" Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Red sky in the morning, sailor's take warning. "
Long before modern meteorology existed, sailors and farmers read the sky itself to forecast the weather. A red sky at sunset meant high pressure and stable air was moving in, signaling fair skies ahead. A red sky at dawn meant moisture and dust were scattering the light from an approaching storm system, signaling rough weather on the way. It is one of the oldest and most reliable weather observations in human history, and the foundation this site is built on: that weather data should be clear and easily accessible.
Red Sky Meteorology is a streamlined weather dashboard built as a faster, cleaner alternative to the National Weather Service website. The NWS provides some of the best freely available weather data in the world — but navigating their site to find what you actually need can be an exercise in frustration. This site cuts through that. Current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, active alerts, local radar, satellite imagery, and surface analysis maps — all in one place, for any city in the United States.
Everything you see here is pulled live from official government sources. Forecasts, alerts, radar station assignments, and observation data all come directly from the NOAA National Weather Service API. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA's GOES-East (GOES-19) and GOES-West (GOES-18) satellites, updated every 5 to 10 minutes. Surface analysis maps are published by the Weather Prediction Center, updated every three hours.