The local forecast for later in the day includes thunderstorms.
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On the Weather Channel, he kept tabs on my local forecast.
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Just make sure you have clear skies in your local forecast before heading out.
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Of course, now most readers can consult mobile weather apps to find a local forecast.
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Every local forecast on a warm day should start with Chip telling you whether or not it's buggy outside.
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Weather (200143)You used to have to wait until the "200133s" if you wanted your local forecast from the Weather Channel. Weather.
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The usual warnings were substituted with the National Oceanic Administration Authority's Weather Radio, as well as updates on local forecast offices' social media pages.
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Louisville, Kentucky's, WDRB used its green screen to their advantage when Meteorologist Jude Redfield shared the local forecast as a dismembered head on a plate held by a headless body in a suit.
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"It's important for individuals to monitor their local forecast closely and always heed the direction of local officials to stay safe when hazardous weather conditions exist," said James Joseph, FEMA Region V administrator.
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Every day until the end of his tenure, Mr. Hendrickson, who would not brook a computer, dialed the number of the Weather Service's local forecast office in Upton, N.Y., about 39 miles west of his home, to transmit his figures orally.
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Another thing to know about rain While we're talking weather stats, here's another one to keep in mind the next time you check your local forecast: That 40% chance of rain probably doesn't mean exactly what you think it means, either.
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The staff of the NWS Birmingham office and the rest of the NWS forecasters in attendance all reportedly received a standing ovation; and the director made plain why the local forecast office sent "that" tweet and why they were right to do so.
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Perfect365, Kim Kardashian's selfie-perfecting app of choice; the Weather Live - Local Forecast app (ranked #4 in the weather apps category); and The Coupons App sent latitude and longitude, as well as timestamps for departure and arrival to GPS coordinates, to a Teemo server.
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Five Nights at Freddy's Hitman Sniper Terraria Reigns Tiny Wings Top Free iPad Apps: (Our thought bubble: Video apps dominated the list, not surprisingly.) YouTube: Watch Listen Stream Netflix Facebook Messenger Google Chrome Amazon Prime Video Gmail - Email by Google YouTube Kids Amazon – Shopping made easy Spotify Music Pandora Music The Calculator The Weather Channel App for iPad – best local forecast radar map and storm tracking Google Docs Google Hulu: Watch TV Shows & Movies Amazon Kindle Google Maps - GPS Navigation Google Drive Microsoft Word Top Paid iPad Apps: (Our thought bubble: Here it was kids games that dominated, telling you something about iPad demographics, with children's app developer Toca Boca making up nearly half the list.) Procreate Notability Toca Life: Hospital Toca Hair Salon 22016 GoodNotes 22017 Toca Life: Stable Duet Display Toca Lab: Elements Toca Kitchen 22016 XtraMath Toca Life: Farm Toca Life: Office PDF Expert by Readdle Amaziograph Notepad+ Pro Toca Life: Vacation Pixelmator GoodReader - PDF Reader Annotator and File Manager Affinity Photo Toca Life: City Top Free iPad Games: Super Mario Run ROBLOX Rolling Sky Word Cookies!
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The station's weather radar is presented on-air as "Storm Scan Doppler" with a signal coming from the radar at the National Weather Service local forecast office in Taunton.
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Sweatshop Records, 1997. In 1998, "Casino" and "A Night at the Palace" were used on The Weather Channel's local forecast segment.Weather Channel Monthly Playlist, Weather.com. Retrieved 13 June 2006.
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Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy. Sweatshop Records #512622, 1992. The title track was used on The Weather Channel as part of its Local on the 8's local forecast program.Weather Channel Monthly Playlist , Weather.com.
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WeatherStar (sometimes rendered Weather Star or WeatherSTAR; "STAR" being an acronym for Satellite Transponder Addressable Receiver) is the technology used by American cable and satellite television network The Weather Channel (TWC) to generate its local forecast segments (currently known under the brand Local on the 8s) on cable and IPTV systems nationwide. The hardware takes the form of a computerized unit installed at a cable system's headend. It receives, generates, and inserts local forecast and other weather information, including weather advisories and warnings, into TWC's national programming.
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The film grossed () on its opening weekend in China. As of December 22, 2016, it grossed . Reviews of the film were largely negative, causing the film to open below local forecast numbers."Critics Blamed for Chinese Films' Disappointing Box Office".
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Music associated with the local forecast segments came from commercial sources, including 615 Music, which composed the music package (mostly the tracks from Positive Pop Grooves, with the other tracks being DJ Gruv, Voccho, Sneez and Pyraflex) used by NBC Weather Plus' weather radar forecasts from 2005 to 2008.
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In November 2015, they launched an app-only version of the TV channel on Android TV (using Live Channels) and Apple TV. It has a similar newswheel format (with some changes) and overlays your local forecast at the bottom dynamically using GPS. It also includes on-demand video and local maps.
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A Hazardous Seas Warning is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when wave heights and/or wave steepness values reach certain criteria. These criteria are defined by the local forecast office. Such tall waves can pose a serious threat to vessels that do not seek shelter.
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The primary purpose of WeatherStar units is to disseminate weather information for local forecast segments on The Weather Channel. The forecast and observation data – which is compiled from the National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center and The Weather Channel itself (which began providing forecasts for TWC in 2002 that replaced the National Weather Service's zone forecasts used in the STAR's descriptive forecast product) – is received from the vertical blanking interval of the TWC video feed and from data transmitted via satellite; the localized data is then sent to the unit that inserts the data and accompanying programmed graphics over the TWC feed. The WeatherStar systems are typically programmed to cue the local forecast segments and Lower Display Line at given times. The units are programmed to feature customized segments known as "flavors," which are pre-determined variables in the products displayed during each local forecast segment; this allows certain types of products to be added or removed from the segment depending on the time of broadcast (with the extended forecast usually being exempted from removal), and also allows the reduction or extension of the segment lengths.
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River Forecast Centers, and local forecast offices within the National Weather Service create precipitation forecasts for up to five days in the future,Michael J. Brennan, Jessica L. Clark, and Mark Klein (2008). Verification of Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Guidance From NWP Models and the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center For 2005–2007 Tropical Cyclones With Continental U.S. Rainfall Impacts. American Meteorological Society.
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The band's second album Now or Heaven was released in 2008 through Merge Records. The band has broken up and Ross Flournoy released his first record as Apex Manor on January 25, 2011, also on Merge Records. The band's song "Perfect Games", and other songs, has been used as background music for local forecast segments on the Weather Channel in 2012 and 2013.
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Physical Therapy is the self-titled debut of jazz fusion band Physical Therapy, and features eleven tracks. The title track was used in late 1998 for The Weather Channel's local forecast segment. "Played Me" is the only song on the album to feature vocals. Within the liner notes, Physical Therapy boasts that no drum machines or music sequencers were used.
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A Hazardous Seas Watch is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there is an increased threat of high wave heights and/or wave steepness values reach a certain criteria, but the occurrence, timing, and/or location are still uncertain. The criteria are set by the local forecast offices. Such tall waves can pose a serious threat to vessels that do not seek shelter.
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The Downcity Bureau is on Dorrance Street in Downtown Providence. The station uses a live weather radar feed from the National Weather Service's Local Forecast Office on Myles Standish Boulevard in Taunton, Massachusetts. In June 2015, after being sold to Sinclair, they brought back the "Thank you for turning to 10" before opening their newscasts when the Sinclair graphics debuted. However, it was dropped again on September 23, 2019.
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Fox News Louisiana On March 26, 2007, KADN began running on-air promos teasing a 9:00 p.m. newscast with the tagline "At 9 it's news, by 10 it's history." Fox News Louisiana was produced by Baton Rouge Fox affiliate WGMB. Originally, the first 20 minutes of the program were taped earlier and geared specifically towards the Acadiana audience, with stories by Lafayette-based reporters, plus a local forecast.
