IntelliStar Simulator

IntelliStar Simulator is a simulated recreation of "Local On The 8s" by The Weather Channel in HTML/CSS/JS, as seen from 2007 to 2008, by mist weather media

Online version: i1.weatherstar.dev

© Mist Weather Media 2025.

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Special thanks to these talented minds who made this project possible!

JensonWX - Lead Developer
Miceoroni - Developer (Advanced Settings)
zachNet - README

and the rest of the Mist Creative Team for their support!

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Need support beyond the scope of this README? Have any questions? Feel free to join our Discord for support!

mist weather media on Discord

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Are you a developer? Pull requests are welcome! If you find a bug and fix it yourself, submit one with the fixed code and it may be merged into the main branch!

Initial Setup

1. Install node.js LTS.
2. Acquire a mapbox.com API key. This is required for the radar to operate.
3. Go to /webroot/js and open config.js.
4. Line 2 is where your mapbox.com API key goes. Replace "YOUR_API_KEY" with your mapbox.com API key.
5. Save your changes to config.js and close out of it.
6. Run install.bat (install.sh on macOS). This will install all dependencies required to run.
7. Run start.bat (start.sh on macOS). This will start a local web server, which is required to run the sim.

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You're all set. Enjoy!

Many thanks for using our simulator! We hope you like it.