On 7/10/2011 12:53 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:01:23 -0400, >
> wrote:
>
>> Weather on the go is one of my biggest uses. We go on long bicycle
>> rides. Prior to a smartphone if the weather looked iffy we just wouldn't
>> go. Now I can pop up live weather radar and see what the track of a
>> storm is and work around it while out on a trail.
>>
> You don't need a smartphone for that. Weather sites do hourly
> predictions that are spot on. Look it up on your computer before you
> leave and you'll be fine. The thing that would make me want a smart
> phone for here is if I worked downtown and took public transportation
> to get there, I'd be using nextbus.com a lot because MUNI sucks.
>

Gee, I guess I should have asked you about that before buying my phone.
Just how would an hourly observation help define where the boundary and
trend of a storm is one could judge if you should proceed or change your
plans? Often bad weather could be close to where you are but not be an
issue. How would it work if say you were out on trail for 4 or 5 hours?