Raymondcamden iconRaymondcamdenSep 1, 2026 ~1 min source read

Weather Nerd? Check out My OSX Radar Widget

Along with four or five weather apps on my phone, I've got two physical devices in my office that show the weather and a weather widget on my Mac that shows the day's forecast. but it really scratched an itch I've had for a while to constantly have one more thing to distract me.

Weather Nerd? Check out My OSX Radar Widget

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Along with four or five weather apps on my phone, I've got two physical devices in my office that show the weather and a weather widget on my Mac that shows the day's forecast.

but it really scratched an itch I've had for a while to constantly have one more thing to distract me.

If you want a copy of this yourself (or want to make it better!), I've set up a GitHub repo here: https://github.com/cfjedimaster/precipradar.

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Along with four or five weather apps on my phone, I've got two physical devices in my office that show the weather and a weather widget on my Mac that shows the day's forecast. but it really scratched an itch I've had for a while to constantly have one more thing to distract me. If you want a copy of this yourself (or want to make it better!), I've set up a GitHub repo here: https://github.com/cfjedimaster/precipradar.

How it works

  • Note that as with my LEGO screensaver, you'll need to run a CLI command to authorize the app, but that's a onetime operation.

Example or evidence

  • I've got both the source as well as a build for easy installation.

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I know I'm not alone in being a bit of a weather nerd.

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