While it is undeniably both beautiful and really cool, I've yet to see anything that beats a meteogram[1] when it comes to actually understanding at a glance what the weather is likely to do over the next couple of days.
Completely agree. The value of being able to compare individual parameters across models over time, especially with an NWS forecast overlaid is tremendous.
The android app Yr, from the Norwegian met centre will give you an up to date basic meteogram for most of the world. They (yr.no) also have an API if you want to download just the image for your own uses.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteogram