ADVICE PLEASE ON BEST WEATHER FORECAST WEBSITE???
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 15:55
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just goin
Hi All, Heading north in a few weeks and leaving from
Newcastle NSW. We intend to do a lap of OZ and will be following the coast line mainly in a anti-clockwise direction. Just wondering what your suggestions are for accessing weather conditions etc for
places we will be approaching or travelling to??? As we will have a laptop with us I am thinking this will be the easiest method of obtaining weather reports etc etc...
Reply By: Ozboc - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 15:58
Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Thoughtfully- Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:16
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:16
www.weatherzone.com.au without a doubt
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Follow Up By: Malleerv - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 17:23
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 17:23
I also use weatherzone. Very good and simple
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Follow Up By: Hairs & Fysh (NSW) - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 17:47
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 17:47
I use both Weather zone and bom.gov then I stick my head out the window.
And then have a guess. ;)
Both are good sites.
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Reply By: Notso - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:17
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:17
This one's good too, probably gets it's data from BOM, but presents it as a 7 day forecast and other stuff You just have to enter A postcode or town name to get the local forecast
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Follow Up By: Notso - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:18
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:18
OOOPS
Site Link
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Reply By: Bunny - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:31
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:31
You could try Accuweather.com as
well. It gives 1-5, 6-10 days forecasts.
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Follow Up By: Best Off Road - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 17:45
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 17:45
Actually does 15 days and it's not too bad.
I've been using it for years.
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Follow Up By: Isuzumu - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 19:53
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 19:53
So how do you get to put in an Australian city? it does not want to reccognize Australia bah
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Follow Up By: Bunny - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:05
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:05
I just have this in my favourites, so it's a bit tricky to start from scratch.
Try
http://www.accuweather.com/world-city-list.asp?loccode=brisbane+queensland&Submit1=GO%21
This will take you to an international city search page and you can go from there
(From memory I couldn't get through either initially, but once I got to this page I could then search anywhere I wanted. I'm sure there is a way to get there more directly but I'm just so sure and not completely savvy about these things either. Someone else on line might be able to help. I'll keep trying and if I find out how I'll post again.
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Follow Up By: Bunny - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:08
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:08
Aha found it!!!
Drop down box - Forecast, international weather, world weather..... then follow your nose.
Try that......
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Follow Up By: Best Off Road - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:10
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:10
Bruce,
Try this
Just change it to any town you like and it should work.
Cheers,
Jim.
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Follow Up By: Isuzumu - Monday, Apr 27, 2009 at 06:57
Monday, Apr 27, 2009 at 06:57
Closest I can get to where I am is
Brisbane, so I will stick with my BOM and Weatherzone sites............thanks for the help
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Reply By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:17
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 20:17
I assume you already tried the weather system here on this site - ie. ExplorOz? This is BOM data customised to suit our site
Weather on ExplorOz
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Reply By: Member - Bruce T (SA) - Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 23:14
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 at 23:14
We use Elders Weather; easy to read and clearly set out.
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Reply By: png62 - Monday, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:54
Reply By: Maîneÿ . . .- Monday, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:03
Monday, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:03
I use this:
Weather & Temperature forecast
Is mainly the relevant daily temperature numbers, not a large picture site which will slow down loading and uses up your GB allowance when travelling.
Mainey . . .
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Reply By: just goin - Monday, Apr 27, 2009 at 15:20
Monday, Apr 27, 2009 at 15:20
Hi All,
Thanks for your replies - all been most helpful...
Good point that was made about the download capacity of some websites as we are currently on a 1GB per month plan so we have to watch that we dont go overboard but at the same time we do want to make sure we are aware of any potentially bad weather issues that we may be able to avoid if we need too....
Thanks again
JUST GOIN
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