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Starting from 1891 to 1893 he was working as a local forecast official for United States Weather Bureau. He returned to the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in 1894, at which he served as a meteorologist until 1909. In 1913 he became Chief of the forecast division of the Argentine Weather Service. While in Argentina, he met Charles G. Abbot, and started working with him on solar heat changes and the system of weather forecasting.
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The main signal comes from the radar located at the NWS Local Forecast Office in Gaylord. Mondays through Thursdays after the 11 o'clock news, the station airs Sports Extra, an extended sportscast. During high school sports season, Friday night 11 o'clock newscasts devote over 20 minutes to Sports Overtime. Known as "the original big show", it regularly features highlights from more than a dozen area high school sporting events and has won numerous awards for the station.
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Terry Coleman, Brian White, Michael Fitzgerald and Ben Monroe produced each album, with Monroe doing engineering and sound mixing. Additionally, both albums contain writeups on the back of the CD tray that string together the track titles in a humorous paragraph related to the general theme of the album. In 1993, 1998, and 2010, their work was featured on The Weather Channel as part of its Local on the 8's local forecast program.Weather Channel Monthly Playlist , Weather.com.
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Forecasts are generated by a WeatherStar machine, a proprietary hardware system in the form of a computerized unit that is installed in a headend at the facilities of local pay television providers that carry the channel. Weather information is received from the vertical blanking interval of the TWC video feed and from data transmitted via satellite, which is then sent to the WeatherStar unit that inserts the localized data over the TWC feed. The WeatherStar systems are capable of adding or removing segments shown within the main local forecast segment, with the common exception of the extended forecast; these customized segments are referred to as "flavors," which allow variabilities in the weather graphics displayed during each local forecast segment, resulting in certain types of specialized weather data appearing only at specific times or lengths. , the length of these flavors is uniformally one minute; flavor lengths previously varied between 30 seconds and two minutes prior to April 2013 and extended flavors of three to six minutes were previously included between the late 1980s and the mid-1990s.
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"Linus and Lucy" receives considerable airplay on radio stations in the United States and Canada that flip to Christmas music for the holiday season due to its inclusion on the soundtrack album of A Charlie Brown Christmas. The song has been used as background music for The Weather Channel's local forecasts since 1999.The Weather Channel Local Forecast Music Play List Holiday Season 1999 On May 10, 2019, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the single gold for sales.
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Siegel's work as a television and film composer includes the score for the film Reform School Girls (1986), and Universal Studios TV series, Hard Copy (1987). He has also worked as musical director and conductor on the late night CBS TV show, Overtime... with Pat O'Brien (1990). He has played on numerous TV and film projects as a session player, including the Oscar-winning film The Usual Suspects. His music was also featured on the Weather Channel's Local Forecast segments from 1986 to 1991.
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In early 2005, KSBW debuted its localized version of NBC Weather Plus, branded as KSBW Weather Plus on its second digital subchannel. NBC's national Weather Plus operations were shut down on December 1, 2008, after the network's parent company NBCUniversal purchased The Weather Channel. However, KSBW continued to use the L-bar graphics while changing the local forecast frequency to eight times per hour. KSBW Prime Plus programming block debuted on August 2, 2010, although it is broadcast Monday through Friday nights during prime time.
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Test alerts are also generated that are viewable only by cable company technicians performing silent remote administration tests. The systems are also capable of generating multiple scrolling text advertisements that appear at the bottom of the screen during local forecast segments, which are programmed into the administrative menus by a locally based technician employed by the provider. STAR units are also capable of generating advertising tags for overlay on national advertisements seen on the national feed, displaying localized addresses for retailers, and on newer models, tagging products seen during breaks (such as pollen reports).
