source for Interstate road conditions - future forecast, not current conditions

Discussion in 'Truckers' Weather & Road Conditions' started by bryan2, Feb 16, 2015.

  1. bryan2

    bryan2 Bobtail Member

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    I've used weather.com as a source for planning travel over the Interstate system up to 10 days in the future - but they've changed their format and it's not very useful anymore. can anyone suggest a good source for getting an idea of what the road conditions might be like for the next week or 10 days for route planning?
     
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  3. Balakov100

    Balakov100 Road Train Member

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    Not sure what the point of that would be.
    I don't think you can trust the weather that far in advance.
    Do you even know where you're going to be 10 days from now?

    Don't see how unless you're going Home or running dedicated routes.
     
  4. bryan2

    bryan2 Bobtail Member

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    I need to deliver a boat from iowa to port angeles, washington no later than the end of the month, but can't leave for 2 more days - there's more than one route and I have more than enough time so looking for the best weather window and need to see the options in reference to the weather.
     
  5. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    I use to use that site as well, I hate the new format too. I am interested in knowing ahead of time as well...maybe not 10 days ahead, but a couple days at least.
     
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  6. Flatbedder73

    Flatbedder73 Medium Load Member

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    accuweather.com Lets you put in departure city and time up to 24 hrs in advance, then arrival city....plots route on map with forecast temps and precip at estimated times along the way....simple and quick
     
  7. bryan2

    bryan2 Bobtail Member

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    yes, I've found several sites that give current and 24 hour road condition forecasts, but need something with long range forecast like weather.com previously offered. are you aware of any sites that give those options?
     
  8. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    The Commercial Channel(a.k.a. The Weather Channel) website has the old interstate maps still. Just not searchable by route any more. It's: http://www.weather.com/maps/driving

    It gives you 7 days of the entire USA's interstate system. I actually found it on the forum under the road/weather conditions tab
     
  9. bryan2

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    yes....found those but they're the ones that generated my original question because they aren't nearly as useful as the previous format. Recently I've just been looking at the forecast for the multiple cities along my route rather than any of the driving maps - takes much longer than before but produces the info. hope someone posts a better resource.......
     
  10. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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  11. rpc1943

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    hmmm....I would just leave giving plenty of time for weather. I use noaa and safe travel usa. Let it be know that a weatherman can be wrong 50% of the time and still keep his job:biggrin_25525:
     
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