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StreamWave Weather Overlay

Category: Widgets & Enhancements
Version: 1.0.0
Price: FREE

# 🌦️ Live Local Weather Overlay — Dynamic Weather Effects & Forecast Add-on

**Bring your community to life with real-time weather that changes with your members' local conditions!**

Transform your forum into a dynamic, immersive experience with **Live Local Weather Overlay**, an interactive weather add-on designed for StreamWave Community Suite.

Imagine visiting your favorite community and seeing gentle rain falling across the screen because it's raining outside your window. Snowflakes drift across the forum during winter storms, lightning flashes during thunderstorms, and beautiful atmospheric effects appear when the skies are clear.

With Live Local Weather Overlay, your forum doesn't just display the weather — **it brings the weather to life!**

## 🌧️ Key Features

- 🌧️ **Animated Rain Effects** — Watch rainfall animate across your forum when rainy conditions are reported in your area.
- ❄️ **Realistic Snowfall** — Beautiful drifting snowflakes create a winter atmosphere when snow is falling.
- ⛈️ **Thunderstorm Effects** — Atmospheric lightning flashes bring stormy weather to your screen.
- ☀️ **Sunny Weather Effects** — Subtle golden sunlight adds warmth to clear, sunny days.
- 🌫️ **Fog & Mist Effects** — Gentle atmospheric overlays recreate foggy conditions.
- 🌙 **Clear Night Effects** — Twinkling stars bring a peaceful nighttime atmosphere to your community.

## 📍 Personalized Local Weather

Every visitor can experience weather based on their own location!

- Browser-based location detection with user permission
- Manual city search for visitors who prefer not to share their location
- Current weather conditions and temperature
- Wind speed and humidity information
- Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature options
- Automatic weather updates approximately every 15 minutes

**Different members can experience different weather effects at the same time**, depending on conditions in their locations.

## 📊 Interactive Weather Forecast Bar

A sleek, floating weather bar sits at the bottom of the forum, giving members convenient access to their local weather.

The expandable forecast panel includes:

- Current temperature and weather conditions
- Location information
- Five-day weather forecast
- Daily high and low temperatures
- Precipitation probabilities
- Weather condition icons
- Convenient weather settings and controls

Members can expand, collapse, or hide the weather bar whenever they choose.

## ⚙️ Member-Friendly Controls

Members have control over their weather experience.

- Enable or disable animated weather effects
- Switch between °F and °C
- Choose their location manually
- Hide or display the weather forecast bar
- Save preferences automatically in their browser
- Reduced-motion accessibility support

## 🎨 Designed for Your Community

Live Local Weather Overlay works alongside your existing forum design without requiring a complete theme replacement.

Its floating weather effects and forecast interface are designed to complement dark, light, seasonal, and custom forum themes.

## 🚀 Easy Installation

Install the add-on directly through the **StreamWave Community Suite Add-on Manager**.

No manual database setup or core forum file replacements are required.

**Weather Data Provider:** Open-Meteo. Internet access is required for live weather updates. Location permission is optional.

## 🌎 Make Every Visit a Different Experience!

Whether it's a peaceful snowy evening, a rainy afternoon, a bright summer morning, or a clear night beneath the stars, Live Local Weather Overlay creates an atmosphere that reflects the world outside each member's window.

Give your community something unique, interactive, and memorable.

**🌦️ Live Local Weather Overlay — Bringing the weather outside into your community!**

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