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Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook by a3n on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:07PM (#17136465)
I'm a long distance trucker (my 6th career), and I'd like an app or site that will give me weather over two or three days along a 1000 to 2000 mile path. Anyone?

IIRC, I found something somewhere under weather.gov, but it was difficult/tedious to use on a smallish android phone; the associated API seemed more promising, but for the moment I'm either driving, decompressing or sleeping.

Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook by toomuchtodo on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:15PM (#17136541)
Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook by a3n on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:27PM (#17136670)
Thanks. Google play doesn't seem to be able to find it, not by a search, and not by the link from their web page. I tried getting weather from their web page for a trip I'm starting soon, but I just got a "this is embarrassing" response.

But, google play suggested other apps, so I'll try them. I appreciate your pointer.

Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook by zrobotics on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:39PM (#17136801)
My dad is a farmer, and uses DTN for weather information. It's a paid service, not 100% sure of the price, but it provides excellent weather information. I see they offer a product tailored for transportation: https://www.dtn.com/industries/weather/transportation/

Their mobile site isn't the greatest, but it is usable. I've used it for trip forecasts before, it works well. Edit:one great thing is no ads, weather.com is unusable w/o an ad blocker, but this being a monthly payment=no ads to deal with.

Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook by reaperducer on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:42PM (#17136838)
Second recommendation for DTN. I know people who run small town radio stations who use it because they can't afford the other big commercial services. They all say it's great.
Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook by beauzero on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:28PM (#17136676)
windy.com has become my "goto" weather site and app.
Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook by a3n on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @09:04PM (#17140042)
I've been playing with this today on web and app. Pretty good.