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Ask HN: DarkSky Alternatives?
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#12https://merrysky.net/ is the closest I've found yet to the Dark Sky mobile web ux
Wow. Thanks for posting this
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#13windy.com
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#14Ventusky
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#15https://merrysky.net/ is the closest I've found yet to the Dark Sky mobile web ux
This is impressively very close!
It uses Pirate Weather, a thread on accuracy from last week:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34198683
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#16I always wondered why DarkSky was so popular. Was it the design? It was known to be generally inaccurate among meteorologists, while other apps (METAR+TAF especially) would be remarkably accurate.
I don't intend this to be a jab at anyone's app preferences, but I'm very interested in the value proposition that hooked people.
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#17MyRadar.
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#18carrot, especially if you like to really customize your things. I personally really like that I can define specific weather stations in my area.
I also have some friends who really like “Hello Weather”.
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#19I always wondered why DarkSky was so popular. Was it the design? It was known to be generally inaccurate among meteorologists, while other apps (METAR+TAF especially) would be remarkably accurate. I don't intend this to be a jab at anyone's app preferences, but I'm very interested in the value proposition that hooked people.
In rainy parts of the US such as the Pacific North West coast, having a thirty minute warning that it's about to rain is really handy. It can make the difference between biking home sopping wet or squeezing in between two downbursts of rain. The rest of the app was fine, but not great. It demanded constant attention as its "predictions" changed constantly.
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#20https://www.weather.gov/
NOAA is where most of the other US-based weather services are getting their data from anyway. Why go to a secondary source when the primary source is free?