Rain Radar

Animated rain radar around you (past 2 hours), with a home marker and coastline.

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).

Settings12every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourcerainradar.pysrc/deskdot/apps/rainradar.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Map
Area (width)`zoom`	choice	600 km	300 km600 km1 200 km2 400 km4 800 km
Basemap`basemap`	choice	Coastline	CoastlineTerrainLand fillNone
Mark areas without radar`coverage`	on/off	On	on / off
Home marker`home`	on/off	On	on / off
Colours
Colour scheme`scheme`	choice	Classic	ClassicBlueHeatMono
Mono colour`mono_color`	colour	#00dcff	any colour (#rrggbb)
Home colour`home_color`	colour	#ffffff	any colour (#rrggbb)
Minimum intensity (dBZ)`threshold`Hide weaker echoes: 10 ≈ drizzle, 20 light rain, 30 moderate	whole number	10	-10 – 40
Loop
Loop speed`speed`	choice	Normal	SlowNormalFast
Cross-fade frames`smooth`	on/off	On	on / off
Frame time`time_label`	choice	Clock time	Clock timeMinutes agoOff
24-hour clock`hour24`	on/off	On	on / off

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview rainradar --settings '{"zoom":"7"}' --out rainradar.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/rainradar/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Rain Radar on my panel”. It calls show_app with "rainradar". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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