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Best Weather App?

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jt.gonzo · · Denver, CO · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 25

I’m curious about what y’all like to use for weather prediction around here?? I tend to prefer NOAA, but I hate having a bunch of saved tabs in my browser. I’m wondering if anyone has a weather app they feel is pretty reliable/user-friendly that they like to use for places in Colorado?

Trevor T · · Seattle, WA · Joined Jul 2020 · Points: 0

It's a paid service but so far I have been pretty impressed by OpenSnow's summer predictions. The interface is a little more clunky than their winter side, where they got their start (and why I subscribed) but they have been slowly refining it. Completely superceded mountain-forecast for me.

Patrick O'Hare · · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Jul 2016 · Points: 7
Harry Beauregard · · Fort Collins, CO · Joined Mar 2020 · Points: 25

If you right click on a location in CalTopo you can look at “point info” and it will link a NWS forecast for those coordinates. This works even in the free version, and is super nice to get summit forecasts as opposed to the nearest town, especially helpful for wind speed/direction.

RMNP has a lot of weather monitoring stations (idk how many feed into NOAA/NWS vs are for research) and IMO tends to have better forecasting than say a rando 13er in the middle of a wilderness area.

It’s worth mentioning that a lot of weather apps and including subscription ones are just pulling NOAA/NWS data and “doing their own forecasting”. You know, for as long as we continue to fund national weather forecasting. 

Marcus Peabody · · Carbondale, CO · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 0

I like yr.no (the Norwegian meteorological office). You can choose peaks to get altitude adjusted forecasts, the design is slick, and you get granular three day plus ten day outlook:

https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5416061/United%20States/Colorado/Pitkin/Capitol%20Peak

Jay Eggleston · · Denver · Joined Feb 2003 · Points: 21,743

“WeatherBug” because you can use the nearest weather recording device station to your climbing location.

Chad Miller · · Grand Junction, CO · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 150

For my location around Grand Junction, Weather Underground has worked very well. 

Jeremy Bauman · · Lakewood, CO · Joined Feb 2009 · Points: 1,102

Windy. -> you can see and compare the various models.
Storm Radar -> really nice UI on mobile.

Mark NH · · 03053 · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 0

I’ve been using foreca.com or most often the app. It’s worked well for me no matter where I’ve traveled. 

Chris Johnson · · Boulder, CO · Joined Nov 2015 · Points: 15

I also used OpenSnow for a year before my free trial ended and they opted not to renew the free option for AMGA members. It was quite good, just couldn't justify the cost. Went back to Windy, which is good, especially if you know the weather models and want to compare. I also like Spotwx.com. Interface is old-school, but you can pick your location and choose the forecast model you want to look at. No app as far as I can tell though.

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