Streaming Channel

Launch the Rice County Skywarn Streaming Channel in a new tab by clicking here.
Or right-click on the video, move the mouse slightly, and right-click again to select "Picture-in-Picture" to put it in the corner of your screen!

The Rice County Skywarn Streaming Channel is always live!

https://youtube.com/@RiceCoSkywarn/live (Bookmark this link!)

This is YOUR local weather feed, perfect for the corner of your monitor, your tablet, your Google Home, or digital signage.

You'll find:

The latest Level 3 radar imagery (including velocity radar during time of severe weather) centered around Rice County, with storm reports plotted during severe weather events.
Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (SCIT) and lightning report console, with live satellite map overview.
Scrolling weather alerts and weather forecasts straight from the National Weather Service, tailored for Rice County.
Current time, temperature, sky condition, and rainfall storm totals and rain rate for Faribault displayed in the corner of the video.
Upper Midwest GOES-East Satellite Loop with Precipitation Depiction.
30-hour historical radar loop.
48-hour HRRR future radar prediction loop.
River Flow Current Conditions and Forecast Console during "high" river conditions.
Local webcams showing current outdoor conditions (if you run a full-video webcam in Rice County and can offer an RTMP feed, we'd like to hear from you!)
Skywarn Activation Status.
Pop-up alerts for extreme weather conditions such as Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, Tornado Warnings, and Blizzard Warnings.
Graphical hazardous weather outlooks.
7 day graphical outlook.
Northern Lights Forecasts.
Of particular interest to spotters, the Day 1-3 convective and mesoscale outlooks, including possibilities of tornadoes, severe hail, and severe wind conditions.
All over a bed of music, with old-school "Weather Channel"-style voice announcements (all mutable).

Plus, we have the technical capabilities to instantly turn to a special "live" version if severe conditions merit. This will give us the ability to stream with multiple live cameras if need-be.

Besides a few national guys, NO ONE that we know of is doing this style of presentation, and we'd love to hear your input and ideas on how we can make this something you'll enjoy on a daily basis. We appreciate your support!

Kiosk/Digital Signage Setup

The Rice County Skywarn Streaming Channel makes an excellent display for your home or business's digital signage! Our Youtube live stream is castable using your Chromecast or Apple TV through Airplay. You can also embed the stream directly through your digital signage management platform. An example of how to do so in Google Admin with Chromeboxes is listed below:

Install or configure Google Admin to install the Chrome Sign Builder app. In your Policy for extensions area, copy and paste the following JSON:

{ "schedule": { "Value": [ { "items": [ { "autoReload": 300000, "cachePolicy": "forever", "content": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/live_stream?channel=UCPmGcrneZ_OqQS0V5oX5HIg&autoplay=1&mute=0", "duration": 86400000, "repetition": "d", "start": "Wed Jan 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT-0600", "zone": "fs", "zoneHeight": "30%", "zoneWidth": "30%", "zoneXOffset": "0", "zoneYOffset": "0" } ], "name": "New Schedule", "defaultUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/live_stream?channel=UCPmGcrneZ_OqQS0V5oX5HIg&autoplay=1&mute=0" } ] }}

The embed code for other types of digital signage is: https://www.youtube.com/embed/live_stream?channel=UCPmGcrneZ_OqQS0V5oX5HIg&autoplay=1&mute=0