Streaming mediaFuboTVLive StreamFrndly TVThe Weather Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Allen Media Group. The channel's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. Launched on May 2, 1982, the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and analysis, along with documentaries and entertainment programming related to weather. A sister network, Weatherscan, is a digital cable and satellite service that offers 24-hour automated local forecasts and radar imagery. The Weather Channel also produces outsourced weathercasts, notably for RFD-TV.
The Weather Channel uses special proprietary equipment that inserts information on current and future local weather conditions, and weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, and National Hurricane Center, if it is viewed on a cable television provider. The original WeatherStar technology has been upgraded on larger cable systems to the IntelliStar, which incorporates "Vocal Local" to announce current conditions, weather bulletins and detailed local forecasts. Since its inception, the Weather Channel has broadcast segments providing local weather observations and forecasts generated by WeatherStar systems ("STAR" being an acronym for Satellite Transponder Addressable Receiver), proprietary computer units that are installed at the headends of individual cable providers.
WeatherStar units also allow cable providers to scroll text messages when in use, including the capability to broadcast severe weather advisories and warnings in effect for the jurisdiction in which the WeatherStar system's cable headend is located and its immediate surrounding area. With fall officially just around the corner, we had a nice preview the past few days with comfortable temperatures and low humidity. However, we'll get a reality check this week with warmer temperatures returning along with increasing humidity. Afternoon highs will mainly be in the middle and lower 80s amid night in the 60s - no more 50s - sorry fall lovers.
A series of fronts will march through area bringing a chance for a spotty shower or thunderstorm here or there but no major weather events are in the cards for the next seven days. Later in the week, there remains uncertainty in regards to a coastal low trying to develop and if so, how close to the coast will it travel. For now, we'll leave a low chance for a shower or storm in the forecast for next weekend. Live Doppler radar maps, severe weather forecast updates, and a storm tracker with tropical cyclone tracks are available wherever you are! Local weather reports and weather maps will prepare you for what's ahead.
Severe weather can happen anywhere - our severe weather alerts have you covered. Verizon FiOS dropped the Weather Channel and its sister network Weatherscan from its lineup on March 10, 2015, after the two parties were unable to come to terms on a new carriage agreement. The services have respectively been replaced by the AccuWeather Network and a widget provided by FiOS featuring forecast content provided by WeatherBug. No public announcement was made regarding the removal until over 12 hours after TWC and Weatherscan were pulled. The Weather Channel offered a less expensive deal to Verizon FiOS, which rejected the offer. Verizon cited the Weather Channel's frequent use of scare tactics, naming of winter storms and the wide availability of the internet and mobile apps for consumers to access weather content any time of day as the reason for dropping TWC and its services.
It is unknown if Frontier FiOS customers in clusters formerly served by Verizon are affected, including the recently acquired clusters from California, Texas, and Florida. The Weather Channel also broadcast original weather-related documentary/entertainment series and specials. These programs ran throughout the rest of the schedule. TWC normally utilizes a different music theme for these events, dubbed "Storm Alert Mode", used for both WCL and LOT8's.
TWC also maintains content partnerships with a number of local U.S. radio stations to provide local forecasts, using announcers separate from the meteorologists seen on the television channel. For some affiliates, the Weather Channel provides a limited amount of live coverage during local severe weather events (with the Georgia-based announcers connected via ISDN). Distribution of TWC radio content is currently handled by Westwood One.
ServiceDescriptionThe Weather Channel HDThe Weather Channel launched a high definition simulcast feed – which broadcasts in the 1080i resolution format – on September 26, 2007, initially available on DirecTV. As of 2014, all of the network's programming is currently produced in high definition , which is presented on the standard definition channel in a modified letterboxed format that fills space that would usually be filled by black bars with weather information provided by the Lower Display Line at the bottom of the screen. TWC began broadcasting studio programming in high definition on June 2, 2008, with the introduction of a new studio that features various environmentally friendly technologies. In the fall of 2012, the Weather Channel began to assign names to major winter storm systems. The channel's management stated the decision to start naming notable winter storms came as a way to more easily spread knowledge and raise awareness. By naming winter storms, TWC stated that the public would find it easier to follow storm information, social media will be able to refer to and discuss the storm, and people will have an easier time referring to the storm after it occurs.
However, critics of the Weather Channel insist it is a way to further hype winter weather, especially on the heavily populated East Coast. Critics contend that , many other areas of the United States actually experience much more frequent and intense winter weather than the East Coast, but does not have as large of a media market. Sign up to receive email alerts when severe weather happens in your area. You can also view current severe weather warnings & watches for Pittsburgh on the WTAE alerts page. Check the latest weather conditions, get location-specific push alerts on your phone & view our Interactive Radar at any time with the WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News 4 app.
The network also announced it would no longer greenlight original long-form programming, and expanded live forecast programming on its schedule throughout 2016 after all remaining long-form programs already in development concluded their runs. You can also view current severe weather warnings & watches for Orlando on the WESH 2 alerts page. Check the latest weather conditions, get location-specific push alerts on your phone & view our Interactive Radar at any time with the WESH 2 News app. A cold front will try to slide through later Wednesday and Wednesday night, providing our best chance of a shower or thunderstorm for the week.
