I never understood the acclaim for dark sky. It never seemed very accurate, and the forecasts changed so rapidly that they weren't of much use. "Rain for next 2 hours" would become "Intermittent rain for the next 30 minutes" 10 minutes later.

They link to the API: https://mapsplatform.google.com/maps-products/weather/

> We're now taking our research out of the lab and putting it into the hands of users. WeatherNext 2's forecast data is now available in Earth Engine and BigQuery. We’re also launching an early access program on Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform for custom model inference.

> By incorporating WeatherNext technology, we’ve now upgraded weather forecasts in Search, Gemini, Pixel Weather and Google Maps Platform’s Weather API. In the coming weeks, it will also help power weather information in Google Maps.

Look out the window? Works as well as anything else for me.

The HRRR is VERY good in my opinion. It updates hourly with a 15-minute resolution 18 hours out and hourly 48 hours out.

https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/

Precip.ai or go grab the MRMS data yourself

Apple integrated the hyperlocal darksky stuff into their native Weather app. It had a few growing pains, but it's as good as it ever was, imho.