Discover real-time weather insights with advanced interactive maps, powered by Vaisala Xweather. Perfect for prosumer, transportation, and martime use cases.
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By throawayonthe 2026-02-2215:594 reply By unstyledcontent 2026-02-2216:17 Never heard of freemediaheckyeah, I love it. I will have to add ours to the list. One thing that makes us different is we have a LOT more data in one app. If you explore all the layers, you can see tropical cyclone/hurricane data, lightning strikes, hail, renewable energy, and wildfire data. You have to change the focus (top left corner) to see the other collections of layers.
By cozzyd 2026-02-2220:26 This is admittedly quite niche (as I work on a balloon experiment) but I really appreciate how the nullschool map shows the 10 mbar level (5-7 would be even better if course)
By vollmarj 2026-02-2218:09 By sysworld 2026-02-2223:16 https://zoom.earth/ another great one.
By jeremyperson 2026-02-2216:001 reply It is really cool. I don't think I've seen a weather app like it. Works great on Chrome + desktop. Great job. One small feature idea is showing the most hot and cold places at any one time. I love it!
By srid 2026-02-2222:18 Yea, and once you zoom out - being able to intuitively see the temperature all around the planet just creates this sense of appreciation for where we are. On top of it, one can't help but notice that we are floating nowhere in particular in this infinite and eternal universe ...
By unstyledcontent 2026-02-2215:123 reply Xweather Live is an ad-free vector weather map built to showcase our weather APIs. It's a fun app with lots of data layers and features.
Feedback welcome!
Thanks. Mainly commenting to bookmark this for an aviation project I’m working on. Let me know if there’s anything that differentiates you - particularly for aviation. Thanks.
By unstyledcontent 2026-02-240:361 reply Awesome! Our data, like wind, is for ground level applications (we don't have data for higher altitudes). But we do have proprietary lightning data which may be of interest to you. If you go to the top left corner and change the focus from "General Focus" to "Severe" you will see a new collection of layer options related to severe weather. There you can see actual lightning strike data, as well as lightning forecast areas. Most airports use our lightning data!
By mmaunder 2026-02-287:39 Thanks!
By thefourthchime 2026-02-2219:031 reply Out of curiosity, how long did this take to write and what AI stack did you use?
By unstyledcontent 2026-02-240:08 All of the data, including the AI endpoints (Phrase API - https://www.xweather.com/phrases-api), and mapping tools were built using our weather API and MapsGL SDKs. I don't know the exact number of hours but its been worked on for about a year. You could spin up a really basic mapping site like this using the SDKs in a matter of hours.
By wing-_-nuts 2026-02-2216:301 reply Very cool site! Would you know of any similar maps that explore climate zones or micro climates?
By unstyledcontent 2026-02-2216:371 reply Thanks. There are quite a few cool projects out there. Someone just shared a link to a collection of free weather maps: https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather
In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps
By mlfreeman 2026-02-2217:03 > In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps
I have four stations uploading there - looking forward to see the result!
