Plaincast
AI-nativeWhat the forecast actually says — NWS Area Forecast Discussions, decoded into plain English.
plaincast.live SourceUtilities / Weather, Clocks & Time Zones
- Monthly visits
- <5K
- Oct 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- Free
- No monthly subscription pricing
- Launched
- 9mo ago
- 2026-02-16 · Est.
Traffic
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Show HN (1 pts)Launch
Plaincast – Plain English Translations of NWS Area Forecast Discussions — I built Plaincast to make NWS Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs) readable by normal humans. AFDs are the most detailed weather forecasts ava…
Feb 16 · 9mo agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- Post excerpt:
- I built Plaincast to make NWS Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs) readable by normal humans. AFDs are the most detailed weather forecasts available in the US - written by local meteorologists multiple times a day - but they're packed with jargon, abbreviations, and shorthand that makes them nearly impenetrable. Plaincast pulls AFDs from the NWS API, breaks them
Open Source & Self-Hosting
- GitHub Stars
- Public repo
- Forks
- —
- License
- See repository
- Primary language
- —
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct30%
- Organic Search25%
- Referrals12%
- Display Ads9%
- Other24%
Countries
- United States100%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2026-02-15
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| iln | 5,860 |
| foreca las vegas | 410 |
| fe lwx | 360 |
| nws bis afd | 330 |
| laxnpwlox | 300 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Website does not list public plan prices.
Trial: None · Observed 2026-11-03 · Source page
Pages & changes
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Weekly snapshotsChanges
No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.
Questions & evidence
- How much website traffic does Plaincast get?
- Vaneform estimates <5K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is Plaincast and what platforms does it support?
- Plaincast is catalogued under Weather, Clocks & Time Zones: What the forecast actually says — NWS Area Forecast Discussions, decoded into plain English.. Supported platforms: Web.
- Is Plaincast open source?
- Plaincast has a public repository (https://github.com/jonahberg/plaincast) with its source repository published.Source
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