March 23, 2005
Preparing to arrive ...
As we prepare to arrive in Friday Harbor, I started to monitor the weather so we had some idea of what to pack in terms of clothing, especially for me. I noticed a posting on ranchero software about a new program weather from Gaucho Software called Seasonality.
We have always been WeatherPop users -- and quite pleased. In addition, I found a FireFox extension called ForecastFox, which is a very nice way of keeping updated on multiple locations (it rotates between locations every 30 seconds), something WeatherPop doesn't do.
So I downloaded Seasonality. Nice interface with more details than WeatherPop, including radar images. This is especially nice for the island. I loaded the two locations that I care about and noticed sunrise/sunset clock interface. I also noticed that the island day length is 12h 22m, as compared to 12h 15m in Claremont. Not a big thing, but one more reminder of how far north the island sits. The sunrises later here in Friday Harbor, but also sets later, currently around 6:30pm.
Is Seasonality worth the $25 dollars. Not sure at this point. I will continue to use it for the 30 day trial. It seems that I would check it in the morning to see how the day is looking and then when the weather turns nasty. For a continual update of temperature, clearly WeatherPop and/or ForecastFox is a better tool.
Posted by Craig at March 23, 2005 08:44 AM