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There was a live feed of the National Weather Service's Doppler weather radar (based at the Local Forecast Office in Gray) as well as local news and sports headlines. In addition, several public service announcements and station promotions were seen. , this service was replaced by Heroes & Icons, a classic TV network. In October 2018, following Hearst's purchase of WPXT, Heroes & Icons was moved to that station's second subchannel, with its previous MeTV programming in turn moving to the 8.2 subchannel; WMTW also added a third subchannel to add Laff, which moved from another WPXT subchannel.
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It provided a two-week look at how the weather would trend compared to normal temperature values and weather conditions for that time of year.Press Release - The Weather Network launches its spring programming - "", March 29, 2004 In June 2004, The Weather Network took legal action against Star Choice (now Shaw Direct) after moving TWN on a new bundle without giving any notice to its subscribers. The channel's management tried to prevent Star Choice from moving the channel as subscribers would have to pay an additional $7 to watch The Weather Network. In late 2004, TWN made improved local forecast coverage, providing more localized forecasts in up to 1,200 communities across Canada.
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1995 brought a variety of changes to TWC, setting the stage for more changes that occurred the following year. Minor graphical tweaks were made, while local forecast segments began incorporating Short Term Forecasts issued by local National Weather Service offices as the "Local Update" (which in turn destabilized flavor lineups and caused the discontinuation of narration). The 30-Day Outlook was discontinued by the National Weather Service (which required TWC to discontinue the product). New programs included the introductions of WeatherScope (a top/bottom of the hour weather discussion) and a special on how weather affected the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7.
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In the 1970s the American radio station WSAQ of Port Huron, Michigan partnered with Weatherline, Inc. to provide local weather forecast to the Greater Port Huron area by calling a local telephone number. When the service was released in the 1970s the telephone number was (313) 987–8100, however, when the area code changed in 1993 to 810, the number was changed to (810) 987–8100. Historically the free weather telephone service provided information about the sponsor and then the local forecast. In 2015, WSAQ discontinued the service and the telephone number (810) 987-8100 was released back to AT&T; to be reissued.
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Late 2000 marked the beginning of a period of gradual, but significant changes with The Weather Network's programming, starting with the launch of a seven-day and short term precipitation forecast during the Local Forecast along with the introduction of new weather icon that is used currently. In 2002, The Weather Network introduced "Metacast Ultra", a weather presentation system that consisted of weather maps featuring more than 1,200 local communities, commuter routes and regional highways, animated weather icons, and higher resolution weather graphics.Press Release - The Weather Network like you've never seen it before - "", March 27, 2002. On March 29, 2004, The Weather Network introduced a new 14-day trend outlook as part of the local cable weather package.
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This program is currently known as 9 on Your Side at 10 on The CW and can be seen every night for a half-hour competing with the WFXI/WYDO broadcast (seen for an hour on weeknights, thirty minutes on weekends). Like all CW Plus outlets, WNCT-DT2 also airs the nationally syndicated weekday morning show The Daily Buzz. During weather forecast segments, the station features a live NOAA National Weather Service weather radar originating from the Local Forecast Office on Roberts Road in Newport (on-air, this is known as "Live VIPIR 9"). In addition to the main studios, WNCT operates a bureau in New Bern on Center Avenue (along US 17 BUS/Clarendon Boulevard).
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After December 15, 2005, an L-bar/corner forecast appeared for those with the IntelliStar, and a satellite L-bar forecast aired for those with Weather Stars that did not support the L-bar (the Weather Star XL and older models) and those without Weather Stars. In some episodes, the old TWC logo (1996-2005) was used during the question at the end, which is most difficult to stretch the current TWC logo on the lower display line of the Weather Star XL and IntelliStar. After the credits in the episodes, the 2003 graphic of The Weather Channel logo was used, before a one-minute local forecast. This graphic was removed late in the series's run.
