in the US and a little over the border but not for ex. in Europe.
How can they, at this stage, propose a home solution as weather forecast ? What will be served for now US customers ??
For sure they have it on the list but … it is a step by step progress and they are not a multi national You have to run with the means you have and not try to go any faster (or accept to fall)
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You have to run with the means you have and not try to go any faster (or accept to fall)