![]() If you like the NWS forecasts more than BestForecast’s, there’s a toggle switch to get that data instead. Weather Underground is a commercial weather service providing real-time weather information over the Internet. Please Note: Being a forecast for a single point, the point forecast is very specific and mariners should also be aware of weather conditions in the surrounding area. ![]() Near my current address in Palo Alto, Calif., BestForecast is Good while the NWS is Fair, which means it is sometimes off by 3.5 degrees Celsius. Click on the map below for the point forecast or on the links to the right for the zone forecast. Near my old house in the Sunset, BestForecast’s recent record is rated “Excellent” (meaning it predicted the high temperature to within 1.5 degrees Celsius) while the NWS is only “Good,” meaning it was up to 1 degree worse. If you scroll down the page on any forecast, the site will tell you how well BestForecast has performed for your area over time, and how well the Weather Service has as well. But Weather Underground is transparent about its performance. “It’s probably 1 or 2 Fahrenheit degrees better overall,” Celenza says when I press him to give me a ballpark figure, but he notes that that’s just an average-in some places BestForecast could be significantly better than the weather service (and, in some places, it could be worse the weather is unpredictable, after all). ![]() Because the weather varies so much from place to place, the quality of Weather Underground’s forecasts-and its relative performance compared to NWS-depends on where you’re talking about. Updated: 6:30 PM EDT ApRICHMOND, Maine Officials are investigating an underground fuel tank explosion that happened Monday morning at the Exit 43 Quik Stop in Richmond, according to a news release from Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss. Click a location below for detailed forecast. How much better? That’s hard to quantify. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect from 10 AM to 10 PM Tuesday for gusty west to southwest winds up to 55 mph, low humidity and dry fuels.
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