The Many Complexities Of Predicting and Communicating Weather

Forecasting is more accurate than ever, but mobile apps can still disagree wildly. What causes the difference – and which one is best?

Man looking at his smartphone on a sunny beach
Inaccurate apps can affect profits in the tourism industry. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

It was a tale of two storms. The first consisted of the rain and thunder forecast for Bournemouth by the BBC weather app on the Saturday spring bank holiday. The second came when the first failed to materialise and a tourism manager in the town complained that visitors who stayed away could have come after all and enjoyed sunshine and blue skies. Read more here in The Guardian>