Usefulness of a weather briefing?

[kenaccousti]

I'm wondering if I'm the only one who feels like weather briefings aren't as helpful as they used to be. With the Foreflight briefing, skyvector, and the ADDS website, I usually feel like my call to the briefer is just a rehash of what I already know and I really am not getting any insightful input on my flight. When I ask a question, they usually give me an answer that I already knew.

I'm sure briefers, just like pilots, doctors, lawyers etc. have variable skills and I have, on occasion, received a very good and thorough briefing. It just seems like the quality has either gone down, or my preflight graphic weather tools and my understanding of weather has improved.

 

[jruhnke]

 

[ylee]

 

[JKunz]

 

[NorthernAviation]

 

[jruhnke]

 

[NorthernAviation]

 

[jruhnke]

 

[Baron62]

 

[Tweety]