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Old 10-24-2012, 07:50 PM
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weather app on the smart phone

whats a good app for this?? Is there a plowing app?? I have the weather channel now but it kinda of sucks. What are other peeps running these days? thanks
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Old 10-24-2012, 08:22 PM
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I use Rainy Days, on my Android- HTC EVO 4g LTE...... works great!
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Old 10-24-2012, 08:35 PM
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I use weather underground.
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Old 10-24-2012, 09:46 PM
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accuweather
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Old 10-25-2012, 10:33 PM
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Weather bug not bad and on of the local. TV has on try it out this year
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Old 10-25-2012, 11:39 PM
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NOAA, around here, they are the most accurate hands down.
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Old 10-26-2012, 03:27 AM
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I use Weather bug elite, NECN weather and my radar. information overload!
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Old 10-26-2012, 04:00 AM
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Is there a more INACCURATE weather provider out there?
They never get any thing right where I live. I can do a better job than they can/do.
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Old 10-28-2012, 08:58 PM
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I use MyCast Weather by Garmin. Ive used accuweather, weatherbug and several others. This is my favorite for sure. Very good radar.
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Old 10-28-2012, 11:26 PM
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Accuweather, Swackett, Weatherbug, Apple's App, Weather Underground

I compare what they all say and go with something in between.
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Old 10-28-2012, 11:53 PM
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Wx iphone ap mostly, NOAA info basically, raw data or visual. I like the Temp prediction by the hr. Radar is decent too.
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Old 10-29-2012, 07:08 AM
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I have WeatherBug on my phone. WOrks pretty well with rain, nothing on snow yet though. Just took the leap from the dumb phone a few months ago.
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Old 10-29-2012, 07:47 AM
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I like accuweather the best
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Old 10-30-2012, 01:46 AM
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I have a Sumsung phone and use Fullscreenradar for seeing the big picture as you can see the entire country and zoom in from there, and weather.gov is the most accurate for me here in Chicago area for the free ones if that is what you are looking for. If you are considering accuweather don't waste your time...more like inaccurate weather as everyone I know calls them
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Old 10-30-2012, 08:58 PM
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there is this network of backyard weather guys who all belong to the same network. Here my local site is

www.laity.ca

It is by far the most reliable, and very accurate. All the rest are 50/50 as far as their estimations go.
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Old 10-30-2012, 09:19 PM
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NOAA provides great info. It's on all my Droid Razor M phones. Also I'm was wondering on average how many times do you check your phone concerning weather per day in the winter months. approximately ???
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Old 10-30-2012, 09:25 PM
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All the fricken time. I'm like a kid in a candy store. 2-5 times a day. Sometimes more if the powers at be say its tobe a good storm
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All the fricken time. I'm like a kid in a candy store. 2-5 times a day. Sometimes more if the powers at be say its tobe a good storm
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