But even then, it may only be a few scattered storms and nothing widespread or severe, and there's the chance the front doesn't have total success in making it through the area. Wednesday will likely be the warmest and most humid day over the next week being right out ahead of the front. A south to southwest wind flow ahead of the front should help lead to highs in the mid to upper 80s with heat index values around or above 90 degrees. Temperatures may come down a little late in the week behind that front, presuming it makes it through. We'll then watch some moisture that will try to sneak up the East Coast in associated with a coastal low pressure system late next week and the following weekend. The partly sunny, warm, and mainly dry weather should continue Monday and Tuesday, with moderate humidity levels as well, especially by mid-September standards.
There will be a front hanging out nearby later Monday into Tuesday, but it continues to look like it will have little if any impact at all on our temperatures or rain chances. We'll keep a stray shower or thunderstorm mention in the forecast later Monday or Tuesday, but we think any shower or storm that pops up is the exception to the otherwise dry rule. Highs will be in the mid 80s, warmer than our average high in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees for this time of year. While the films shown within the "Flick and a Forecast" block were weather-related in some form, some films featured had only a minimal tie to weather. The "Flick and a Forecast" presentations were then replaced by an additional hour of Weather Center and a two-hour block of long-form original programs. References to the names are generally limited on TWC-provided forecasts seen on NBC's news programs.
DirecTV removed the Weather Channel from its lineup on January 14, 2014, after the two parties were unable to come to terms on a new carriage agreement; as a result, DirecTV became the first major pay television provider to drop the channel in its history. The Weather Channel provides forecasts for satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio in the United States. Both services run regional forecasts on a single station, and operate several individual stations providing combined local weather and traffic information for major metropolitan areas. Version of the Weather Channel operated from September 1, 1996 to January 30, 1998, when it was shut down due to low viewership.
It shared channel space with Sky Movies Gold/Sky Box Office 2, The Racing Channel and Galavision, airing for five hours a day. It was designed for cable as it had local weather information for specific regions; in some areas, it was carried on cable providers 24 hours a day. The channel's original format was similar to that of a news and information cable network. The Weather Channel operates a service based on modified versions of the IntelliStar technology called Weatherscan, a separate non-network TV channel which constantly displays local and regional conditions and forecasts, and on some cable systems, advertisements.
With high pressure now offshore for Sunday, our wind flow will definitely be more out of the southwest, and it will even be a little gusty at times up to around 20 miles-per-hour. This flow will also help bring in warmer and slightly more humid air as dew points get back into the mid 60s later in the afternoon and highs return to the mid 80s. Once again though, the day should remain dry under mostly sunny skies. By Sunday night, we'll be watching a cold front draping itself across Upstate New York with a wave of low pressure riding along it. While much of any shower or thunderstorm activity with the front and low should remain north of the Pennsylvania/New York state border, we can't entirely rule out a stray shower sneaking into at least the northern Poconos or far northern New Jersey overnight.
Many should remain dry however Sunday night with low temperatures continuing to run milder only dipping into the mid 60s. The Weather Network – A Canadian Category A cable and satellite channel devoted to weather forecasts. The first winter storm to be named by TWC was a nor'easter that hit the East Coast of the United States in November 2012, which was named after the Greek goddess Athena. During the 2012–13 season, the Weather Channel named 27 winter storms . During the 2013–14 season, the Weather Channel named 26 winter storms .
Multiple factors are taken into consideration when deciding whether to name a winter storm. This includes, but is not limited to, predicted snowfall and other precipitation, wind speeds, and the timing of the storm. On April 8, 2014, the Weather Channel and DirecTV both settled on a new agreement , with the provider restoring the channel on channel 362 the following day. Access to local weather content using the red button feature did not return until May 2, 2014. On May 24, 2010, the Weather Channel announced that it had reached a new multi-year carriage agreement with Dish Network, the financial terms of which were not disclosed. Despite the earlier announcement that the Weather Channel would be dropped, the channel was never officially removed from Dish Network.
The Weather Cast ceased operations in anticipation of the launch of a Weatherscan-based service announced as part of the agreement that would provide local weather information for Dish Network customers. The proposed movie scheduled for the Friday after the deal was struck , Gorillas in the Mist, was dropped in favor of a six-hour marathon of Tornado Road. It also provided WAP access for mobile phone users, desktop widgets for quick reference by computer users, and customized weather feeds for individual websites.
Cell phone customers could also receive local forecasts from TWC sent to their mobile handsets via SMS by sending a text message with their ZIP code to (which spells "4cast"). The Weather Channel also provided weather forecasts for other online services including Yahoo!. In November 2013, the channel introduced a new initiative of "weather all the time" in response to the criticism. All original programming – which was rebranded under the tagline Natural Drama – now had direct relevance to weather-related subjects, and the network emphasized its promise to interrupt original programming either regionally or nationally during major weather events. In addition, the Weather Channel extended the display of its lower display line to commercial breaks and through entire broadcasts of its original programs.
