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Moderated Weather forecasts
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Gene Warner
Hi everyone!
With the loss of WeatherRSS, I am now looking for a similar web site or a windows program that is accessible through JAWS and will give me the current weather plus the forecast for the next several days. I would prefer an RSS feed like WeatherRSS because it needs no additional software to be installed, but am willing to go with a program if nothing to replace WeatherRSS exists. Years ago, before I lost my vision, I used a system tray program called Wetsock and really liked it but don't think that the company that produced it is still in business, and considering its age, I'm not certain that it would even be accessible. Note that if you decide to try to find this program, I am not certain whether its name is one or two words. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! Gene... |
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David Goldfield <david.goldfield@...>
While it's not free Leasey, which needs JAWS or Fusion to operate, has an amazing Weather search tool.
David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:02 AM To: JAWS support list <main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: Weather forecasts
Hi everyone!
With the loss of WeatherRSS, I am now looking for a similar web site or a windows program that is accessible through JAWS and will give me the current weather plus the forecast for the next several days.
I would prefer an RSS feed like WeatherRSS because it needs no additional software to be installed, but am willing to go with a program if nothing to replace WeatherRSS exists.
Years ago, before I lost my vision, I used a system tray program called Wetsock and really liked it but don't think that the company that produced it is still in business, and considering its age, I'm not certain that it would even be accessible. Note that if you decide to try to find this program, I am not certain whether its name is one or two words.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot! Gene...
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Gene Warner
Hi David!
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I am aware of Leasey's weather function, and I used to use Leasey years ago but stopped using it when I encountered problems with JAWS which was eventually traced to Leasey. Freedom Scientific said that while Leasey itself was not the source of the trouble, the fact that there were third party scripts installed into JAWS was. So ever since then, I have avoided using scripts not shipped with JAWS. Thanks anyway for the suggestion. Gene... On 3/14/2023 8:04 AM, David Goldfield wrote:
While it's not free Leasey, <http://www.leaseycentral.com/> which needs JAWS or Fusion to operate, has an amazing Weather search tool. |
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Mike Pietruk
Gene
In fairness to Leasey, and as a current Leasey user, you should probably should give Leasey a 2nd chance. Judging a program, based on what you experienced several years back, is both unfair to Leasey and to yourself potentially. Returning to your original qwuestion, are you interested in weather here in the US and one or multipole locations? I, like David, very much like how Leasey handles weather; and I use (and bookmark) several NO AA weather pages for specific weather info for certain locations and general pages for types of weather info I am regularly after. |
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Tom Behler
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How about going to www.weather.gov? Once you access the web site, you can enter your location into an edit box, and you will get the National Weather Service forecast and current weather for that location. You will also find the National Weather Service office that serves your particular area, and then can use their specific web site from there. I am my county's amateur radio SKYWARN Team Coordinator, and use this web site all the time, as well as others. If you have a smart phone, there are other apps you can use for this purpose as well. Tom Behler -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:02 AM To: JAWS support list <main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: Weather forecasts Hi everyone! With the loss of WeatherRSS, I am now looking for a similar web site or a windows program that is accessible through JAWS and will give me the current weather plus the forecast for the next several days. I would prefer an RSS feed like WeatherRSS because it needs no additional software to be installed, but am willing to go with a program if nothing to replace WeatherRSS exists. Years ago, before I lost my vision, I used a system tray program called Wetsock and really liked it but don't think that the company that produced it is still in business, and considering its age, I'm not certain that it would even be accessible. Note that if you decide to try to find this program, I am not certain whether its name is one or two words. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! Gene... |
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Don Walls
Gene, a friend put me on to the ap Weather Underground. It has a paid subscription version but I use the free version. The paid version gives long-range forecasts and the free one just the forecast for a day or so. You type wunderground to get it. It's brilliant because it gives the forecast for your immediate neighbourhood, not a wider area.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: 14-Mar-23 7:43 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Weather forecasts Gene: How about going to www.weather.gov? Once you access the web site, you can enter your location into an edit box, and you will get the National Weather Service forecast and current weather for that location. You will also find the National Weather Service office that serves your particular area, and then can use their specific web site from there. I am my county's amateur radio SKYWARN Team Coordinator, and use this web site all the time, as well as others. If you have a smart phone, there are other apps you can use for this purpose as well. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:02 AM To: JAWS support list <main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: Weather forecasts Hi everyone! With the loss of WeatherRSS, I am now looking for a similar web site or a windows program that is accessible through JAWS and will give me the current weather plus the forecast for the next several days. I would prefer an RSS feed like WeatherRSS because it needs no additional software to be installed, but am willing to go with a program if nothing to replace WeatherRSS exists. Years ago, before I lost my vision, I used a system tray program called Wetsock and really liked it but don't think that the company that produced it is still in business, and considering its age, I'm not certain that it would even be accessible. Note that if you decide to try to find this program, I am not certain whether its name is one or two words. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! Gene... |
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Karen Reynolds
And this site is more accessible than it used to be. I use it all the time. I've not used the hour by hour link yet.
