Something Funny...
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
United States
September 20, 2025 5:46am CST
I have two Weather sites on my laptop; one that shows the National Weather and one that shows local weather conditions by the hour. I also have one Weather site on my phone that shows daily weather for my zip code.
The funny thing is they all show something slightly different and that made me giggle when I realized the differences this morning. The National Weather service shows that there is a 70% chance of rain today and we'll get about a half an inch total. The second site shows that there is a 99% chance of rain/storms mixed today and the total accumulation of rain will be around 1 1/8th inches today. The site on my phone says there is an 88% chance of rain today and the total accumulation may reach 3/4 of an inch.
How can three different sites all show differences like that for the same area? 
We need the rain so whatever we get will be welcome.
Do you use/check different weather apps?
We need the rain so whatever we get will be welcome.
Do you use/check different weather apps?19 people like this
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
That happens a lot here, too. Usually, the hourly weather site gets that right but the other two claim it's sunny when we have solid cloud cover.
Yesterday, we had a pea-soup fog here and none of the sites showed that. I was glad I couldn't see well enough to drive. Pretty would have insisted on going to the grocery store in that and I hate driving in bad weather. (When it snows or ices, I tell her I'm not driving in it no matter how much she insists. Sometimes she tries crying to see if that will make me drive when I don't want to.)
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@LadyDuck (483820)
• Italy
20 Sep
@DaddyEvil - As we are only half mile from the Swiss border, I often check also the Swiss weather forecast, that seems to be more often wrong that our local forecast.
We went to Switzerland this morning, as I had to deliver personally some documents. It was foggy there, but it was not dense and by mid morning it was clear and sunny. I do not like to go out in the fog, my parents had a terrible car accident because of the fog and I am scared now.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
@LadyDuck I totally understand that. I have had several near miss car accidents because of fog. I don't want to drive in bad weather.
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@allknowing (153928)
• India
20 Sep
I do not think any of them know that you watch all three together.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
I'm sure they don't. But I do think each one is a different meteorologist giving his/her prediction for the weather that day.
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@Laurakemunto (13188)
• Kenya
20 Sep
@DaddyEvil every one giving their own piece of mind
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
True, or each site has their own meteorologist who gives their own predictions each day.
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@id_peace (16693)
• Singapore
6h
@DaddyEvil You are probably having ultra instinct like. I prefer to trust what I see than some apps for weather.
@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
I don't trust the apps fully at all, I usually look out the windows and see what I think will happen.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
That's a good question. We don't have a rain gauge to test that. It DID start storming at 6 am, like the local hourly prediction showed... I hope that one is the most accurate It's the one that is predicting over an inch of rain today.
I just woke up from a beautiful nap from listening to the rain against my bedroom windows. 
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
21 Sep
@JudyEv I agree,,, It started raining again at 10 pm (It's 2:26 am now.) and is still sprinkling. We had thunder right over the house a little while ago that made me jump every time it boomed! Pretty yelled once when it sounded like the roof of the house was coming off!
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@JudyEv (363430)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Sep
@DaddyEvil It's always nice to wake up to rain on the windows.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
True... It DID start storming here at 6 am, like the hourly prediction showed but the thermometer on the front porch shows it is chillier than predicted for this morning.
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@porwest (107771)
• United States
20 Sep
@DaddyEvil I wonder how many of us could keep our jobs if we were right half the time? lol
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@snowy22315 (196444)
• United States
20 Sep
I check a couple of different sites, and also listen to the weather on TV. You're right they never agree
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
I haven't seen a weather report on television in 20 years...
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
@Laurakemunto We don't own a television that can pick up channels anymore. Pretty and I watch shows online. Our television just has Pretty's gaming machines hooked up to it now.
@Jenaisle (16466)
• Philippines
21 Sep
Just the one internally installed in my laptop and phone. But we have a joke around here. If the weather bureau says it will rain, don't bring umbrellas because the opposite will happen. The gadgets used to forecast weather conditions are so old that they're no longer accurate, that's why.
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@Jenaisle (16466)
• Philippines
21 Sep
@DaddyEvil You're right. I guess even the meteorologists here are incompetent. They have a vital job, so they should be held responsible. I totally get where you're coming from. It can definitely be frustrating when forecasts are off.
On the other hand, the weather is incredibly complex and constantly changing, so even with all the tech and data, it's not always predictable. That said, I do think the science has improved a lot over the years, even if it's not perfect yet.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
21 Sep
@Jenaisle You're correct, too. Things can change fast and it can be difficult for someone to get everything right all the time. But you'd still think they could be held accountable instead of being rewarded for being wrong all the time.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
21 Sep
It isn't that equipment is old in the US. It's that meteorologists give their opinions instead of just saying what the machines actually tell them. Each person decides how to "interpret" what the machines say.
