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piersj225yesterday at 3:41 PM3 repliesview on HN

After darksky was shutdown I ended up using, https://www.yr.no/en . I've not seen it recommended here before and thought someone might enjoy it


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shagieyesterday at 4:38 PM

They've also got a developer interface - https://developer.yr.no

One of the things that I've seen with them that I haven't seen with others is the cloud cover by layer.

https://www.yr.no/en/details/graph/2-6301678/United%20States...

https://www.yr.no/en/details/table/2-6301678/United%20States...

For doing photography (sunsets) there's a significant difference between 50% high clouds and 50% low clouds.

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tcumulusyesterday at 6:00 PM

For the ones who might be interested, Yr.no uses the ECMWF (European weather model) as their main data source. This model scores the best on benchmarks of the global weather models (available for the whole world), but AI models are catching up on some parameters. Still, there are local weather models available with a much higher resolution (these are regional and only have forecasts up to a couple days). Examples are ICON-D2, Arome, Harmonie for parts of Europe, and HRRR for the US. I'm not sure which apps use these models though.

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ojojwapofijeyesterday at 7:25 PM

Do they provide a Celsius/Fahrenheit toggle? I can't find it.

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