End of Service for the Weather Underground API

Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by forapurpose on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @12:04PM (#18240376)

> terrible site redesign a few years back

Their 10-day weather graph is one of my favorite interfaces. There is no better way to grasp the weather, and it transformed my conception of daily weather patterns. Try it:

https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/ca/san-francisco

Don't overlook the Customize button at the top right.

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by acomjean on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:20PM (#18243918)

Clean.

I use the similar (but a bit wonkier) weather.gov graphs. I have it bookmarked on my phone, for checking the weather before I ride. After a bit you can figure it out at a glance. It also tells me sunrise and sunset times.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.3761&lon=-7...

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by rsync on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:21PM (#18245209)

The link you posted (weather.gov) is a 48 hour timeline - is it possible to create a 10 day timeline at weather.gov ?

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by acomjean on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:47AM (#18248728)

Unfortunately I don't think so. You use the "forward 2 days" button" to get more data, but they don't fit it on one page. You can get about 6 days total

They have a regular 7 day forecast[1] with text, but I prefer the graph for my commute.

[1]https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.3761&lon=-7...

I feel like weather.gov is 80-90% of the way there, but having incrementally grown the ui/ux feels dated and needs a little love.

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by jcurbo on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:04PM (#18241740)

I completely agree, as a long term WU user I am continually frustrated by their newer site design. The 10-day view is my favorite one but their site reliability and speed are atrocious. Like others in this thread I've been wondering what's going on over there and if they are just going to shut down some day. I used to even have my weather station send data to WU but I stopped doing that because I don't see any value in doing it anymore because their site sucks. Wundermap is slow as well and I've had issues with their iOS app lately too.

I would love to hear what people are using as alternatives. I already use Dark Sky on iOS as well, so that's one. I just want a good 10 day view :(

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by rconti on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:57PM (#18244217)

wunderground is my favorite, and I have a PWS that contributes to it, and I love the 10 day graph, but damn I was pissed when it was no longer the default view. It seems spotty as to whether it remembers to use my PWS or not. I just paid for Carrot (iOS weather app) plus the uberpremium subscription version so I can use WU data in it.

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by flavor8 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:51PM (#18243701)

I replaced it with two apps. I mentioned MyRadar upthread, which replaces wundermap; FlowX replaces the forecast.

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by dhimes on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:25PM (#18243959)

ublock origin won't let me load the page. I'm blocking kampyle, scorecardresearch and newrelic

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by dhimes on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @06:08PM (#18244278)

^^Nope. It just took forever to load.

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Re:End of Service for the Weather Underground API by dingaling on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @12:19PM (#18240564)

It is excellent, but glacially slow in loading compared to the previous version of the site.

For example I waited 82 seconds for your link to load and another 55 seconds after clicking 10-Day, on a 40mbps connection.

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