There are many commercial forecasting services that businesses use when their business depends on the weather. They pay for this information and typically the forecaster tailors the information to the specific needs of the business.
For example, if The Villages used one (I don't know if they do or not) the service might keep track of how wet the ground is, the details of all the retention ponds, and such and tell The Villages when and how much to drain rather than give them a predication of how much rain there will be.
Businesses in agriculture, energy, construction and others make a lot of use of these commercial services.
WeatherBELL Analytics is one of many commercial forecasting services available.
I've found that many of the weather programs you can get for your phone are pretty good. Dark Sky and Carrot seem to really be on top of things when I want to know if I can go walking in the morning and not get wet.
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Originally Posted by DEETAMAC
Does anyone know which service / station or 'company' that The Villages uses for it's weather information?
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