Thread: New weather site

I find Yr.No comparable to METVUW, and there was a time when Dr.Jim's METVUW was a go-to for long-range predictions, even when the MetService also had their 7-day maps online. Windy.com is now out in front of the others by a country mile in terms of the level of detail I need. All my hunting and range trips now either happen or get called off based on windy.com. Though none of them can predict localised air movement around steep terrain. Better to try and build up a history of how weather-wind direction and speed predictions broken into the altitude gradations of 150 metres will translate into what will be experienced on the ground in the areas being hunted. Windy.com has enough detail so I can estimated ahead of time whether there will be wind in my face at key observation points or for stalking down certain faces, or if the wind will be backing and a change of planned route is called for. The hourly cloud-base predictions have proved to be pretty useful too for planning high-altitude slip stake-outs, again with slight tweaking for local conditions to avoid white-outs. Windy.com: recommended.