Commuting by bicycle to and from work necessitates a few behavioral changes, namely, you must:
1 - Pack your clothes and lunch very carefully
2 - Leave sufficient time to do the Superman-in-a-phone-booth clothes changing routine when you get to the office
3 - Repeat the same process when you head home
The most important thing remains the weather. Misread the day's forecast and you'll end up swimming home.
Thankfully, Info-Tech Research Group's crack Research Department has formed an equally crack Weather Team. Here's a quick rundown of the sites we use to track the latest blowings from Mother Nature:
(Small caveat: they're all specific to the London/Southwestern Ontario region. But with a bit of tweaking, you can point most of 'em toward your neck of the woods)
National Weather Service Radar - incredibly precise and up-to-the-minute (narrow view).
National Weather Service Radar - as above, but with a wider view.
Environment Canada Forecast for London - just change the city code in the URL for your local forecast.
Environment Canada Radar Loop (from Exeter station) - same deal as above.
Intellicast Radar - a fairly decent wide-view composite image.
A couple of other general sites:
Weather.com - the gold standard of weather sites
The Weather Network - the pathetic Canadian version that makes us all wish we were American (Okay, maybe not...)
Here's hoping your days are warm and dry - unless, of course, you're British and you prefer them cold and miserable. In which case, you likely wouldn't be looking at North American weather sites anyway. But I digress.
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