Forum: gardening.stackexchange.com
Tags: <weather><resources><frost>
Title: How can I best get an alert if overnight frost is predicted?
Question: What's the best way to get warned if there's going to be a frost? Is there website or online service which will email me?  My priority would be a service which emails only in the event of frost warnings but I guess a year round daily email with min/max forecasted temperatures for my postcode would be fine.  I'm in the UK. I did sign up with one UK frost alert service before last winter (sorry, can't remember which one) but never received any emails.

Answers:
sents: text: Wunderground.com have email alerts, but they might be limited to US servere weather warnings.
text: I use Wundergound for my weather - good for stats junkies such as myself, or those what want a meaningful discussion of hurricane forecasts rather than the usual TV gloss.
text: However, I use their website (no advertising for $5/yr).
text: They also have some broader international weather forecasts/data.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/69/winwaed
score: 8
sents: text: Below are some weather services you may wish to look into further (if you've not already): Weather reports for the UK: Weathercall by phone, fax and web - Paid service from the Met Office British Isles: Rainfall radar - Free online service from the Met Office.
text: If you click on a region, you will get more detailed information, including "Weather warnings overview".
text: The new National Severe Weather Warning Service - Free email service from the Met Office BBC Weather Service - Doesn't offer email service, but does offer free, Mobile access and RSS feeds.
text: Weather reports for the USA:
text: Weather Alerts & Inbox Weather - Free email service from The Weather Channel Mobile & Downloads - Free apps from The Weather Channel WeatherBug Mobile - Free and paid Mobile apps from WeatherBug Desktop Weather Products - Free Desktop apps from WeatherBug Email Alerts & Updates - Free email service from National Weather Service Daily forecast & severe weather watches & warnings - Free email service from AccuWeather
text: Worldwide weather reports:
text: WeatherTrends360
text: - Offers free email service, but requires free membership Mobile & Downloads - Free apps from The Weather Channel WeatherBug Mobile - Free and paid Mobile apps from WeatherBug Desktop Weather Products - Free Desktop apps from WeatherBug BBC Weather Service - Doesn't offer email service, but does offer free, Mobile access and RSS feeds.
text: Google maps
text: "Weather" - Free overlay to Google maps, powered by Weather.com Rain or shine, see the weather in Google Maps Weather services I personally use (living in the USA): The Weather Channel Mobile App
text: - Hourly, Daily, 36 Hour & 10 Day weather, plus Alerts WeatherBug Mobile App -
text: Hourly, Daily & Weekly weather, plus Alerts Missouri Botanical Garden on Twitter - Freeze warnings
text: The above weather services come from: Asking a few gardening experts and weather companies/services on twitter for their recommendations.
text: An internet search.
text: Personal experience with some of those services.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/394/Mike Perry
score: 8
sents: text: I think I've found a winner! "
text: If this then that" is a website that lets you specify an action to take based on some trigger event.
text: They have weather triggers available, and email/SMS actions.
text: Here's my ifttt recipe for email frost alerts.
text: I just barely set it up, so I don't yet know how reliable it will be.
text: SMS is left as an exercise to the reader...
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/51/bstpierre
score: 7
sents: text: You can try Weather Underground .
text: This is one of the best sites for weather information and I always rely on this to plan my road trips.
text: I've found the information very comprehensive and the layout & navigation thoroughly satisfying.
text: If you sign up as a paid member ($10/yr, although there are free memberships with lesser features), you'll have access to email forcasts & updates.
text: From their sign-up page: Our new email forecast and alert service is included with every membership.
text: As a member, you select cities where you want weather updates, and we'll send you alerts immediately after they are issued by the National Weather Service.
text: Forecasts are reformatted for text, or html devices, and can be sent whenever you choose as a paid member.
text: I'm not sure if the information for other countries will be as comprehensive as that for the US, mainly because different weather stations report information selectively.
text: But it might be worth a try.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/109/Lorem Ipsum
score: 6
sents: text: I could not find a service
text: so I have made one, http://frostalertemail.com
text: (UK only).
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/1026/Adam Foster
score: 5
sents: text: I had the same problem and couldn't find a solution..
text: so I developed ColdSnap!
text: for Android..costs less than a packet of seeds (and now does high temperature warnings too).
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/1066/Antony Cook
score: 4
sents: text: I've developed www.ifweather.com for managing custom weather alerts and sending email just like you describe.
text: It isn't free, but it's the best option for managing many alerts for more than one location that I've found.
text: It currently has the ability to watch the forecast for temperature and precipitation conditions.
text: When the conditions you specify are satisfied it sends you an email.
text: You can schedule when you'd like to receive emails too, so you won't get pestered at inconvenient times.
text: It does work in the UK as well as other countries.
answer_details: author: gardening.stackexchange.com/users/13584/Contraptor
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Try Weather Underground or Wunderground.com for weather alerts.
Wunderground.com have email alerts, but they might be limited to US. You can also try  Weather Underground . The following have also been developed  www.ifweather.com, http://frostalertemail.com  and ColdSnap.