WeatherSTAR 4000 Timeline

• First recording of a WeatherSTAR 4000

• First recording with a current radar

• Graphics added to presentation

• Current Radar banner updated ("Your Local Radar" changed to "Current Radar")

• Banner added to the Travel Cities Forecast
• Regional map banner position updated to match other screens

• Current Radar color box heights are increased

• Text wipe effect changed from top-bottom to left-right on 36 hour forecast

• Highways and counties are added to the current radar

• Page titles are changed to mixed case on all pages
• Extended Forecast becomes a three day graphical format
• Time and date moved to the top right
• "Wipe" effect is removed from the 36 hour forecast
• "Your" is removed from all page titles
• Regional Information changed to Almanac with moon phases and sunrise/sunset data
• Regional forecast icons become animated

• Current conditions banner now the same size as all other screens

• Travel Cities Forecast list changed and state abbreviations removed

• The Current Conditions page is updated to include a large icon indicating the current weather
• The title is also changed from "Now at (City)" to "Current Conditions"

• The Current Conditions and Extended Forecast icon sets are updated

• New Extended Forecast icons are introduced for showers and thunderstorms

• The Current Condition weather icons are reduced and more data is added to the page

• Regional forecast icons are updated to animate from left to right for rain, showers, and thunderstorm (previously they had animated right to left)
• Current Condition and Extended Forecast are also icons updated

• Regional map icons are updated to match the icons on the Current Condition and Extended Forecast pages
• The Regional Observations page is change from text only to a map
• The Regional Forecast title is changed to "Forecast For (Day)"
• Map cities are customized to each STAR (previously it was a super image)

• Almanac top background color changes to an orange gradient
• Current Condition icons updated
• Regional vector icons updated with smaller dimensions

• Current Conditions icons sizes are decreased again

• "Fade" effect removed from the Regional Forecast

• Wind direction is changed from an 8 point to 16 point compass in the current conditions ticker
• Colon is removed from "Ceiling:Unlimited"
• Visibility is changed from two to one decimal place in the current conditions ticker

• "From the National Weather Service" is added to the 36 hour forecast part of the narration

• Local Forecast title is compressed to make room for the NOAA logo
• New regional map icons are introduced
• Space added between last "e" and colon for "Pressure:" on Current Conditions page

• Pressure tendency added to the current conditions ticker text

• "T'storms" changed to "T'Storms" (uppercase "S") on the Extended Forecast

• NOAA logo added to the 36 hour forecast

• Local radar (with a six image loop) added to the J, K, and M flavors
• Flavors lineups changed for J, K, L, and M
• Travel Cities Forecast changed to weather icons with a dark blue gradient background

• Travel Cities Forecast temporarily reverts to the previous text version (probably because the new version wasn't always advancing to the next screen)

• New Travel Cities Forecast returns with "NY City" changed to "New York"

• Phoenix replaces Hartford on the Travel Cities Forecast

• City name in the current conditions ticker changed to mixed case from all caps
• Latest Observations city names changed to mixed case from all caps
• 30 Day Outlook page simplified

• Ellipsis (...) replaced with commas in zone forecasts, except for the day

• Ellipsis (...) replaced with commas in the vertical scrolls and crawls
• Warning format changed: After the full screen red scroll, the local radar loops, then the warning appears in place of the current conditions ticker

• Latest Observations cities changed to alphabetical order (previously in order by latitude)
• "Conditions at (City)" on the current conditions ticker changed to mixed case

• 30 day outlook changed to mixed case, except for the period covered

• Time and date moved to align with the top right of the blue box

• Space removed between last "e" and colon for "Pressure:" on Current Conditions page

• Regional map cities changed to mixed case if any part was previously uppercase (ex. ATL City to Atl City)

• Latest Observations page and current conditions ticker changed to all mixed case

• AM and PM on the Almanac changed to lowercase

• Regional map icons updated with new combinations

• Regional map icons reverted to the old set

• New regional map icons return

• Radar upgraded to show eight intensity levels (banners are modified to reflect this)

• Travel Cities Forecast background color changed to dark blue

• Local Update (short term forecast) introduced