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  • Splinter
  • December 11, 2017 at 3:14 PM

There are 8 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 5,593 times. The latest Post (January 3, 2018 at 10:22 PM) was by Rice.

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  • Splinter
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    • December 11, 2017 at 3:14 PM
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    Being a weather watcher and armchair storm chaser, these are my favourite weather sites:

    MetBA

    This is packed with useful links and information and all put together by an enthusiast.

    Meteored

    Go to modelos and you'll get a rolling synoptic weather chart which is very accurate, showing isobars and rain patterns.

    SMN

    Usually very accurate.

    Rain Alarm

    Tracks rain with local radar

    Windy

    Maps wind in real time

    Earth

    More real time global wind patterns

    Weather Underground

    Probably the best.

    Please add any more that you've discovered!

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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  • serafina
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    • December 11, 2017 at 3:36 PM
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    What app would you recommend? I am currently using the default weather app on my iPhone, which I believe uses Yahoo weather, but I am not fully satisfied.

    I'd like to see the hourly forecast also for the next day, something my app does not do.

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  • Splinter
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    • December 11, 2017 at 3:53 PM
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    Rain Alarm and Windy are great apps and both available in the App Store, I believe.

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rain-al…d397676100?mt=8

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/windy-w…1161387262?mt=8

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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  • TomAtAlki
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    • December 13, 2017 at 11:41 AM
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    Sat and Sun were real hot (80-90°F). Woke up Mon morning and freezing cold (50°F's).

    Any idea where this cold wave came from? Winds from the Andes? Winds from Patagonia?

    Thanks for the weather sites.

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    • December 13, 2017 at 11:44 AM
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    I believe a cold front came through Tom.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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  • TomAtAlki
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    • December 15, 2017 at 10:12 AM
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    Yeah, thanks, I noticed that part.

    Any idea where the "cold front" comes from. Is it a cold wind from the Andes? Patagonia? from heaven? How does that happen?

    Any weather nerds our there?

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    • December 15, 2017 at 1:49 PM
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    Generally, cold fronts result from the formation of an area of low pressure in the Pacific off the coast of Chile and as the low tracks across the Andes it brings the colder air from the south, usually preceded by rain and/or thunderstorms. In summer these cold fronts inevitably result in huge thunderstorms as a result of the collision of cold air with the unstable hotter air in the upper atmosphere.

    This is a good explanation of fronts from the UK Met office.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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  • Splinter
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    • January 3, 2018 at 6:03 PM
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    Windguru is very precise.

    https://www.windguru.cz/261

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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  • Rice
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    • January 3, 2018 at 10:22 PM
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    Quote from Splinter

    Windguru is very precise.

    https://www.windguru.cz/261

    excuse me, but isn't that site Windbagguru.com? Or BloviatingGasBagGuru.com?

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