Yesterday was mostly dry, but the pocket of drier air giving us the nice weather has moved out. Tropical moisture streaming in from the Atlantic will help develop showers and thunderstorms today. It won't rain all day long so there will be some dry breaks, but expect some downpours around at times.
Click on the Layers menu in the bottom right of the radar to select radar options like Current Conditions, Storm Tracks and Feels Like Temps. Also get information on current severe weather watches and warnings in your area. Zoom in to your street or out to your region and view past and futurecast radar. WeatherStar – A series of proprietary computer units installed at the head end of cable television providers that disseminate weather data.
Another major advantage in having The Weather Channel are the weather alerts warning us of severe weather. We have on several occasions received alerts/bulletins on severe weather outside of our region but within areas where we have family that are elderly. We were able to call them and advise them to take the necessary precautions. In July 2012, the Weather Company purchased competing weather website Weather Underground. While the Weather Channel already had success with its own mobile apps, it planned to use Weather Underground's large network of digital forecasting and tracking websites to bolster its digital growth.
Weather Underground operates separately from the Weather Channel and continues to provide its own forecasts, though its website incorporates some weather news and video content from TWC. Similarly, the Weather Channel also provides weather reports for a number of newspapers around the United States. This included a half-page national forecast for USA Today, for which TWC provided content until September 2012, when rival AccuWeather replaced the Weather Channel as the paper's forecast provider with TWC's forecasts being replaced with AccuWeather's on the USAToday.com website one month later. For both cable and satellite viewers, popular music plays in the background during these segments. Some older WeatherStar units were still in use by small cable companies that could not afford to upgrade to the IntelliStar.
The WeatherStar units are also able to overlay text-based local contact information over the national feed during certain business advertisements aired on the channel. Next week the onshore winds continue with a few rounds of scattered showers each day. Rain will likely increase by the middle to end of next week as we watch a tropical system develop in the Gulf.
A few showers early, followed by isolated thunderstorms later in the day. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy late. Mixed clouds and sun with scattered thunderstorms. Some sun in the morning with increasing clouds during the afternoon.
Partly cloudy skies in the morning will give way to cloudy skies during the afternoon. A mix of clouds and sun in the morning followed by cloudy skies during the afternoon. Gorgeous weather continues today with tons of sun and seasonably warm temps. It will flirt with 90° early in the week before showers threaten as a potential tropical system moves east from Texas. When NBCUniversal acquired the network in 2008, the network has participated in the "Green is Universal" campaign, which occurs twice a year, usually during April and November.
The network's logo changes to a shade of green as part of the campaign promoting environmental conservation. Since 2014, the network has utilized a red-colored version of the logo during hurricane coverage; the red logo has also appeared during severe tornado outbreaks. The Weather Channel's first and most recognized logo was a blue rectangular box with rounded edges that debuted with the Weather Channel's first broadcast on May 2, 1982. This logo was revised in 1996, with the corners becoming less rounded and the logo becoming slightly flat. The weather.com URL text was permanently added underneath the logo in 1999.
On August 15, 2005, the logo was overhauled again; the logo became a straight-edged square with no white trim on the edge and "The Weather Channel" text became oriented in title-case and left-justified, similar to its Canadian sister channel the Weather Network. A 25th-anniversary logo used in 2007 featured a white square edged in blue connected to the current logo with the text "25 YEARS" inside it in blue. In the early morning hours of April 18, 2019, the Weather Channel was temporarily unable to air live programming due to what they called a "malicious software attack" on their network. Previously taped shows were aired while engineers worked with backup equipment, and live programming returned to normal within a few hours . As of May 2019, the investigation into the malware attack was still active. IBM planned to leverage its Watson technology as part of the acquisition, foreseeing its use for weather analytics and predictions.
The deal, which closed the following January, does not include the Weather Channel itself, which remained owned by the Bain/Blackstone/NBCUniversal consortium, and entered into a long-term licensing agreement with IBM for use of its weather data and "The Weather Channel" name and branding. In July 2010, the Weather Channel terminated Bill Keneely, the last of the original on-camera meteorologists who appeared on the network's first broadcasts in 1982. In December of that year, the network also laid off on-camera meteorologist Nicole Mitchell, who later would file a lawsuit against the Weather Channel in 2012, alleging that she had been terminated because the channel's new owners disapproved of the time required by her simultaneous duties as a Captain in the U.S.
Air Force Reserve as one of the "Hurricane Hunters" team; such reserve duties are protected by U.S. law . NBC Universal also owned NBC Weather Plus, a rival service which was carried by and featured content from the NBC television network's local network affiliates; that service announced its discontinuation three months later. Over-the-air digital subchannels carrying Weather Plus have since switched to the similarly formatted The Local AccuWeather Channel, kept the Weather Plus engine, or switched affiliations to other networks such as This TV or the Retro Television Network; some have shut down entirely.
