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0 pointsxnx2y ago0 comments

Good explanation. Now that both the 24-hour regional and 10-day global models have been announced in technical/research detail, I supposed there might still be a general blog post about how improved forecasting is when you search for "weather" or check the forecast on Android.

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kridsdale32y ago

IIRC the MetNet announcement a few weeks ago said that their model is now used when you literally Google your local weather. I don't think it's available yet to any API that third party weather apps pull from, so you'll have to keep searching "weather in Seattle" to see it.

daemonologist2y ago

It's also used, at least for the high resolution precipitation forecast, in the default Android weather app (which is really part of the "Google" app situation).

wenyuanyu2y ago

Any idea why it is still showing the "weather.com" link next to the forecast?

kridsdale32y ago

Most likely explanation would be that Weather.com signed a contract with Google X years ago to have something placed there, and nobody wants to do the work to do anything about it.

mnky9800n2y ago

That would require your local weather service to use these models

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kridsdale32y ago

daemonologist2y ago

It's also used, at least for the high resolution precipitation forecast, in the default Android weather app (which is really part of the "Google" app situation).

wenyuanyu2y ago

Any idea why it is still showing the "weather.com" link next to the forecast?

kridsdale32y ago

Most likely explanation would be that Weather.com signed a contract with Google X years ago to have something placed there, and nobody wants to do the work to do anything about it.

mnky9800n2y ago

That would require your local weather service to use these models

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse