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, September 11 at 7:26 AM EDT.

What has changed

Update to Aviation section for 12z airport forecasts.

There is a threat for localized flash flooding Saturday Night into Sunday Morning, conditional on track of low pressure.

Messages

Dry and seasonably warm today and Saturday.

Showers expected Saturday Night into Sunday Morning. A period of heavy downpours and isolated thunderstorms are possible, with a a threat for localized flash flooding.

Dry and seasonable conditions early to mid 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.