AtticRadar

I'll also point out that WeatherWise (@WxWiseApp) is a great website that I just discovered the other day. It has similar functionality to AtticRadar, and it also works in your web browser. I'm not sponsored or paid by them in any way, just thought I'd give a shout-out.

@WickyDubs2 @junefirstwx is also great

These two YouTubers have been my obsession lately. They just storytell so well and do some great research. Props to them.

@tran_terry hey sorry, this should be fixed now. the server randomly decided to stop working 😭

@AtticRadar As of posting this (12/26/24) I can not access radar images. The site loads up fine but when I go to select a station it just loads the name

New server is running! Same URLs, nothing has changed on your end, don’t worry. However, the new server is provided by AWS, so *fingers crossed* we shouldn’t have latency issues anymore. Please let me know if everything still appears to run smoothly on y’all’s end!

@WxWiseApp nice update! is this using allisonhouse data? i can’t think of any other way that the precipitation type product and canadian radars are available to the public

🚀 Do you see what I see? Rain, Snow, or a Mix as the radar glows! Super-res Radar Precipitation Type brings: - US coverage (even Alaska!) - Canadian towers, oh what a sight! - Rain, snow, or mixed—clear as a Christmas night! Available now for free at: #map=8/43.575/-76.196&rt=KTYX&rp=PRT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">web.weatherwise.app/#map=8/43.575/… Stay Safe - Stay WeatherWise. #wxtwitter

@theoDWCwx Probably not, unfortunately. International raw radar data are not usually made public as far as I know, and even if they were, the compression and storage format is different than US based radars, so AtticRadar wouldn't recognize them.

@AtticRadar do you ever have plans of adding international radars? just a random fun question

@emlee703wx it’s loading fine for me, i think it might be blocking content coming in from the server

The source code is now public! Hope yall enjoy. Its very very messy, I wrote a lot of this over a year ago. I’d appreciate giving credit if you do find the code helpful 🫶 github.com/SteepAtticStai…

ATTIC RADAR IS HERE TO STAY 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥 WE NOT GOING AWAY THAT EASILY 🥵🥵🥶🥶🥵😭🙏‼️

UPDATE: thanks to everyone in the wxtwitter community who offered to help me out, AtticRadar will remain online! x.com/AtticRadar/sta…

I'll also point out that WeatherWise (@WxWiseApp) is a great website that I just discovered the other day. It has similar functionality to AtticRadar, and it also works in your web browser. I'm not sponsored or paid by them in any way, just thought I'd give a shout-out.

🧵(1/5) Hey everyone, I've made the difficult decision to pause active development on AtticRadar, and to shut down the website by the end of the month. However, I will be open-sourcing the code. I'll explain more in this thread.

@RedSkyReady @NateSpencerWx for sure, yeah you and everyone else who offered to help me out are awesome!!!

@AtticRadar @NateSpencerWx Yeah I was asking about the app! I'll have to keep playing with your site. If you ever decide you want a page hosted on a different website let me know!

@RedSkyReady @NateSpencerWx the radar app is written in HTML/JS, but if you're asking about the viewer tracking, I use google analytics.

@AtticRadar @NateSpencerWx How did you code it?

More specifically, I'll probably do stuff with AWS servers, which should perform better and be much cheaper. This means that I could easily keep AtticRadar running out of my own pocket. Again, thanks to everyone who offered to help me out, you guys are the best!

Quick follow-up, I don't mean to change tune this quickly, but WOW, #wxtwitter is so awesome! I've already had MULTIPLE people offer to cover the server costs to keep the project going, so I've decided that AtticRadar will remain online! i love you guys 🫶

@ameliaUrquhart_ a bunch of people have reached out offering to pay the costs, so the project will definitely stay online for the time being. you guys are all amazing, and i'm looking into better servers in the future so I could pay the prices out of pocket at that point. 🫶

I wonder if the community can get the AtticRadar guy $7/mo so we can keep the site online

@RedSkyReady @NateSpencerWx I get like 3k viewers a month, which sounds about what you're getting. I wonder how it would work out.

@AtticRadar @NateSpencerWx How many views do you get? I got up to 30-100 a day at one point and barely made $5 a month. Not really worth it to me.

@Sky_WatchersWx @WxWiseApp yeah, i just discovered them the other day. they're great and it looks like they're only just getting started!

@AtticRadar Dang bro its been my go-to for the past year... At least @WxWiseApp is pretty similar Appreciate you 🫡

@JonasWX23 no problem bro, thanks a lot 😁

@AtticRadar Thank you for your service 🫡 Y’all got me through my school day on my chromebook, and I appreciate you for helping out. Gl!

@NateSpencerWx i also thought about that, but i don't think i get enough viewers per month to make any significant amount of ad money 😬

@AtticRadar I mean with ads and stuff

@NateSpencerWx that feels wrong to me for something i've always advertised as a free radar, but not a bad idea.

@AtticRadar You could try to monetize it