I grew up and had always lived in a northern tier mountain area [WA. and AK].
Weather has always been a major consideration for me.
Having always lived in Mountain Weather, because of it's variability, I've always tried to track it for recreation and daily living purposes.
NWS only gives one a guess as to what is, or will be happening.
Growing orchids outdoors here in HI had intensified my need to follow weather reports and trends.
I have finally purchased a Personal Weather Station [PWS].
I got it installed 3 or 4 days ago and am now following my personal weather situation more closely than I have ever been able to do before.
I'm already finding that I had built a few misconceptions as to my weather situation.
My station is set to upload it's observations to online.
For those interested, here:
Personal Weather Station Dashboard | Weather Underground
I'm very pleased, wish I'd of done it sooner.