Weather Star 3000

A live version of this project is available at https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com This project aims to bring back the feel of the 80's with a weather forecast that has the look and feel of The Weather Channel at that time but available in a modern way. This is by no means intended to be a perfect emulation of the WeatherStar 3000, the hardware that produced those wonderful blue and white text you saw during the local forecast on The Weather... Instead, this project intends to create a simple to use interface with minimal configuration fuss. Some changes have been made to the screens available because either more or less forecast information is available today than was in the 80's. Most of these changes are captured in sections below.

This project is based on a sister project Weatherstar 4000+ There are a lot of CORS considerations and issues with api.weather.gov that are easiest to deal with by running a local server to see this in action (or use the live link above). You'll need Node.js >18.0 to run the local server. Selected displays, the forecast city and widescreen setting are sticky from one session to the next. However if you would like to share your exact configuration or bookmark it click the "Copy Permalink" (or get "Get Parmalink") near the bottom of the page. A URL will be copied to your clipboard with all of you selected displays and location (or copy it from the page if your browser doesn't support clipboard transfers directly).

You can then share this link or add it to your bookmarks. WeatherStar III (now calls it WeatherStar 3000 because of the introduction of the WeatherStar 4000) was an enhanced version the previous WeatherStar model, the WeatherStar II. At that time of it's deployment the FCC began a plan to create more room for geosynchronous satellites, thus The Weather Channel needed to change the way their current WeatherStar were receiving data. It first appeared in 1986. With some help from Wegener Communications & 2 million dollars later, TWC had once again upgraded the WeatherStar. When hooked up @ these cable companies, the WeatherStar 3000 would dial-up to receive the latest weather conditions & forecasts for it's local area.

Then, when queued by TWC, the WeatherStar III would override TWC's viewing signal with its current conditions & forecast broadcast product & transmit that through cable wires to it's viewer's TV sets. The WeatherStar 3000 performed much more smoothly than the WeatherSTAR I. In 2004, the FCC decommissioned the WeatherStar 3000 because of it's inability to sound an audible tone after the first display of a weather warning. The WeatherStar 3000 is similar to the WeatherStar Jr., but with a pixelized font that only uses capitalized letters. The features include: Current Conditions - Displays the current weather, winds, barometric pressure, temperature, visibility, dewpoint, heat index/wind chill & current monthly precipitation for your area.

Latest Hourly Observations - Shows the current weather conditions (weather, temperature, winds) in 7 nearby cities. The WeatherSTAR began to debut in cable head ends nationwide upon TWC's first broadcast on May 2nd, 1982. Small percentages of cable companies carried TWC at first, and even smaller numbers installed this WeatherSTAR computer. When hooked up at these cable companies, the WeatherSTAR would dial-up to receive the latest weather conditions and forecasts for its local area. Then, when queued by TWC, would override TWC's viewing signal with its current conditions and forecast broadcast product, and transmit that through cable wires to its viewer's TV sets. The Local Forecast was born, and without that method of breaking away to display local information, TWC couldn't have been a success.

Infobox generic style0 = class="infobox bordered" style="width:20em;" color = red name = "Weather Star 3000" lbl2 = Family: row2 = WeatherStar lbl6 = Release Date: row6 = January 1985 lbl7 = Status: row7 =... Weather Star III (usually dubbed the Weather Star 3000 since the introduction of the 4000) was an enhanced version the previous WeatherStar model, the WeatherStar II. At that time of its deployment the FCC began a plan to create more room for geosynchronous satellites, thus The Weather Channel needed to change the way their current WeatherStar were receiving data. It first appeared in 1986. With some help from Wegener Communications and 2 million dollars later, The Weather Channel had once again upgraded the WeatherStar. When hooked up at these cable companies, the WeatherStar 3000 would dial-up to receive the latest weather conditions and forecasts for its local area.

Then, when queued by The Weather Channel, the Weather Star III would override The Weather Channel's viewing signal with its current conditions and forecast broadcast product, and transmit that through cable wires to its... In 2004, the FCC decommissioned the Weatherstar 3000 because of its inability to sound an audible tone after the first display of a weather warning. The WeatherStar 3000 is similar to the WeatherStar Jr, but with a pixelized font that only uses capitalized letters. The features include: Current Conditions- Displays the current weather, winds, barometric pressure, temperature, visibility, dewpoint, heat index/wind chill, and current monthly precipitation for your area.

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