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Weather and Wind Information

Unread postby Knute78 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:10 am

What weather relates sites do you use and rely on. I am trying to decide, based on wind direction, if I should hunt a particular spot I have previously posted about. I am running into one problem. All three weather sites I use are prediction different winds. I am not talking about NNE vs NE I am talking about 180 degree differences. Not one site shows the same wind direction prediction! I usually check weather.com, Accuweather, and Weather Underground. Frustrating because the stand I would like to hunt is over an hour away.

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Re: Weather and Wind Information

Unread postby Ghost Hunter » Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:14 am

Sounds like a last minute decision. I do know the feeling. I use weather underground an have for about five years.
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Re: Weather and Wind Information

Unread postby PLB » Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:48 am

Ghost Hunter wrote:Sounds like a last minute decision. I do know the feeling. I use weather underground an have for about five years.

I like that site also. I like to look at the hourly and see if there are any trends or if any major switches are likely to occur during my time in the woods. Say if I'm hunting from 4 to 7:30 in the evening I'll start checking early that morning at work and see how consistent it stays. I'm an addict during the season on weather sites, lol

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Re: Weather and Wind Information

Unread postby Haus86 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:50 am

I use NOAA the most. I compare a bunch of sites at the same time, but I usually rely on NOAA. Their hourly weather graph is great for wind direction and speed, and how it fluctuates throughout the day.
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Re: Weather and Wind Information

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:20 pm

A combo of wunderground &
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/ ... B&state=NH

Punch in your state and hit go.
Then pick a region and punch go...

What I like about wunderground is the actual weather stations @ the bottom of the page, you can pick a local spot to your hunting location...
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Re: Weather and Wind Information

Unread postby Crazinamatese » Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:49 pm

NOAA, or the National Weather Service is your best bet... I tried other weather sites and apps and much of the time the info was very inaccurate.
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Re: Weather and Wind Information

Unread postby john1984 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:05 pm

Sometimes ill just go to a local tv news station website and check what they're weather man is predicting

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