{"id":23231,"date":"2026-05-26T04:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/i-stopped-checking-the-weather-forecast-and-got-a-series-of-wonderful-surprises\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:37:40","slug":"i-stopped-checking-the-weather-forecast-and-got-a-series-of-wonderful-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/i-stopped-checking-the-weather-forecast-and-got-a-series-of-wonderful-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"I stopped checking the weather forecast \u2013 and got a series of wonderful surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like so many Britons, I usually consult a weather app before venturing out of the house \u2013 and often cancel plans if I don\u2019t like what I see. Here\u2019s what happened when I went cold turkey for a week<\/p>\n

When I heard on the radio that more than half of British people would consider cancelling<\/a> an outing if they saw a 40% chance of rain all day on their weather app, I felt seen. I, too, am a slave to my app. Not that I would ever make a decision based on one whole-day percentage. I pore over three-hourly breakdowns for chances of rain versus minutes of sunshine. If rain is<\/em> on the cards, I check the probable millimetres. Less than one? I may well throw caution to the wind. Speaking of which, wind speed and direction must also be considered, along with overall and \u201cfeels like\u201d temperatures. For the cherry on top, I\u2019ll compare notes with a loved one\u2019s app if they use a different one, quietly mistrusting theirs, and simmering in silent rage if theirs wins.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit, though, that my compulsion to check my app (I long ago chose WeatherPro, which I knew nothing about, but liked its layout and name) is borderline neurotic; I fret over probabilities and outfit appropriateness, when I could simply step outside for real-time hyper-local accuracy. I can lose procrastinatory hours consulting long-range forecasts, or checking the weather in Melbourne (where my sister lives) and holiday destinations I have no immediate plans to visit.<\/p>\n

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\nLike so many Britons, I usually consult a weather app before venturing out of the house \u2013 and often cancel plans if I don\u2019t like what I see. Here\u2019s what happened when I went cold turkey for a week
\nWhen I heard on the radio that more than half of British people would consider cancelling an outing if they saw a 40% chance of rain all day on their weather app, I felt seen. I, too, am a slave to my app. Not that I would ever make a decision based on one whole-day percentage. I pore over three-hourly breakdowns for chances of rain versus minutes of sunshine. If rain is on the cards, I check the probable millimetres. Less than one? I may well throw caution to the wind. Speaking of which, wind speed and direction must also be considered, along with overall and \u201cfeels like\u201d temperatures. For the cherry on top, I\u2019ll compare notes with a loved one\u2019s app if they use a different one, quietly mistrusting theirs, and simmering in silent rage if theirs wins.
\nI\u2019ll admit, though, that my compulsion to check my app (I long ago chose WeatherPro, which I knew nothing about, but liked its layout and name) is borderline neurotic; I fret over probabilities and outfit appropriateness, when I could simply step outside for real-time hyper-local accuracy. I can lose procrastinatory hours consulting long-range forecasts, or checking the weather in Melbourne (where my sister lives) and holiday destinations I have no immediate plans to visit. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like so many Britons, I usually consult a weather app before venturing out of the house \u2013 and often cancel plans if I don\u2019t like what I see. Here\u2019s what happened when I went cold turkey for a week When I heard on the radio that more than half of British people would consider cancelling …<\/p>\n

I stopped checking the weather forecast \u2013 and got a series of wonderful surprises<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23231"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}