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Willow Grove, PA. The Weather Star III, released in 1986 as an upgrade to the Weather Star II, was another text-only unit that was essentially identical to the two prior WeatherStar models, though with additional internal improvements and forecast products (and consequently, more local forecast sequences). However, TWC decided to drop one of the products included in the unit, "Weather Information," soon after the introduction of the STAR III. In 2001, the FCC granted The Weather Channel a waiver from complying with its forthcoming requirement for aural tones to accompany broadcast of "scrolled" or "crawled" emergency information, which otherwise went into effect in 2002, for the Weather Star Jr. and Weather Star III. Full text of FCC waiver.
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Alongside carrying regional and national forecast segments provided by the AccuWeather-operated network, KTBS also produces pre-recorded local forecast segments presented by meteorologists from the station's "Storm Team 3" weather staff – which are updated two to three times per day – for the subchannel. In 2014, the subchannel switched to primarily carrying simulcasts of pre-recorded weather updates in 15-minute intervals as well as loops of weather radar and satellite imagery, and near-real-time video from the station's various SkyCams around the Ark-La-Tex (accompanied by a ticker showing current conditions from both primary observation sites and station-volunteered cooperative observers, and three-day weather forecasts for cities within the KTBS viewing area).
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National Weather Service Lincoln, Illinois also known as National Weather Service Central Illinois is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 35 counties in Central and Southeastern Illinois. The Central Illinois office initially consisted of two forecast offices in Peoria and Springfield until the current location in Lincoln became the sole local forecast office in 1995. Federal meteorology offices and stations in the region date back to the 19th century when the Army Signal Service began taking weather observations using weather equipment at the Springer Building in Springfield. Since that time the presence of the National Weather Service greatly increased with the installation of new weather radars, stations and forecast offices.
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Internet-based weather information began experimentally with the Viewtron television service in the mid-1980s, and later on through gopher and World Wide Web sites in the 1990s. The National Weather Service formed a direct line of communication with the public through the internet in 1995, with the establishment of internet websites from each local forecast office, river forecast offices, and the various offices within the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. By the 2000s, when internet coverage expanded to cell phone usage and automobiles, various applications allowed users to get information graphically while on the go. Many local and national television stations which are either weather-centered in their programming or contain weather segments, stream their programming online onto the World Wide Web.
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The Weather Channel also appointed Decker Anstrom to serve as president of the network. By 1999, The Weather Channel reached 70 million homes, or 98% of all households that subscribe to cable television. It also provided radio forecasts to more than 250 radio stations and weather information to 52 newspapers. Between 1999 and 2000, TWC aired weather observation reports from Mount Everest using battery-powered sensors. In 2000, the channel's Weather Star XL systems introduced an audio function, Vocal Local, which assembles narration tracks heard during local forecast segments to introduce forecast products, and read descriptive forecasts and primary weather observations; while most cable operators added the Vocal Local feature, some did not employ it on their Weather Star XL units.
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Graphics were distinct from the rest of The Weather Channel, using a blue-green color scheme - and most notably, the voiceovers of Bob Stokes and Kelly Cass for the local forecast introduction. Among the segments were World Weather Watch, a look at weather in Latin American countries with meteorologists from The Weather Channel Latin America; Weekend Wow!, where extraordinary weather would be featured; and local and national forecasts; and Weather Maker, where one of the on-camera meteorologists not hosting that particular hour would use a telestrator to explain the meteorological details behind the day's most important weather system. In 2003, the show's format and timeslot was given to a new show titled Weekend Planner while Weekend:Now was renamed Weekend Now and aired from 11am-2pm Eastern Time.
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Weather Star XL is the fifth generation of the WeatherStar systems used by the American cable and satellite television channel The Weather Channel (TWC), that are used to insert local forecasts and current weather information (such as the "Local on the 8s" segments within its program schedule) into TWC's programming. At its rollout in 1998, it came months after a major update to the channel's on-air presentation. The Star XL was a major leap over the much older Weather Star 4000 system, featuring advanced capabilities such as transitions, moving icons, cloud wallpaper backgrounds and reading the local forecast contents. The WeatherStar XL first appeared in a beta roll-out on select cable systems in November 1998 and appeared briefly on The Weather Channel Latin America until that channel's demise.
