Rusty Weather

Rusty Weather 0.4.1

Rusty Weather - Weather Model Viewer

Download for Windows

About Rusty Weather

A self-contained weather model viewer: fetch HRRR (more models coming), store hours in a fast-access format, and view map plots, instant soundings, and live GOES satellite loops in a native egui app. Full Rust, MIT licensed. Extracted and rebuilt from the rustwx fast path. Storage paths (--store-root, --cache-dir) are configurable in-app via the collapsible "Storage" section in the left panel and are persisted across launches (precedence: CLI arg > persisted setting > built-in default).

What's new in 0.4.1

Sounding Studio
- Fully movable and resizable SHARPpy panels, with persistent Stretch/Fit sizing and Dock/Float presentation.
- Customize the three diagnostic boards cell by cell: reorder, replace, remove, split sections, or insert the current Formula Lab result.
- Independent sounding typography with Space Grotesk, clean sans, and technical mono presets plus adjustable text scale.
- One shared presentation workspace across model, observation-adjusted, RAOB, and imported-file soundings; layout and table choices survive restarts.
Science and reliability
- Updated to the corrected native sharppyrs renderer, including native MPL support, broader SHARPpy numerical parity, and the corrected squared streamwiseness formulation (ratio² × 100).
- Formula Lab table entries now retain content-aware formula identity and exact store provenance, so renamed outputs or reused labels cannot silently change the science.
- Sounding layout persistence preserves unknown future settings across upgrades and downgrades.
All six platform bundles are built by the signed release workflow and include SHA-256 checksum files.

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Technical details

PublisherFahrenheit Research
Version0.4.1
Release date2026-07-16
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
Installer typezip
Architecturex64, arm64
Package IDFahrenheitResearch.RustyWeather

Install Rusty Weather from the command line

Install with Windows Package Manager
winget install --id=FahrenheitResearch.RustyWeather -e
Update to the latest version
winget upgrade --id=FahrenheitResearch.RustyWeather -e
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id=FahrenheitResearch.RustyWeather -e

Rusty Weather adds this command to the command line: rusty-weather-ui.

Frequently asked questions

Is Rusty Weather free?

Yes. Rusty Weather is free and open-source software released under the MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause license.

What is the latest version of Rusty Weather?

The latest version is 0.4.1, released on Jul 16, 2026.

Is it safe to download Rusty Weather?

The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 102bcc19c5a8db173890c80a85a3ad0a6d477b30597db99ae5ebea3258d9f091.

Which Windows versions does Rusty Weather support?

Rusty Weather runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.

How do I uninstall Rusty Weather?

Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Rusty Weather and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=FahrenheitResearch.RustyWeather -e.

Is there a portable version of Rusty Weather?

Yes. Rusty Weather is available as a portable ZIP archive (rusty-weather-windows-x64.zip, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.