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Weather, explained in plain words

·2026.04.16 01:14

Key point

Aerlo has launched, a weather interpreter that reads your screenshot and translates real-time forecasts into plain English.

Details

Upload a screenshot and it reads the location from app screens, including Apple Weather, pulls the real-time forecast, and interprets it in plain English.

  • It turns things like a 40% chance of rain into an actionable answer on whether you actually need an umbrella or can ignore it.
  • It shows today's forecast along with confidence level and the possible range when things are uncertain.
  • It also supports entering a location directly.
  • It works with no account, no subscription — you buy a credit pack and use a 3-word code sent by email.
  • The first decode is free, and credits don't expire.
  • The team also disclosed a limitation: accuracy may still be inconsistent for non-US regions due to autocomplete.

The stack uses Vanilla HTML/JS, Supabase Edge Functions, Claude Haiku for interpretation and sentence generation, NWS and Open-Meteo for forecast data, Stripe for payments, Netlify for hosting, and Resend for email.

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