Originally Posted by
Lookleft
I remember over 30 years ago when the regional Met offices were closed and you couldn't get face to face met briefings. It was always much better to be able to speak to someone who knew the local vagaries of the weather. The weather forecasting has just been reduced to computer modelling and an app.
I've always found the phone numbers direct to the aviation forecaster on the bottom of the area forecasts put me onto people who were very happy to help and provide significantly more detail on timing and likelihood of weather. Granted, not the same as face to face but a pretty reasonable approximation.