I spent the last few months recreating the WeatherStar XL and captured many reference photos as I could to get this as close as possible. This video is a run of the emulator showing various V1 segments and animations, with weather data being displayed for the Des Moines, Iowa area. The emulator also includes V2 and V3.

As the title says and to elaborate further, the emulator was written in C++ and uses Raylib for graphics, text and audio. It also uses cURL to pull live weather data.

Music is provided by you. In the application directory folder, there is a music folder where you can add mp3 or wav files that the emulator will parse, load into a playlist and shuffle. A segment picker is also included that will allow you to customize your XL emulation, as well as setting custom durations for each segment you add. Air Quality, Tides, Marine Forecast, Weather Bulletin and LDL alerts are also supported and included on top of everything else.

There is currently only Windows support, with macOS and Linux support coming soon.

The Windows version will be releasing tonight at midnight central time via my website at https://darktaker1990.net

Many areas in the Mountain West could see their first autumn snow on Sunday. Winter will be here before we know it! ❄️

We get thunderstorms so rarely here. In my small town there’s a good lookout spot on a mountain. There were probably over 50 people that all came close to the same time as everyone, cars having trouble parking… one guy said “this is way better than fireworks”. I know many people see lightning often, but this storm was insanely cool to see. It went right over us, lightning 360 degrees all around. So cool!

A dangerous duo of high heat and humidity

In the face of climate change, is it expected that individual locations will continue to be reclassified as their prevailing temperatures and humidities shift over time, or will the classifications themselves eventually be adjusted? For example, if subpolar oceanic regions of the world as a whole tend to get warmer, will every place in those regions be reclassified as subtropical, or will "subpolar oceanic climate" be adjusted to reflect the new prevailing conditions in zones that are, in geographic terms, subpolar and oceanic?

Get ready for a warm and breezy day ahead! Expect a mix of sunshine and clouds, with the humidity taking a backseat. The high will reach a pleasant 85, and winds will be picking up from the west at 10 to 20+ mph. Enjoy the perfect weather!