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Weather Underground also uses crowdsourced data from individual end users with weather stations. This is true, but with the caveat that much of the raw weather data is first sourced from the National Weather Service’s National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD), then processed for modeling, etc, by the private firms. Reminds me of the story about the first scientific weather ‘forecasts’ (a newly coined word), here: Stormsurf does so for the US West Coast (focusing on Central California). Surfline provides surf forecasts for many breaks around the world. There are many regional specific/situation specific weather data providers. Private weather data service providers have been around FOR DECADES. NWS/NOAA is the most common weather data source provider for the USA but it is most certainly isn't the only one. If you use an app/service that sources data from the NWS (NOAA), that same app/service is sourcing international weather forecasts from other sources. The NWS (NOAA) does not create detailed temperature/weather forecasts worldwide.

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Go ahead and look at the five day temperature forecast for your ZIP code with all three services. The Weather Channel (operated by IBM) is one. There are privately operated weather forecasting services as well. The National Weather Service (NOAA) is just one. Multiple weather data providers exist in the USA. I believe all the weather apps fetched data through National Weather Service or whatever it is called. The basic weather service data is superb, far better than anything I've seen in a US-based weather data source. There are two main shortcomings: 1.) the app's interface is only in Japanese and 2.) the weather data coverage is only for Japan. Returning to the original topic, the best weather app I have ever used is Tenki.

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If WTEH doesn't update their PGD feed, no one gets it. The data is provided by the individual companies (terrestrial broadcasters, major networks, etc.). Then for some reason, it changed to become not informative.Īlmost all US television schedule apps use the same data source that has existed for decades, PGD (Program Guide Data) from the Chicago Tribune (at least that's where it came from twenty years ago). Īny good tv guide app? TV Guide app used to be pretty good for displaying over the air tv programs.The process for moving to a new device never worked as well as it does on iOS.īut hey, at least you'll be able to see the weather.

The interface is comparatively clunky and inconsistent. The Moto's battery life as utterly abysmal after the first year. Switching from Motorola to Samsung had me lose a couple of Motorola-specific apps that weren't available on the Galaxies.

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All three of those phones (a Moto X and two Galaxies) each received ONE major Android update before becoming deprecated.

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I've had three Android phones myself (semi-daily drivers back when I was working as a developer and needed to support the platform) and you couldn't pay me to switch over. I’m tired of these products all different across the board. Apple wants you to buy their watch (which you can put the weather on the face of it). I’m tired of trying to get it there unsuccessfully. I wish I could get weather on the Lock Screen.