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Tom, have you tried that? Karen -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:43 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Weather forecasts Gene: How about going to www.weather.gov? Once you access the web site, you can enter your location into an edit box, and you will get the National Weather Service forecast and current weather for that location. You will also find the National Weather Service office that serves your particular area, and then can use their specific web site from there. I am my county's amateur radio SKYWARN Team Coordinator, and use this web site all the time, as well as others. If you have a smart phone, there are other apps you can use for this purpose as well. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:02 AM To: JAWS support list <main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: Weather forecasts Hi everyone! With the loss of WeatherRSS, I am now looking for a similar web site or a windows program that is accessible through JAWS and will give me the current weather plus the forecast for the next several days. I would prefer an RSS feed like WeatherRSS because it needs no additional software to be installed, but am willing to go with a program if nothing to replace WeatherRSS exists. Years ago, before I lost my vision, I used a system tray program called Wetsock and really liked it but don't think that the company that produced it is still in business, and considering its age, I'm not certain that it would even be accessible. Note that if you decide to try to find this program, I am not certain whether its name is one or two words. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! Gene... |
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Tom Behler
No, I haven't tried the hour-by-hour link.
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Will check it out when I get the chance. Tom Behler -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karen Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:53 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Weather forecasts And this site is more accessible than it used to be. I use it all the time. I've not used the hour by hour link yet. Tom, have you tried that? Karen -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:43 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Weather forecasts Gene: How about going to www.weather.gov? Once you access the web site, you can enter your location into an edit box, and you will get the National Weather Service forecast and current weather for that location. You will also find the National Weather Service office that serves your particular area, and then can use their specific web site from there. I am my county's amateur radio SKYWARN Team Coordinator, and use this web site all the time, as well as others. If you have a smart phone, there are other apps you can use for this purpose as well. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:02 AM To: JAWS support list <main@jfw.groups.io> Subject: Weather forecasts Hi everyone! With the loss of WeatherRSS, I am now looking for a similar web site or a windows program that is accessible through JAWS and will give me the current weather plus the forecast for the next several days. I would prefer an RSS feed like WeatherRSS because it needs no additional software to be installed, but am willing to go with a program if nothing to replace WeatherRSS exists. Years ago, before I lost my vision, I used a system tray program called Wetsock and really liked it but don't think that the company that produced it is still in business, and considering its age, I'm not certain that it would even be accessible. Note that if you decide to try to find this program, I am not certain whether its name is one or two words. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! Gene... |
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tina sohl
The weather channel also has an app that you can download that'll give
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you weather info too. That's one of my favorite ones that I use. On 3/14/23, Tom Behler <tombehler@...> wrote:
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Andy
I've used Weather underground for many years, first on the web, and now with the app.
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I also like Weatherology. Andy ----- Original Message -----
From: "tina sohl" <tinabir80@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:20 AM Subject: Re: Weather forecasts The weather channel also has an app that you can download that'll give |
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Joseph Machise
andy last I new the web changed there site
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From: "Andy" <wq6r@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 1:19 PM Subject: Re: Weather forecasts I've used Weather underground for many years, first on the web, and now with the app. I also like Weatherology. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "tina sohl" <tinabir80@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:20 AM Subject: Re: Weather forecasts The weather channel also has an app that you can download that'll give |
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Mike Pietruk
Expanding on Tom's suggestion:
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the first header 2 gives you current conditions and the 2nd header 2 is the forecast. If you prefer seeing as a zone forecast, the old tradional way, there is a link for that. And either can be bookmared or saved as a desktop shortcut. And, of course, by entering a different location in the search box, you can check on any location in the US you wish. On Tue, 14 Mar 2023, Tom Behler wrote:
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Mike Pietruk
Don
Yes, wunderground is another site I often use. Personally, I prefer Weather.gov more often as the forecasts are more complete. Both are very useful. |
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