iPhone Weather and...
Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts |
Somewhere, in an alternate universe perhaps, the weather this morning was the cool, cloudy but dry predicted by the iPhone app.1 In this reality the rain came down steadily during the whole walk back from the shops. I told it Coventry. Did it rain in Coventry as well as my house location? Yes. Was this shown as any percentage even when it was a steady downpour? No. Some As it happens I took one look at the clouds just before leaving the house and declared the app a lying piece of s*** so the journey home, under an umbrella, was absolutely fine.2 1 Defenders of Apple may suggest that if I enabled the alleged increased location accuracy by turning on Wi-Fi for the location services3, or even turned on the location services for any app, it would work better. 2 Ha! the cynic (tutored by two generations of previous cynics and adding his own 60-odd years) stays dry. 3 Tests, up on the moors in Derbyshire and Yorkshire gave better location info without a possible Wi-Fi source for miles (unless it was a Wi-Fi sheep I could see). |
Grahame Parish (436) 481 posts |
Doesn’t the BBC weather app work on iOS? I find that reasonably reliable. Anyway, how can you expect Apple in California/Silly Cone Valley to be able to see what the weather is like anywhere in the UK – it’s a long way away! |
Chris Hughes (2123) 336 posts |
I assume you do not mean the real weather app from the BBC, even the MetOffice one, I use the BBC Weather app, and its can be down to your location you put in. Nice and sunny here, as per the BBC weather app. |
Steve Pampling (1551) 8172 posts |
Well, the bottom line is the phone has whatever is put on it remotely – it’s a work device that goes wherever I do. I use the installed apps, but as you see I don’t totally trust. BTW. Wife’s Android phone, different app same rubbish on today’s weather. |
Alan Adams (2486) 1149 posts |
Experience over several years of using various web-based weather predictions has me usually using metcheck.com. My impression is that it is right more often than either bbc or Met Office. Checking all 3 is a good way to see how predictable the weather really is at the time – getting 3 significantly different forecasts means “nobody knows”. |