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In place of the IntelliSTAR, a hyperlocal form of insertion is now done on DirecTV (and possibly other DBS services), whereby the first half of the local forecast is generated by the set-top box. A "cutout" at the upper right corner of the picture allows the sponsor's advertising logo to be shown live from the main video feed, while a datacast on the satellite (like that which provides the electronic program guide) sends simple forecast and conditions data for the entire country every couple of minutes. Graphics are stored on the receiver, and displayed according to the forecast, which is selected by ZIP code or city according to user settings. Additionally, starting in 2011, DirecTV users with digital video recorders will have commercials downloaded to their boxes, which will play according to their demographic information, likely commanding higher revenue from advertisers.
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Local on the 8s (or the Local Forecast) is a program segment that airs on the American cable and satellite television network The Weather Channel. It provides viewers with information on current and forecasted weather conditions for their respective area; a version of this segment is also available on the channel's national satellite feed that features forecasts for each region of the United States. The name "Local on the 8s" comes from the timing of the segment, as airs at timeslots that end in "8" (examples: 9:18 and 12:48); because of this manner of scheduling, the forecast segments air on the channel in ten-minute intervals. From 2006-2013, each forecast segment had usually been preceded by a promo for one of The Weather Channel's programs or services, leading into the segment with the announcer stating "And now, your Local on the 8s".
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This would be done through the use of specialized computer units, known as WeatherStars ("STAR" being an acronym for "Satellite Transponder Addressable Receiver"), which would be installed at the headends of cable providers that agreed to carry the channel. These WeatherStars were able to insert current local conditions, forecasts and weather warnings over the national feed, with the weather data being received from the vertical blanking interval of the TWC video feed and via satellite, which is then transmitted to the WeatherStar unit; the WeatherStar systems would also be capable of adding or removing segments seen during each local forecast segment, and providing other forms of non-forecast data (primarily local contact and address information for businesses advertised on the channel's national feed, which the STAR unit overlaid on a static graphic seen after certain commercials). The Weather Channel, Inc. was founded in Atlanta, Georgia on July 18, 1980.
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As NWS bulletins/warnings were included in the old forecasts, a Weather Bulletins page was introduced that displays the applicable watches, warnings and advisories (on WeatherStar 4000 units, The Weather Channel incorporates National Weather Service bulletins in the text-based local forecast, as the 4000 does not feature the Weather Bulletins slide among its products). TWC celebrated its 20th anniversary in May 2002; in honor of the event, the channel premiered a retrospective special, as well as a book chronicling the channel's history, The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon, written by TWC founder Frank Batten and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and published by Harvard Business Press. The first long-form programs debuted on The Weather Channel at the beginning of 2003, with Storm Stories becoming the first program that was not weather or a documentary-type special. Also in 2003, the "Live By It" campaign was refreshed slightly.
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KTUL-DT2 is the Comet-affiliated second digital subchannel of KTUL, broadcasting in standard definition on VHF digital channel 10.2 (or virtual channel 8.2 via PSIP). On cable, KTUL-DT2 is available on Cox Communications channel 74. KTUL launched a digital subchannel on virtual channel 8.2 in 2004, which originally operated as an in-house-produced local weather service, under the brand "First Alert Weather 24/7"; the subchannel was subsequently added by Cox Communications on digital cable channel 247 on June 2, 2005. The subchannel carried local forecast segments presented by meteorologists from the station's "First Alert Weather" team (which were recorded and updated up to three times per day); local, regional and national weather information updated via a computer automation on both the channel's main screen and an on-screen "L"-shaped ticker; and periodic live feeds of the station's Doppler radar system (then branded as "First Alert Doppler 8000"), accompanied by audio from Tulsa-based NOAA Weather Radio station KIH27.
