Most accurate. Most useful. A bit fun.
Five forecasts and dads in their gardens, all scored against what actually happened, then pulled into one honest verdict, telling you whether to fire up the BBQ or not.
Open the forecastFive forecasts in, one verdict out
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We pull five forecasts
Met Office, Apple, YR (Norway), DWD (Germany) and Tomorrow.io. Different data, different models. They often disagree, which is the point.
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We combine them into one verdict
One number per hour, plus a plain answer on the BBQ, the mow, the dog and the garden beer. When the sources clash, we flag it.
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Dads close the loop, and we keep score
Tap what it's actually doing; dads upwind get a heads-up. We score every forecast against what happened, so you can see who's right for your area at /accuracy.
Let's start with the Why!
Hi, I'm Richard, a dad to two young girls, and I live in South London.
For years I've been standing in the garden, phone in hand wanting to BBQ, getting a different answer from every weather app. One says rain and the next says it won't. That really frustrated me, and on top of that they were all so boring!
So I built Weather for Dads.
The app brings five forecasts together so you can see them next to each other in one place. Then it snapshots them every three hours and measures them against what actually happened, both from weather stations and dads in their gardens. Pull that together to build an algorithm based on who's most reliable for each kind of weather, playing to each source's strengths for one overall forecast you can lean on. Then wrap it in something that doesn't take itself too seriously, a bit of community, a bit of humour, and a genuine attempt to answer a question that matters: can I fire up the barbecue or not?
I hope you enjoy it! Feedback, thoughts, jokes, I genuinely want to hear them. Drop me a line at weatherfordads@gmail.com.
Cheers,
Rich
Built for actual decisions
The Verdict
BBQ, mow, garden beer, walk the dog. Each gets a yes-now, later, or not-today answer. Decisions, not data dumps.
Boots on the Ground
Dads near you report what it's actually doing. Rain upwind? Heads-up before the radar catches it. Every report trains the accuracy tracker.
Next Hour
Minute-by-minute rain for the hour ahead, cross-checked against the other forecasts and the dads upwind. If they disagree, we flag it.
Dad Joke of the Day
One joke a day, voted by dads. Sunday reveals the week's winner. A small ritual to soften a wet forecast.
Five takes on the same sky
Met Office
The UK's national service. Its 2km UKV model is hard to beat for the next few hours.
YR · Norway
Uses ECMWF, widely rated the best global model for the 3 to 7 day range.
DWD · Germany
The ICON model: an independent voice that makes "everyone agrees" mean something.
Apple WeatherKit
The only source with true minute-by-minute rain radar. It powers Next Hour.
Tomorrow.io
An ML model that even reads phone-signal interference to spot rain. Properly different.
Why five? Each has a blind spot, so we stack them and let the gaps cover for each other. Then we add the signal models can't see: dads on the ground, reporting what's actually happening in their gardens. When they all agree, trust it. When they don't, we show you who's saying what.
Stop the mayhem.
Every dad on the app makes the next forecast more accurate. The most honest weather in the UK, one back garden at a time.
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