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by petodo 1270 days ago
When I open https://pirateweather.net it says "An Open Weather Forcast API", I think it's pretty clear if you are using "Pirate Weather" you are really using just Open Weather data source.

As for accuracy, it's mostly about false positives/negatives regarding rain, I don't care whether temperature is right to the degree Celsius, but I care if source says it's gonna rain and then it doesn't and vice versa.

Of course your experience may vary, though not sure why you mention Dark Sky accuracy when we talk here Open Weather used by your site.
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guillohm 1270 days ago
Beyond the subtitle "Open Weather", it doesn't have anything related to what I believe you are referring to: Open Weather Map (OpenWeather Ltd) https://openweathermap.org/

In the case of pirateweather.net, "Open" is referencing to the fact that the processing and transforms are openly divulged. Read this http://docs.pirateweather.net/en/latest/ it's interesting

I mentioned darksky because you listed it as part of your evaluation and it was not graded good. This means you were not satisfied already with the approach and results in your region at least.

I also care the most about daily and hourly precipitations and how intense they get

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petodo 1270 days ago
So from your linked document it seems they are using these sources:

> Starting from the beginning, three NOAA models are used for the raw forecast data: HRRR, GFS, and the GEFS.

Though I don't understand why they use very very confusing term "An Open Weather Forcast API" including typo (quite unprofessional), which will anyone familiar with weather data sources take as Open Weather (Map).

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alexander0042 1268 days ago
Hi,

I'm the dev behind the Pirate Weather API. I really appreciate your feedback here, since I missed that typo, but it's fixed now.

I went through a ton of iterations of the subtitle, since it's a tricky thing to get right. I think the "Open" part is important, but agree that I don't want it to be confused with "Open Weather Map". I've retitled it to "A Free, Open, and Documented Forecast API", which is a little wordy, but might be better

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