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Show HN: Briefsky – a free Dark Sky clone for multiple weather APIs

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Re: Show HN: Briefsky – a free Dark Sky clone for multiple weather APIs

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Post by jnovek »

This (and every other Dark Sky replacement I've tried) is missing one feature that is crucial to me: hour-by-hour barometric pressure forecast.

I get frequent migraines and big changes in the weather trigger them. The easiest way to predict big changes is by watching for swings in the barometer. There's nothing out there that gives the hour-by-hour barometric pressure prediction (at least on iOS) and it's so significant that it has impacted my overall quality of life.

Re: Show HN: Briefsky – a free Dark Sky clone for multiple weather APIs

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Post by npilk »

jnovek wrote: post #3

This (and every other Dark Sky replacement I've tried) is missing one feature that is crucial to me: hour-by-hour barometric pressure forecast. I get frequent migraines and big changes in the weather trigger them. The easiest way to predict big changes is by watching for swings in the barometer. There's nothing out there that gives the hour-by-hour barometric pressure prediction (at least on iOS) and it's so signific…

FYI, the iOS Weather app does have this now. If you click on a day in the 10-day forecast, you get a detail view with hour-by-hour forecast data for many metrics. One of them is pressure (although I don't normally look at barometric pressure so maybe this different than what you need).

Edit: You can also click on the "pressure" widget and it brings up the same hour-by-hour detail view.

Re: Show HN: Briefsky – a free Dark Sky clone for multiple weather APIs

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Post by jnovek »

npilk wrote: post #4
jnovek wrote: post #3

This (and every other Dark Sky replacement I've tried) is missing one feature that is crucial to me: hour-by-hour barometric pressure forecast. I get frequent migraines and big changes in the weather trigger them. The easiest way to predict big changes is by watching for swings in the barometer. There's nothing out there that gives the hour-by-hour barometric pressure prediction (at least on iOS) and it's so signific…

FYI, the iOS Weather app does have this now. If you click on a day in the 10-day forecast, you get a detail view with hour-by-hour forecast data for many metrics. One of them is pressure (although I don't normally look at barometric pressure so maybe this different than what you need). Edit: You can also click on the "pressure" widget and it brings up the same hour-by-hour detail view.

Thanks for the heads-up! It's not quite as nice as it was in Dark Sky, but I will give this a try.

Re: Show HN: Briefsky – a free Dark Sky clone for multiple weather APIs

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Post by perfecto_maduro »

jnovek wrote: post #3

This (and every other Dark Sky replacement I've tried) is missing one feature that is crucial to me: hour-by-hour barometric pressure forecast. I get frequent migraines and big changes in the weather trigger them. The easiest way to predict big changes is by watching for swings in the barometer. There's nothing out there that gives the hour-by-hour barometric pressure prediction (at least on iOS) and it's so signific…

What kind of changes are you looking for? and how would knowing the forecast help you prepare or avoid headaches?

Anecdotally my headaches correlate with weather changes but was never able to pinpoint exactly the markers.

Re: Show HN: Briefsky – a free Dark Sky clone for multiple weather APIs

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Post by manwe150 »

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #6

Can someone explain to me why weather data is seemingly hard to get/provide? Isn’t data from the US government (weather.gov) in the public domain and completely free? What did Dark Sky and similar provide on top?

For me, it was the history data. I could check if it snowed in the last couple days in a new location and whether it melted yet. With most weather apps, the furthest back I can see is midnight, which does not even answer the question of whether there are going to be puddles/snow/slush/ice on the ground that formed since the time I went to sleep.
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