The Platform Built for Independent Weather Forecasters
ForecasterHQ is the only platform built around the structure of a real forecast — regions, accumulation ranges, timing windows, verification. Not a social network. Not a blog tool. A forecasting platform.
Most tools weren't built for what you do.
Social platforms were built for engagement. Blog platforms were built for articles. Weather apps were built for consumers. None of them understand what a forecast actually is — a specific prediction for a specific region, with explicit accumulation ranges, a defined timing window, and a claim you're willing to put your name on.
ForecasterHQ is built differently. It starts with the structure of a real forecast — and everything else follows from that.
What independent forecasters use ForecasterHQ for
Publish structured, shareable forecasts
Draw your forecast regions on an interactive map. Assign accumulation ranges, precipitation types, and timing phases. Publish. Every forecast gets a permanent, shareable URL — a forecast page that looks professional, loads fast, and includes your brand and voice.
No more screenshot-from-Pivotal-Weather → annotate-in-Canva → post-as-image. Your forecasts live at a URL audiences can bookmark, share, and come back to.
Give your audience a place to subscribe
Built-in email subscriber management means your audience gets notified when you publish. No separate Mailchimp account. No Substack split. Your subscribers, your list, integrated with your forecast output.
Build a verification record that's public and permanent
After a storm event passes, ForecasterHQ matches your drawn regions against NWS observation station data and IEM Local Storm Reports. Your profile shows how your predictions compared to what actually happened — verification points, strip-plot visualizations, and a running track record.
This is the part that matters for credibility. Anyone can post dramatic forecast graphics. Not everyone can show you what their last 20 storm forecasts scored.
Embed your forecast anywhere
Every ForecasterHQ forecast includes an embed widget. Put it on your WordPress site, your Squarespace page, your Patreon. Your forecast, your brand, anywhere your audience already is.
Get found by audiences looking for local forecasters
The ForecasterHQ Discover page surfaces forecasters by region. When someone searches for a trustworthy local weather source — especially as NWS coverage thins — they can find forecasters who've built a public track record in their area.
Who ForecasterHQ is built for
Working meteorologists building a public presence — TV, government, or academic — who want to publish accessible, shareable forecasts alongside their primary work.
Serious weather hobbyists who have years of forecasting experience, a local reputation, and no good place to put their predictions in structured form.
Regional specialists — snow forecasters, hurricane trackers, agricultural weather consultants, severe weather spotters — whose local knowledge adds value that NWS grid forecasts don't provide.
Aspiring indie forecasters who want to build a track record before they have a following, so the track record helps build the following.
What makes it different from the alternatives
Versus social media: Social posts disappear. Your ForecasterHQ forecasts are permanent, structured, and verifiable. You own your subscriber list. For the full case on why owned audience matters — what happens when YouTube changes its algorithm, when a station contract ends, when Mailchimp changes its pricing — see why every meteorologist needs a platform they own.
Versus a blog or newsletter tool: WordPress, Substack, and Beehiiv don't know what a forecast is. They can't draw prediction regions on a map, track accumulation ranges, or match your predictions against observed weather data. ForecasterHQ does all of that natively.
Versus doing nothing: Without a structured platform, your forecast track record is invisible. Good forecasters who can't show their accuracy are competing on equal terms with hype merchants who can't. ForecasterHQ makes accuracy visible.
How forecasters describe the problem ForecasterHQ solves
The independent forecasting community has been duct-taping together multi-tool stacks for years:
- A WordPress site for long-form posts
- Canva or Photoshop for custom forecast graphics
- Mailchimp or Substack for newsletters
- Patreon or Stripe for paid tiers
- Social media accounts on six platforms for distribution
Every tool in that stack requires setup, maintenance, fees, and context-switching. None of them talk to each other. None of them understand what a forecast is.
ForecasterHQ doesn't replace everything. But it handles the forecasting-specific parts — structured predictions, geographic map regions, verification, subscriber notifications — in a way no general-purpose tool can.
Free to start. Built for the long term.
Your forecaster profile on ForecasterHQ is free. Publish your first storm forecast, claim your forecaster page, and start building a public track record without any upfront cost.
When your operation grows — paid subscriber tiers, premium forecast access, CSV subscriber export — ForecasterHQ grows with you.
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ForecasterHQ is an independent platform. We don't sell advertising or share your subscriber data. We make money when forecasters build successful subscription businesses — that's the only alignment we want.