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General => Game Chat => Topic started by: Lazybones on December 19, 2006, 09:03:29 AM

Title: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Lazybones on December 19, 2006, 09:03:29 AM
Noticed my Wii was greeting me with its pulsing blue glow this morning. Turns out the weather channel is live and serving up forcasts.

Not supper interesting, but it does have a global zoom in zoom out feature on a global map if you want to play weather man.
Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Shayne on December 19, 2006, 11:01:04 AM
Any idea where they are sourcing the weather from?
Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Lazybones on December 19, 2006, 11:13:39 AM
Some screens posted here http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/19/wii-weather-channel-finally-launches/

weathernews?
Images owed by NASA
Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Shayne on December 19, 2006, 11:19:15 AM
Interesting.  When you can, could you compare what the Wii tells you compared to say...

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-50_metric_e.html
...and...
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/CAXX0126_c.html

..I'm more or less interested if weather bring reported is from the International or the Municipal airport.   Curiosity I suppose.
Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Lazybones on December 19, 2006, 07:12:18 PM
ECForcast.jpg = Environment Canada
theweathernetworkForcast.jpg = The Weather Network
Wiiforcast.jpg = Wii
YTWCForcast.jpg = Yahoo / The Weather Channel

Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Lazybones on December 19, 2006, 09:25:57 PM
According to someone in the Nintendo forum Madden can pull live weather from the weather channel now and give you matching conditions in game.
Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Lazybones on December 20, 2006, 08:51:35 AM
Thanks to Mr A. for pointing this one out to me.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/12/20

(http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20061220.jpg)
Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Mr. Analog on December 20, 2006, 08:54:27 AM
:lol: I got teh high scores! Partly Cloudy FTW!
Title: Re: Wii Weather Channel Went live
Post by: Lazybones on December 20, 2006, 01:33:36 PM
http://josef.org/wii-forecast-constellations.html

The stars are apparently accurate as well.. Thanks to NASA providing the images.