If you have even a passing interest in the weather, check out weatherbug at weatherbug.com It's the same system lots of TV stations use when they say the temerpature and wind at such and such a school is now ...

They connect you to sensors local to you so you get up to the minute (in most cases) readings, with links to radar, forecasts, and alerts. You can change what you call your home station, so that if you want the weather watched out in Anytown, USA, you set your home town to anytown.

Best of all, it's free