Instead of having a basic level of understanding and being forced to adhere to that, meteorologists that make bad predictions for the weather are allowed to keep their jobs and still get paid. Any other profession, getting things wrong as often as they do would be fired and would have to get some other job to make a living.
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@Juliaacv (55088)
• Canada
20 Sep
We have a few different resources that we can check weather for our city.
Seldom do they all line up with the same forecast.
Today, just before 9am here, it is a lovely 14C according to the website that I consider to be most accurate.
However, I just got back home from the grocery store, and although technology can be faulty too, but the vehicle was registering the outdoor temperature at 16C, and on top of that, our digital weather station that measures the temperature here indicates it is 18C.
So, from this, I can deduct that the temperature, is much like politics, very subjective.
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@Juliaacv (55088)
• Canada
20 Sep
@DaddyEvil We took advantage of the beautiful weather and took a 4 km hike through a conservation area in the city.
We met alot of people, deep into the hiking area that were covered with sweat, as there was no breeze.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
True, that would be the logical thing to deduce from all the readings. 2 people like this
@Tampa_girl7 (53511)
• United States
20 Sep
I hope that you get your needed rain. That’s funny how we sometimes get conflicting info online.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
Thank you. It started storming here at 6 am, just like the hourly prediction said.
I assume we get conflicting reports for the weather because it is different meteorologists giving their predictions.
@Laurakemunto (13188)
• Kenya
20 Sep
Yes mixed information everywhere can be confusing
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@wolfgirl569 (122686)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Sep
I do but never truly believe any of them
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
It's funny to look at several of the different predictions at the same time.
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@Laurakemunto (13188)
• Kenya
20 Sep
@DaddyEvil it's like looking at the sites which predict sports, man you can get totally confused
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@LindaOHio (201337)
• United States
21 Sep
I have a weather app on my TV which I check 999 times a day. It has local radar and a 7-day forecast. The forecast is constantly changing. I will also look at Accuweather on my computer to get the big picture on where the rain is.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
21 Sep
AccuWeather is what's on my phone. I check it more than the apps on my laptop.
All three have some features I like about them.
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@Laurakemunto (13188)
• Kenya
20 Sep
It's like watching television you'll find each and every person having their own opinion so funny
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
@Laurakemunto Sometimes I look out my window and decide for myself what I believe it will do during the day.
Sometimes I look out my window and decide for myself what I believe it will do during the day. 1 person likes this
@Laurakemunto (13188)
• Kenya
20 Sep
@DaddyEvil especially now that we have several sources of getting information
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
21 Sep
We have good storm tracking. We just don't have accurate estimates for the amount of rainfall in each area before it starts storming/raining.
@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
21 Sep
@jaylar Well, that's not possible. We can't tell how thick those clouds are or how high they're built up into the sky.
The amount of rain we got yesterday was a LOT less than any of the three apps predicted. Luckily, we're supposed to get rain/storms all week so, hopefully, we'll get enough rain to stay out of a drought.
I'm sorry that happened there. I hope emergency services kept all the people safe, at least.
@jaylar (2306)
• Kingston, Jamaica
21 Sep
@DaddyEvil we have very poor tracking. On Friday the 'rain' was so heavy it flooded highways, went into homes and businesses as if Noah was on his way.
There has to be a way to judge from the size of the clouds the amount of rain
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@GardenGerty (165829)
• United States
20 Sep
Mostly just bing on the desk top. I do not like the weather app that came on my phone.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
Doesn't the weather app on your phone give you the current weather and predictions?
@celticeagle (179949)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Sep
How funny. Do you have one you trust the most or ......?
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
Nope... I usually just check all three and then hope we get the best one of the predictions.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (78875)
• United States
20 Sep
Yes, I check different weather apps. I shake my head at the “43%” or “78%.” Why not just say 40% or 80%?? 
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
I KNOW, right? The hourly weather report on my laptop this morning actually said 99% but in the description below the thumbnail said 100% chance of storms/rain for today. 
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
22 Sep
That's how I've got them, too. I did add the hourly weather on my laptop. It's really good at saying when rain will start and stop locally.
@LeaPea2417 (38436)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Sep
I have noticed the same thing on the two that I check, differences.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
21 Sep
I wish it was all standardized so forecasters gave the same information instead of giving their opinions and get it wrong most of the time.
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@Traceyjayne (5334)
• United Kingdom
20 Sep
The Mister always uses his phone to check the weather and without fail it is always different to the weather forecast Mom has heard on the tv.
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@DaddyEvil (160221)
• United States
20 Sep
Well, of course it would be... People expect the weather people to give their opinions on what the weather will be doing. Copying the weather given somewhere else makes it seem like you can't give your own.
