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Bob (not my real pseudonym) · July 19th 12, 08:57 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.weather

On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:37:28 -0400, wrote:

Does anyone know of a live weather radar screen saver? I guess in reality, I'm
talking about a live hookup to weather radar, full screen, so I can watch
what;'s heading my way. Thanks.

I have a custom homepage I use for links to my frequent stops; it
includes direct links to local weather radar and other useful imagery.
I've set the page to update every few minutes to keep info current.

For example, the link I use to get the local radar loop from
Wunderground.com is as follows (and it's likely to wrap horribly)

http://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS?station=ATX&brand=wui&num=6&delay=50&type=N 0R&frame=0&scale=1&noclutter=1&t=1080667425&lat=0& lon=0&label=you

"ATX" is the station code for my area, you should be able to replace
that with the station you want to use. Other sources might be usable
if you can manage to get the direct link to the image from the web
site, usually by right-clicking on the image and selecting "view
image" - the URL for that standalone image is what you want. This
doesn't always work if the source is using Java to overlay imagery.

Haven't played with it, but seem to recall Windows has a way to make
the desktop wallpaper be a web URL instead of a local image; might be
worth looking into for either the trick above or just the page of your
favorite weather info source.

Most web imagery is at least a few minutes old, since the NWS radars
only complete a scan every 5 or 6 minutes, and there is some lag in
getting the data into a web displayable format.