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@wesellis wesellis released this 16 Sep 21:51
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WeatherStar 4000+ v2.1.0 - Real Radar Update

🌩️ Release Date: September 16, 2025

✨ Major Features

  • Real NOAA Weather Radar - Live radar from weather.gov with automatic zoom to your location
  • Improved News Displays - MSN & Reddit with colored categories and smooth scrolling
  • Enhanced Image Quality - High-quality radar with LANCZOS resampling and smoothing
  • Modularized Architecture - Cleaner codebase split into logical modules

🎯 Key Improvements

  • ✅ Real-time animated radar (6 frames) from NOAA
  • ✅ Automatic location detection and regional zoom
  • ✅ Fixed Weekend Forecast icon aspect ratios
  • ✅ Proper news text sizing and margins
  • ✅ Scrolling ticker positioned correctly (20px from bottom)
  • ✅ Removed artificial scanlines for authentic CRT display
  • ✅ Security updates for all dependencies

🔧 Technical Changes

  • Fetches radar from weather.gov/ridge API
  • Intelligent crop and zoom based on lat/lon coordinates
  • PIL/Pillow integration for superior image processing
  • Modular code organization (displays, data fetchers, news, weather)
  • Updated to latest secure package versions

📦 Requirements

  • Python 3.7+
  • pygame 2.6.0
  • requests 2.32.3
  • Pillow 10.4.0
  • ephem 4.1.0+ (optional)

🚀 Installation

git clone https://github.com/wesellis/WeatherStar-4000-Python.git
cd WeatherStar-4000-Python
pip install -r requirements.txt
python weatherstar4000.py

🎮 Perfect for

  • Raspberry Pi projects
  • Retro weather displays
  • CRT TV installations
  • Weather enthusiasts
  • 90s nostalgia lovers

Recreating the authentic 1990s Weather Channel experience with modern data!

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