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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by dingaling on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @01:19AM (#22745934)
> The Weather Company also leverages NOAA data

... in the USA. But one of its great advantages is the data it receives from tens of thousands of amateur weather reporting stations globally. The Wunderground forecast for our locality is hyper-localised and very accurate for that reason, particularly compared to the national Met Office forecast which applies to an airport 35 miles away, beside a lake and on the other side of mountains.

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by lstamour on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @03:50AM (#22746619)
I had no idea Weather Channel had bought Weather Underground in 2012. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_(weather...

I remember fondly using their Wunder Radio app in the early iPhone years.

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by coldcode on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @07:20AM (#22747576)
I was an early supporter (and payer) for Wunderground, but now they have turned into another IBM money grab and I refuse to have anything to do with them now.
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