[Ina]

We use the met office but as already has been pointed out they are only a prediction.

Since moving to Scotland, we use the principle that 'if its not raining, then just wait a while and it soon will !'

I wish! We had heavy rain forecast for the night, with light rain for today. Had about 2mm in all. The garden is desperately dry... It's been like that for weeks!

[lord flynn]

if you are in Scotland and on FB, Windy Wilson is pretty good-just don't upset him 

[cloddopper]

if we are planning a kayak trip,
we use 3 sites,
XC , weather,
the MET
and magic seaweed

+1
 Those tend to be much more accurate & are updated many times a day.
The general BBC stuff is not usually as good for they pay much more money for them than the BBC.
 At the best the BBC is only good for two days if you are looking for a regional accuracy . It used to be that the BBC showed the isobars and direction of movement

Now it's been dumbed down so it is cheap and also allows you to make a cup of tea whilst it's on.

Your sites are ideal for planning sea angling trips a week of so ahead , as you can see the arrows showing weather & wind movement patterns & see the temperature of the fronts.

[bigchicken]

Weather forecasts your having a laugh, does anyone know any job where you can get it so wrong so many times and still keep the job. If the ground is wet it could be raining.

[Factotum]

I keep an eye on this site:

http://www.yr.no/

I get a forecast for our location, rather than the nearest town. The Norwegians seem more accurate than the Met Office.

Also hoping for a lull to make hay - the grass was cut late last week & Steve's been out turning when the sun's out  - nearly dry but then today it rained...Still, it's nice and windy now, maybe the fields will get a blow-dry over night.

Sue

[Foobar]

farmersweather.co.uk (webcast daily at 12:30pm)
metcheck.com
accuweather.com
metoffice.co.uk


... and then take an average .


metoffice and metcheck have rain radar pictures so you can see if rain is close by.
metcheck has been very accurate in the past but has gone off a bit recently.  my current fav is accuweather (esp cos it shows you a calendar month view, and it shows a current against average temperature graph)


Have tried xcweather in the past, but it's data isn't so "accessible" as these others in terms of presentation.