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Posted by unstyledcontent 7 hours ago

Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map(live.xweather.com)
115 points | 29 comments
noiv 8 minutes ago|
Similar: http://zero.hypatia.earth (no vectors/but WebGPU)
costco 10 minutes ago||
This is awesome and very fast especially given all the data displayed!
tcumulus 43 minutes ago||
I've worked a lot with weather data in the past (and I still am), and I have to appreciate all the work that went into this. Weather model data is notoriously messy with many different formats and standards, and then I'm not even talking about radar data, etc. Probably when you've got this all abstracted away behind an API it is easier to build such a powerful application as this.
jeremyperson 6 hours ago||
It is really cool. I don't think I've seen a weather app like it. Works great on Chrome + desktop. Great job. One small feature idea is showing the most hot and cold places at any one time. I love it!
srid 40 minutes ago|
Yea, and once you zoom out - being able to intuitively see the temperature all around the planet just creates this sense of appreciation for where we are. On top of it, one can't help but notice that we are floating nowhere in particular in this infinite and eternal universe ...
throawayonthe 6 hours ago||
Similar sites:

https://www.ventusky.com

https://www.windy.com/

https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather

unstyledcontent 6 hours ago||
Never heard of freemediaheckyeah, I love it. I will have to add ours to the list. One thing that makes us different is we have a LOT more data in one app. If you explore all the layers, you can see tropical cyclone/hurricane data, lightning strikes, hail, renewable energy, and wildfire data. You have to change the focus (top left corner) to see the other collections of layers.
rhyperior 5 hours ago|||
https://earth.nullschool.net
cozzyd 2 hours ago||
This is admittedly quite niche (as I work on a balloon experiment) but I really appreciate how the nullschool map shows the 10 mbar level (5-7 would be even better if course)
vollmarj 4 hours ago||
And https://app.precip.ai
BobbyTables2 1 hour ago||
Sorry if this sounds harsh but this looks similar to commercial weather services in terms of the types of layers. How does this actually work?

Did you manage to track down their other services’ providers and negotiate access?

Onavo 1 hour ago|
They can just use the free government services. Most of the 3rd party services just wrap the various government services behind an API.
unstyledcontent 7 hours ago||
Xweather Live is an ad-free vector weather map built to showcase our weather APIs. It's a fun app with lots of data layers and features.

Feedback welcome!

mmaunder 6 hours ago||
Thanks. Mainly commenting to bookmark this for an aviation project I’m working on. Let me know if there’s anything that differentiates you - particularly for aviation. Thanks.
thefourthchime 3 hours ago|||
Out of curiosity, how long did this take to write and what AI stack did you use?
wing-_-nuts 6 hours ago||
Very cool site! Would you know of any similar maps that explore climate zones or micro climates?
unstyledcontent 6 hours ago||
Thanks. There are quite a few cool projects out there. Someone just shared a link to a collection of free weather maps: https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather

In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps

mlfreeman 5 hours ago||
> In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps

I have four stations uploading there - looking forward to see the result!

1bpp 4 hours ago||
Beautiful, brings back memories of Dark Sky & forecast.io
andai 3 hours ago||
Cool idea, but this took about 15 seconds to load for me and then lagged very hard, especially while zooming. So I wasn't able to use it very much before getting frustrated enough to exit the page.
cr125rider 6 hours ago|
Animating global weather patterns is super cool. It’s wild to see everything move around and ebb and flow. Neat site!
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