Saturday, July 29, 2006

the weather is


david lynch gives you the weather for his city daily here

but who has the best forecast for the rest of us?
these folks think they have the answer
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What does ForecastWatch do?

ForecastWatch calculates the accuracy, skill, and quality of weather forecasts. We collect over 40,000 forecasts each day from Accuweather, the National Weather Service, MyForecast, Weather.com, and others for over 800 U.S. cities and 20 Canadian cities and compare them with what actually happened. With this information, we help weather forecast companies, businesses, and individuals:
  • Evaluate weather forecast providers
  • Improve decision-making where weather forecasts are used as input
  • Improve weather forecasts by providing useful feedback
  • Improve the quality of weather forecast websites
  • Provide additional data for decision and risk analysis
Weather plays an important role in our economy. Hundreds of thousands of businesses and individuals use weather forecasts every day to make decisions that have real economic impact. Hundreds of thousands more businesses and individuals could use weather forecasts as part of their daily planning process if the weather impacts on their businesses or the risks of using weather forecasts could be quantified. But until ForecastWatch, nobody had real data on who is the most accurate and skillful."
try it here

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