On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:02:53 -0400, George >
wrote:

> 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?

If you think your range is going to be that large, widen your search.
Duh.
> 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?

Like I said, they have hourly predictions. You're going out for a
morning ride and they say it'll be raining at 3PM, get home before
then. It's not brain surgery.

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