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that's cool. yea i was hoping for something like that. i guess it's hard to avoid commodification of meteorological reports since they rely on a bunch of individual stations sharing data... so once that gets snatched up by some capitalist power what are you gonna do, go make your own weather station?
or maybe not, i have literally no idea how this works. i assume people only know things by asking the local places. i guess they can tell me the weather on antarctica or the moon with a good enough satellite. (uh, well i guess that'd just be "cold," and "none")
Most of the weather stations in the US are operated by (or at least report to) NWS. AccuWeather et al just package that data and slap ads in their apps.
There are a lot of hobbyist stations connected to Weather Underground. I have one! I got it more because we are in kind of a microclimate area slightly different than the city's main station. And also we are prone to hurricanes and other windy conditions, so I just wanna track the wind outside to know if I have to run out and secure loose items.
With the Weather Underground widget, I can have my station data right on my phone. Forecasts still go by the main city.
Fun fact, the mast for the old DirectTv dish was the perfect size for the weather station, and gave me an excuse to climb up and take the dish down finally.