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Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => Local Forecast => Topic started by: sonicdoommario on February 02, 2008, 01:08:04 PM
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I found a timeline similar on Intellistar's Wikipedia page, but there wasn't a whole lot of info relating to the satellite local forecasts. You can add to it as needed, and even the tiniest changes can be added.
I'll start out:
June 2004:
-The graphics are updated for the entire forecast. This includes the removal of the current conditions from the metro forecasts.
July 2004:
-The LDL is added to TWC for satellite viewers, specifically DirecTV at this time. It cycles through the sky/temperature conditions, airport delays, and forecasts for all of the cities seen on the "3 day forecast" segment.
September/October 2004:
-The south central, northwest, and southwest radar/satellite loops are added to the local forecasts.
-I'm not sure on this, but wasn't Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth added to the metro forecasts at the beginning at this time?
August 2005:
-A whole new graphics package for the satellite local forecast. This includes the addition of more cities on the metro forecasts (Minneapolis, Orlando, Miami, Denver, Phoenix, Sacramento, Seattle)
September 2006:
-The satellite LDL is added to TWC for Dish Network viewers.
December 2006:
-Icons are replaced with newer ones on the satellite local forecast, as with the Intellistar
NOT SURE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING: (I believe this was sometime between the redesign in August 2005 to December 2005)
-Additional cities are added to the LDL that are not seen on the 3 day forecasts (Omaha, Honolulu, Albuquerque, and I can't think of any others at the top of my head)
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I'm pretty sure the satellite LDL didn't appear on Dish Network viewers until early 2006.
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The satellite ldl came to Dish on September 2006. I would know that because i had Dish back then ;)
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August 2005:
-A whole new graphics package for the satellite local forecast. This includes the addition of more cities on the metro forecasts (Minneapolis, Orlando, Miami, Denver, Phoenix, Sacramento, Seattle)
NOT SURE (I believe this was sometime between the redesign in August 2005 to December 2005)
It happened on August 15, 2005.
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September/October 2004:
-The south central, northwest, and southwest radar/satellite loops are added to the local forecasts.
I'm pretty sure those regions were featured before then.
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Why are you making a satellite lf timeline? :unsure:
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Victor: I have no clue. I guess this is what happens when you're extremely bored.
At mike: I don't think so, as I remember this from the summer of 2004. Your Intellistar Error videos from June and July show 4 regions instead of 6, while the December LF you has shows 6 regions.
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Victor: I have no clue. I guess this is what happens when you're extremely bored.
At mike: I don't think so, as I remember this from the summer of 2004. Your Intellistar Error videos from June and July show 4 regions instead of 6, while the December LF you has shows 6 regions.
IIRC, different flavors showed different regional satellite/radars. The K flavors show four regions, while the LM flavors showed six.
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yeah and the lf in :8 and :58 show a 3 daylist for cities rather than maps
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Oh that's right, back then the K flavors were on every forecast except :28/:58, so there weren't six region radars until they were discontinued in September 2004. Right now, the :08 and :38 forecasts are the ones that show six regions. The :28/:58 one doesn't because of the 3-day forecast.
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And I'd also remember back in July 2004. Whenever we went to my mom's friend's house, I'd sit in front of her TV and watch TWC for 5 hours straight, and never saw a 6 region radar/satellite.
Those were the times.
Also, does anyone remember when this graphics package was debuted? I know it got discontinued in June 2004, but I don't know when it started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo7yWNRNsiU
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It was used a short time. It started in February 2004 i believe but i aint sure.
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I know there was a graphics package before that one. It was in the same format but:
There are no icons seen on the regional forecasts.
The backgrounds on the metro forecasts look like they got painted by a 5 year old.
What came before this one?
What about that satellite forecast (1998ish) that showed the radar/satellite loops/temps/morning lows/highs for each region? How long did this one last?
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It was used a short time. It started in February 2004 i believe but i aint sure.
I have that design in my videos from November 2003.
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It was used a short time. It started in February 2004 i believe but i aint sure.
It started around September 2003 (around the time when TWC relaunched), and lasted until June 2004.
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It was used a short time. It started in February 2004 i believe but i aint sure.
It started around September 2003 (around the time when TWC relaunched), and lasted until June 2004.
Oh! I was way off! :lol: