OPs assertion about the need for private forecasters was because he simply couldn’t bear to be without access to a forecaster for 2 periods of 28 minutes each a day. Sigh........
It certainly wasn’t about the accuracy of the forecasts.
To be fair, the models are only as good as the amount of quality data they are being fed. The numbers of reporting stations here are minuscule compared to the US and Europe.
Nothing to stop one getting on the phone and telephoning someone at destination to see what it’s like before departing. Nothing quite as bad as arriving with min fuel to then suddenly discover that one‘s options have suddenly dried up.