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PaperWX

A dead simple weather site that shows the next 24 hours of weather in plain language, emails the forecast the night before, and also displays NWS warnings and watches. It draws on freely available data from the local National Weather Service, aiming to fix unreadable weather sites.

Last shared For Explicitly built for the author's own use ("show me the next 24 hours... email me the night before").
01 / The problem

What it addresses

Most weather sites are horrible to read, even though much of the forecast information is freely available from your local NWS.

02 / Source history

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  1. PaperWX

    A dead simple weather site that shows the next 24 hours of weather in plain language, emails the forecast the night before, and also displays NWS warnings and watches. It draws on freely available data from the local National Weather Service, aiming to fix unreadable weather sites.

    Problem: Most weather sites are horrible to read, even though much of the forecast information is freely available from your local NWS.

    Audience: Explicitly built for the author's own use ("show me the next 24 hours... email me the night before").

    Posted by @pjo · Original comment ↗

    “A few months ago I was looking to create a dead simple weather site that would show me the next 24 hours in plain language and email me the night before. Most weather sites are horrible to read and most of this information is freely available by your local NWS.”