Weather app suggestions?

Is anyone aware of an (ideally free) app for current and future weather conditions including wind speed and direction (yup- I'm a regular rider of the LFT...)?

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Permalink Reply by S on February 6, 2013 at 9:25am

For iOS, android, OS X, windows, linux?

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Permalink Reply by BritBoy on February 6, 2013 at 9:28am

iphone

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Permalink Reply by Joe Studer 8.0 mi on February 6, 2013 at 11:02am

I ride the LFT almost daily, and use the Weather Channel app for iPhone. It gives reports on the current conditions at Chicago / Northerly Island (fairly representative of the LFT conditions), including wind speed and direction. (Of course, the wind always seems to be in my face, regardless of what the app says the wind is doing.)

I also like the Weather Channel app because it gives an hourly forecast for the next 24 hours.

Weather Channel works fairly well for me.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Studer 8.0 mi on February 6, 2013 at 11:09am

I'll admit I tend to check the weather radar before I leave work each day, just to be sure. That habit brings to mind this comic.

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Permalink Reply by Apie (10.6) on February 6, 2013 at 1:39pm

Weatherbug, I save the 4 nearest points and compare.

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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on February 6, 2013 at 2:12pm

I second that.

Apie 10.64 said:

Weatherbug, I save the 4 nearest points and compare.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) on February 6, 2013 at 3:07pm

Check the Weather. It shows a simple overview of the day's weather – including wind speed, temperature by the hour, and probability of precipitation.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa on February 6, 2013 at 4:27pm

If The Chainlink were to incorporate a feature for information on weather or road conditions, what would you want it to look like or do? (There have been a few requests in the past.)

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on February 6, 2013 at 4:42pm

http://massup.us/weather

Shows Chicago area current, forecast, wind, and local radar. Works on any smartphone or PC.

Or text A (for "Air") to u@massup.us (or to 773-33-MASS8) for the weather in a text message reply. Pretty slick huh?

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on February 6, 2013 at 4:47pm

Also, not strictly weather, but relevant:

https://twitter.com/activetransLFT

ActiveTrans' daily lakefront trail conditions report.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ChiLFT

Publicly submitted LFT reports.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on February 6, 2013 at 6:58pm

Well first off, let's break it down by major routes. I ride the LFT, so how about something that maybe describes conditions at representative interchange points, say Foster Ave, Fullerton, North Ave, Oak Street, Monroe Street, Roosevelt Rd, etc. The twitter link provided by Andrew is a little hard to follow.

Include up to the minute and 100% accurate reports of road conditions, wind speed and direction. I think we can figure out the remaining weather variables ourselves. Maybe we could purchase a fleet of drones to monitor and downlink relevant data and update an RSS feed on Chainlink.

Melissa said:

If The Chainlink were to incorporate a feature for information on weather or road conditions, what would you want it to look like or do? (There have been a few requests in the past.)