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Each edition begins with a short summary of national and international news headlines, sports and a national weather forecast – which unlike most morning news programs, does not cue to affiliates to run a local weather insert (some local stations will still override the national forecast with a local forecast from their own weather department). It then follows a story totem pole in the center of the CBS soundstage, with previews of featured stories set to air during the broadcast (the first four of which feature clips from the story packages with preview narration by the respective correspondent) being shown prior to the news summary. Each story covered in a given episode has a glass plate with its headline on this pole (digitally inserted on the pole as a prepared graphic since the late 2000s), which the camera follows after Pauley's introductions. Music in the show is usually limited to the opening and closing title theme.
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KSLA-DT3 is the Bounce TV-affiliated third digital subchannel of KSLA, broadcasting in standard definition on UHF digital channel 17.3 (or virtual channel 12.3 via PSIP). On cable, the subchannel is available on Xfinity digital channel 203 in Shreveport, Suddenlink digital channel 133 in Bossier City, and Cable One channel 34 in Texarkana. KSLA launched a digital subchannel on virtual channel 12.3 in February 2007, which originally served as a local weather forecast channel (under the brand "KSLA Stormtracker 12 24/7 Weather"), carrying a mix of updated, pre-recorded local forecast segments presented by meteorologists from the station's "StormTracker 12 Weather" staff, a live feed of the station's Doppler radar (then known as "StormTracker 12 Live Doppler," renamed "First Alert Live Doppler Radar" in May 2016) accompanied by an audio simulcast of NOAA Weather Radio station WXJ97 as well as loops of weather radar and satellite imagery. On September 26, 2011, through an affiliation agreement between Raycom and network parent Bounce TV LLC, KSLA-DT2 converted into a charter affiliate of the African- American-centric digital broadcast network Bounce TV.
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On January 28, 2008, KWKT premiered a half-hour prime time newscast at 9:00 p.m. titled Fox News Central Texas. The pre-taped newscast was produced by NBC- affiliated sister station KETK-TV in Longview, Texas; similar to other outsourced newscasts by its sister Fox stations in Texas and Louisiana under Comcorp ownership, the program featured stories filed by reporters based in the Waco–Temple–Bryan area, with a local forecast segment compiled and presented by KETK's evening meteorologists. The program's debut broadcast was delayed by a half-hour due to Fox's coverage of that year's State of the Union address, before moving to its regular timeslot on January 29.Waco Tribune, 1/28/2008 (article 1)Waco Tribune, 1/28/2008 (article 2) Ali "the Tractor" Cerrato is a radio personality often utilized by KWKT-TV. On April 27, 2009, as part of cost-cutting measures mandated by Comcorp, the program was reduced to a six-minute broadcast; KWKT also added 30-second hourly updates (known as "news blasts") interspersed within syndicated and network programming.
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NBC Weather Plus gives 24 minutes of programming time per hour to its affiliates to air pre-recorded local forecast segments conducted by weather staff from local NBC-affiliated stations, running eight times an hour. In addition, current weather conditions for a given area and surrounding areas within the affiliate's viewing area or state; regional and five-day forecasts; and almanacs (featuring the day's observed high and low temperatures) were also provided during the local segments. Milwaukee's WTMJ- TV, showing an ad in the top-left corner, local branding above the Weather Plus logo, and time in the bottom-left. The forecast segment seen in place of the local forecasts on the national feed (which was streamed on the network's website where a local Weather Plus feed was not available for streaming, and was not carried on satellite via DirecTV, Dish Network or C band services) cycled through daily forecasts and composite satellite/radar loops for the respective regions of the Northeastern, Southeastern, Midwestern, Northwestern and Southwestern United States.
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On June 25, 2001, The Weather Channel introduced completely redesigned introductions for its local forecast segments and forecast programs, as well as a new slogan ("Live By It"). The separate morning Weather Center AM and nighttime Weather Center PM programs were also discontinued, with Weather Center becoming a single general program rather than existing in the form of three separate daypart-specific editions, having been significantly pared down with the introduction of new programs such as Evening Edition (weeknights 9pm-3am (including long-form programs)) and Weekend Now (weekends 5-11am). The Weather Star XL received a graphical refresh for the first time in September 2001, which included the introduction of different colors on text boxes, a new cloud background, improved regional forecast and radar maps, and new title bars and fonts that, as with the previous version, matched the on-air graphics that were used by TWC at the time. In April 2002, the TWC-compiled local forecasts introduced the previous year on Weatherscan replaced the forecasts sourced by the National Weather Service on the WeatherStar systems.
