Come on, sort it out

[bobmac]

It's supposed to be informative, accurate and help me decide what to do, what to wear and what to take with me. And yet they are ore often soooooooooooooo wrong. Who am I ranting about????

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp?zipcode=NG34%208XF

According to that, I should be leaving the country on Saturday night


Does anyone know a weather site that is anywhere near close to being accurate please?

Thanks

 

[chris661]

I used to use metcheck when I was flying and it was rubbish, bore absolutely no relation to the real weather. Try, if you can read a synoptic chart, the aviation site of the met office it generally is very good, you do have to register but it is free to get the basic 5 day synoptic charts along with winds.

 

[Bunkers]

Hi Bob, check out www.myweather2.com

It is great for golf course specific forecasts and is pretty reliable especially for wind strength, rain fall and temp etc.

Ray

 

[Tommo21]

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/forecast

This is the best, data from hundreds of markers.

 

[Swinger]

Batten down the hatches.

If it's not raining I might squeeze a few holes in.

 

[bobmac]

Thanks guys, will take a look

 

[Ken_A]

I gave up on metcheck - one weekend it was supposed to be horrific so we aborted a camping trip - turned out to be the best weekend of last year - bbc new it but metcheck didn't :-(

 

[Ken_A]

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/forecast

This is the best, data from hundreds of markers.

Nice find - will try that from now on.

 

[Aztecs27]

I use the Weather for Golf App on my iPad or use the Golf website smiffy linked to a few months ago. Great for golf forecasts. Other than that, weather.com has never let me down.

 

[Oddsocks]

golfweather.com hasnt let me down yet

 

[goldenbare]

I don't think its worth trusting anyone's forecast more than 36 hours ahead Bob, all it takes is for a butterfly to flap its wings in the Amazon and the wind can change 400 miles away.
The Beeb forecasts from that time are as good as anybodys. I use the official Met office to check rain falling and progess on a particular day but their forecast pages are a waste of time.

 

[cheezburga]

I always used to use the Greencast.co.uk site - aimed at groundsmen/greenkeepers but its gone over to being a subscription service (although I think you can get a free trial period)

 

[bobmac]

Thanks again.
I'm going to give Golfweather.com a try.
It looks easy to read and has the information I want.