Originally Posted by FBinNY

I don't know how I'd handle weather if it weren't for NEXRAD. At the end of the day I pull up a radar map, animate it and plan my ride home around conditions. Over the years I've been pretty good (lucky) at spotting holes in the rain pattern and riding in them most of the way home.

It doesn't work as well for the AM commute because my time window is more constrained, and because I'm riding against the typical movement of rain patterns.