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This system displayed weather conditions, forecasts and announcements via a set of weather sensors locally installed at the cable headend. The Weather Star I was an updated version of this unit, receiving data from both The Weather Channel and the National Weather Service. The Weather Star I, like its two subsequent successors, lacked the ability to generate graphics and was only capable of displaying white text on various backgrounds: purple for the "Latest Observations" (which displayed current weather conditions for the nearest reporting station and others within a radius of the headend location) and "Weather Information" (which displayed random data, usually weather-related trivia, past weather events in the area, or information on upcoming programming) pages, grey for the "36 Hour Forecast" page (a descriptive forecast using the National Weather Service's zone forecast products), brown for scrolling weather advisories, and red for scrolling weather warnings. Until the release of the Weather Star III, The Weather Channel used a single one-minute local forecast sequence featuring each of the three above-mentioned forecast screens.
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Since its inception, the Weather Channel has broadcast segments providing local weather observations and forecasts generated by WeatherStar systems ("STAR" being an acronym for Satellite Transponder Addressable Receiver), proprietary computer units that are installed at the headends of individual cable providers. Until 1995, the forecast segments aired at various times each hour, but are currently shown at times ending in "8" – as such, in 1996 (although it would not be used full- time until 2002), the channel adopted "Local on the 8s" as the title for the segments (though local forecast segments aired on the channel are reduced to once per half-hour whenever non-forecast programs air). With the introduction of the IntelliStar system (the sixth-generation STAR system, which was introduced in 2002), traffic information was also generated that provided roadway flow, construction and accident information for metropolitan areas where traffic.com (via its TrafficPulse service) provides traffic data; however, this feature was eliminated from the IntelliStar's programmed "flavors" (the arrangements of specialized segments played during individual local forecasts) when traffic.
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Under Darby, Abrams and Bettes were reassigned to host Your Weather Today; First Outlook was reduced by one hour to make way for Wake Up With Al, a new weather and entertainment program hosted by Today weather anchor Al Roker; the jazz music long featured during the channel's local forecast segments was also dropped and replaced with instrumental rock music at Darby's request; this particular change was even confirmed by Chris Geith, the only remaining jazz artist whose music was featured in the forecast playlists, who stated that TWC had sent out a request proposing the creation of production music branded with a common signature for the channel. TWC began showing weekly movies related to weather on Friday nights, beginning with the October 30, 2009 telecast of The Perfect Storm (other films aired by the channel, some of which had only marginal ties to weather at best, included March of the Penguins and Misery); this particular decision was heavily criticized by many viewers and media analysts. The move to air movies on TWC had been planned for some time, even before the NBC/Blackstone/Bain acquisition.
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In February 2003, TWC released an advanced model, IntelliStar, initially being rolled out for use on Weatherscan; the "domestic" version intended for use on The Weather Channel was subsequently introduced in early to mid-2004 in the top media markets (including Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). Initially, its graphics were essentially the same as those seen on the WeatherStar XL (though it used Interstate, which was used by TWC for its on-air graphics package at the time, as the typeface instead of Akzidenz-Grotesk) until December 2006, when the IntelliStar received its own, even more realistic icon set – which were used on TWC's on- air and online forecast content as well. The amount of weather products provided by the IntelliStar had dramatically increased with the revamp: with the addition of schoolday and daypart forecasts; ultraviolet indexes and other health information; and the introduction of more localized maps for forecasts and radar/satellite imagery. However, most of the products were dropped in April 2013, when the channel uniformally reduced its local forecast segments to one minute (instead of varying between one and two minutes, depending on the segment).
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