Open Sky LIVE (OSL) — v0.01 Beta

First public beta release

Open Sky LIVE (OSL) is a hyper-local weather station and website serving the Gants Hill (IG2) area. It combines on-site sensors with public forecast data to provide more accurate, neighbourhood-level conditions and short-range predictions.

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✨ What’s new

• Live local weather

Real-time temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed/direction, gusts, precipitation, and UV index from the OSL station.

• Hybrid data model

Local Raspberry Pi sensor data blended with Open-Meteo forecasts for improved short-term accuracy.

• Early forecast engine

Short-range forecasts (3h / 6h / 12h) using pressure tendency, humidity trends, and recent precipitation signals.

• Forecast confidence

Confidence score displayed to indicate near-term forecast reliability.

• Interactive charts

24-hour hourly graphs for temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, gusts, and precipitation.

• History view

Hourly aggregated historical data collected from local sensors.

• Modern responsive UI

Clean Tailwind-based interface with Home, Forecast, History, and About views.

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🧪 Beta limitations

• Forecast model is experimental and still being tuned.

• Some metrics may temporarily show N/A during sensor or network interruptions.

• Historical data depth is limited while retention rules are finalised.

• No alerts, exports, or long-range forecasts in this release.

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🛠 Technical overview

• Hardware: Raspberry Pi with local temperature/humidity sensors (AHTx0), optional pressure sensor

• Backend: FastAPI, CSV storage, hourly aggregation

• Frontend: Tailwind CSS, Chart.js

• Connectivity: Cloudflare Tunnel (HTTPS)

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📍 Coverage area

• Optimised for Gants Hill, East London (IG2)

• Focused on accuracy over wide-area general forecasts

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Version: 0.01-beta

Status: Public beta — feedback and testing encouraged