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Retro The Weather Channel May Be the Best Thing to Watch on Not-TV (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ an open source one.

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's there one that supports non us locations?

[–] neblem@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

https://mwood77.github.io/ws4kp-international/ is the live of the international fork using Open Mateo

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"not retro enough?"

https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/

That being said, I don't think that he's emulating the oldest format.

This was their launch video, May 2, 1982. This is July 17, 1982, so it was probably about as early as it gets:

https://youtu.be/ys1rGgm2dZA?t=9

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is there a NOAA weather radio broadcast online? That might be even more low-fi.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If you want even more lofi, learn to read METARs.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Haha I have at one point.