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As there have been a few recent threads on useful landscape apps, and a search on the forum hasn't found this mentioned, can I suggest this weather app.
https://darksky.net/app/
It only forecasts for the next hour (actually, it now also gives a 24 hour forecast), but I have found it generally to be very accurate.
It's useful when you are hoping for a lull in the rain to get a photograph, or want to know how quickly the rain might reach you. Be warned that their idea of "light rain", is my idea of pretty heavy rain.
The accuracy seems to depend a bit on location, but its been one of my most useful apps. The accuweather app, now also has the same short term forecast feature, but I haven't found that to be as good.
As well as photography, I have also used it to pitch a tent, where it told me the (torrential) rain would stop in 10 minutes, with a 20 minute break before it started raining again. I sat in the car for the 10 minutes, and it stopped raining as predicted, and I managed to get the tent up just in time for it to start raining again for the rest of the day. I also use it to see if the rain will stay off long enough to let me walk to the local shop and back again, without getting wet.
Definitely one of my best purchases, and worth having a look at.
Cheers,
Graham
https://darksky.net/app/
It only forecasts for the next hour (actually, it now also gives a 24 hour forecast), but I have found it generally to be very accurate.
It's useful when you are hoping for a lull in the rain to get a photograph, or want to know how quickly the rain might reach you. Be warned that their idea of "light rain", is my idea of pretty heavy rain.
The accuracy seems to depend a bit on location, but its been one of my most useful apps. The accuweather app, now also has the same short term forecast feature, but I haven't found that to be as good.
As well as photography, I have also used it to pitch a tent, where it told me the (torrential) rain would stop in 10 minutes, with a 20 minute break before it started raining again. I sat in the car for the 10 minutes, and it stopped raining as predicted, and I managed to get the tent up just in time for it to start raining again for the rest of the day. I also use it to see if the rain will stay off long enough to let me walk to the local shop and back again, without getting wet.
Definitely one of my best purchases, and worth having a look at.
Cheers,
Graham