I understand that weather on TV can’t be hyperlocally accurate. But a weather app on my phone has my exact GPS coordinates. Why can’t it tell me exactly when a rain cloud will be passing over my location?

It’s gotten to the point where I just use precipitation maps to figure out my rain chances for the day.

The hourly forecast is mostly useless because it’s not a chance % but a % of the area that will be raining.

  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    It’s that for the broadcast area, about half is gonna get rain.

    Isn’t that virtually the same thing as a 50% chance of rain at my position though?