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by _ea1k 966 days ago
TBH, the NHC one is very good. Each storm has a "Forecast discussion" link with specific details on the things that specifically drove the forecast. The NWS publishes something similar for each area forecast, and it is often incredibly insightful.

It isn't necessarily as good as the best local weather coverage, but it might help to point you to which station is giving the best coverage.

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And honestly, the local weather office forecast discussions are great, too. If they seem too dense with arcane language, that's actually something that ChatGPT does a great job of distilling. "Act like a professional meteorologist specializing in public speaking. Please read the following technical forecast discussion from NWS, and rephrase it to be more accessible to an audience that is educated, but not experts in meteorology."