Most favored Weather App

Rchawks · Feb 25, 2020

What is the most accurate weather app for guessing what the wind and conditions might be 2 to 3 days out instead of the current conditions?

Mrmund · Feb 25, 2020

Rchawks said:
What is the most accurate weather app for guessing what the wind and conditions might be 2 to 3 days out instead of the current conditions?

I like Windy. I use it for sailing forcasts too. It seems to be pretty accurate when looking a couple days for, better than most for sure

JAW · Feb 25, 2020

UAV Forecast
Many customizable parameters, plus it’s free.

OurAngryBadger · Feb 25, 2020

I am making a drone forecast app. Will be done in a month or two. Not sure if I'll be able to advertise a link here though.

rtr32 · Feb 25, 2020

I like Windfinder. Good wind forecast several days out.

dronerdave · Feb 26, 2020

I'm using UAV forecast, ventusky, and dark sky free versions. If anything they all are off a bit. Dark sky has some nice features for a free version and is more of a total forecast app. Ventusky is quick to display wind directions on a large map but like dark sky only has surface wind speed. UAV forecast is nice as it shows wind speeds at different heights. The main page offers up most of what I need to know about such as speed, direction temps plus visibility and sats visible. It also notifies you of DJI NFZ's nearby.

Gaffa22 · Feb 26, 2020

JAW said:
UAV Forecast
Many customizable parameters, plus it’s free.

Isn't UAV only free for the current day though ?
i had a quick look and it only shows today unless you pay $23.

JAW · Feb 26, 2020

Gaffa22 said:
Isn't UAV only free for the current day though ?
i had a quick look and it only shows today unless you pay $23.

Could be. I’ve only used it for current conditions.

Dale D · Feb 26, 2020

Gobuchul said:
I use Windy.
I work offshore and we also use it to compare with our custom, paid for, location forecasts. It's frequently better than the paid for ones.

I just looked and there are so many "Windy" apps- which one are you talking about specifically???

Rchawks · Feb 26, 2020

Thank you.

Dakarenduro · Feb 27, 2020

I use UAV Forecast, paid edition. Seems to be pretty accurate for me.

Lastrexking · Feb 27, 2020

Not sure if it's available outside of the UK, but BBC Weather is great along with UAV Forecast (which I find sketchy occasionally).

Dronernator · Mar 21, 2020

Photogad said:
I am making a drone forecast app. Will be done in a month or two. Not sure if I'll be able to advertise a link here though.

Oh go on, I'd like to take a look at the photography app you mentioned elsewhere

Keule · Mar 21, 2020

Airdata UAV gives you a 24hr forecast in 1 hr increments.

Currently available on Android only (iOS in development)

AirData UAV - Apps on Google Play

Automatically capture your drone flights and discover early signs of problems

play.google.com

OurAngryBadger · Mar 21, 2020

ToBAS said:
Oh go on, I'd like to take a look at the photography app you mentioned elsewhere

Ok here is my app

Fotocast - Weather For Photographers

Fotocast is a free and powerful weather forecast app designed exclusively for photographers. If you are a professional photographer, check it out and see what you've been missing today!

fotocast.app

Working on adding a drone forecast to it presently and completely re-designing the UI to be a bit more modern and easier to use. Hoping to have the update done in the next few weeks but Coronavirus has been slowing me down.

There is a monthly subscription for some enhanced features which help me pay for the fees to keep the app running. I'll be making a promo code for MavicPilots users to get the subscription for free when the update comes.

If you have any suggestions or improvements let me know via private message and I'll try to get them into the update.

Dave Phantom · May 28, 2020

Just found a good weather site it also has 'Above me Now - WHERE EAGLES FLY'
Metcheck Model Aviation & Rocket Forecasts.

Metcheck.com - Aviation Weather Forecasts - Select Location or Club.

www.metcheck.com

Sara Elizabeth · Oct 21, 2020

I had lost a drone to bad weather sometime back. I have tried climacell.co with positive results so far. The real problem is handling the drones during strong gusts of winds, and weather apps don't give a lot of details about that.
@ Photogad, will check out your app