Topic: Another Option for Weather Stickers/Magnets

[WeatherHost]

http://www.bcswebco.com/weatherstickers.shtml

Simply "cut and paste" the code we provide and your site can display the current temperature, conditions and forecast for practically any location in the United States. Regularly updated, our Weather Magnets offer fresh and useful information for your site visitors.

To get started, just complete the below form, and we'll have the code and instructions emailed to you right away. Nothing to buy or subscribe to ... your site does not even have to be hosted by us!

Sample image from the page above:

[Farmtalk]

GREAT!!!! Thanks so much for the link! That will look great on my site!

[xykotik]

Let's see what show up first.  A forecast on my magnet, or a saleman in my inbox.  Nice little marketing touch for them if it works.

[WeatherHost]

I've used it for 5 years or more and never been spammed.

I was a bit leery at first too.

[Farmtalk]

This will look great on my site! Ill probably keep the wunderground sticker for the forum

[xykotik]

I pasted the code (without the html tags) into a ubb img tag in my post above.  This morning, the temp was accurate, and it showed a forecast of afternoon mist.  It's now early afternoon, and the temp is right, but the forecast is blank.

I was really curious to know if their data was coming from my station.  With WU and other sites, entering my zip code returns "weather for Wynaco" which means it had to come from my station uploads to WU or CWOP, since there is no Wynaco.  I made it up based on the history of the area and to see who snags my data.  If it returns as "Auburn" then it comes from somewhere else most likely.  (I live in unincorporated King county, but the zip is attached to Auburn, for rural post delivery.)

[WeatherHost]

I would think their source is NWS, but maybe not.

[LFWX]

I would think their source is NWS, but maybe not.

From Terms and Conditions:

"BCSWebCo/BCSdesign offers no warranty of any kind. Weather magnets and source code are provided AS IS. Displayed data comes from a variety of government/public sources and we (BCSWebCo/BCSdesign) do not verify or confirm accuracy."

...also

"Source/HTML code supplied to display magnets may not be altered in any way, including link back to us."

...and

It looks like they have borrowed (stolen?) the icons used by Weather For You.

[Farmtalk]

You know, I was also think that they came from WFY, they alter just a smidget but they are very similar which makes me suspicious for the site

Just saying, i believe all of the weather stickers come from NWS offices, so like where i live, im about 30 miles east of the NWS office, but the data is coming from that office and is being presented onto the sticker...does that make sense?