Plaincast — the National Weather Service forecast, decoded into plain English

Plaincast decodes the National Weather Service's Area Forecast Discussion — the real forecast, written 3 to 4 times a day by the meteorologist on shift — into plain English. The discussion is where a forecaster explains their reasoning: which models disagree, what they are watching, and how confident they are. Below is the current edition for New York, with its shorthand expanded. The full experience — an AI plain-English summary beside the annotated original — loads with JavaScript, and every one of the 68 forecast offices has its own edition.

Area Forecast Discussion · National Weather Service New York (OKX) · issued Friday, November 13 at 6:51 AM EST.

What has changed

Gale Warnings converted to Small Craft Advisories on the non ocean waters.

Messages

Periods of light to moderate rain persist through this afternoon. No significant impacts expected.

Minor coastal flooding is possible in vulnerable locations along the Long Island south shore during today's daytime high tide cycle.

An extended stretch of dry weather looks to return this weekend and continue through much of next week.

This is the plain-text edition, decoded without AI so it loads anywhere. Read the whole New York discussion at /o/OKX/, see what changed since the last one, or open The National Desk for where the weather is today.