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