Weather Observatory

Connecting to live forecast services

National Weather Service / Cinematic View

U.S. cities, ZIP codes, street addresses, and raw coordinates all work here.

Building a live forecast scene

The dashboard loads current conditions, hourly flow, day-part forecast, solar timing, and active alerts through a server-side National Weather Service integration.

Solar arc

Daylight pacing is mapped from the forecast point itself, so sunrise and sunset stay local to the place you searched.

Sunrise

Solar Noon

Sunset