Paid $40 a month for a weather app that still got the forecast wrong

I signed up for one of those hyper-local weather services last spring because the free apps kept telling me it was sunny while my crew was getting soaked on a job site in Clifton. The pitch was all about precision and private weather stations. I figured it would pay for itself if it saved one day of scheduling around a bad call. Six months and $240 later, it missed three separate storm fronts entirely. One of those was a 40 mile per hour wind event that tore a tarp off a roof we were working under. The app showed scattered clouds until an hour before it hit. I cancelled it and went back to the free radar plus looking at the sky. Some things you just cannot pay for accuracy on, I guess. Has anyone else found a data service that actually earns its subscription, or is this just how it goes?

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samrodriguez14d ago

Wait, you paid $240 for that and it still missed a 40 mph wind event? I dropped $30 a month on one of those "hyper-local" deals thinking I was being smart too, and it told me clear skies while my backyard was flooding from a downpour. These apps are just fancy guesses with a nicer interface, man.

charlies3713d ago

Man, @samrodriguez my buddy paid for a fancy one and it said sunny while his car got hailed on.