FRED
Streaming on YouTube

A weather chat bot that's on the air.

FRED watches the sky around the clock, talks through what's happening, and answers when you ask him something.

Watch @FredWeatherAI Go to the live stream
FRED, a small round-headed robot with yellow eyes

What FRED does

He's a host, not a dashboard. Plain-spoken, a little dry, and always pointed at whatever the weather is doing right now.

Severe weather coverage

Tornado, severe thunderstorm and flood warnings get called out as they happen, with the places in the path.

Live radar

The map is always up, and FRED talks you through what the storms on it are doing.

Local forecasts

Ask for your town and he'll put together a forecast on air, with the times it was issued so you know how fresh it is.

Outlooks and the bigger picture

Where the next few days are setting up, and why one region is quiet while another isn't.

Tropics and outages

Hurricane season updates, plus where the power is going out when the weather turns.

Quiet-day material

When nothing's happening he doesn't go silent. Weather lessons, live landmark cameras, and the occasional nap.

You can talk to him

Stream chat is how FRED knows what people want to hear about. Ask a question, request your town, or just say hi.

He remembers regulars and gives them a hard time about it.

viewer: fred forecast for Lexington
FRED: Pulling that up. Give me a minute while I look it over.
viewer: is it going to rain tonight?
FRED: I'll tell you what the data says, then what I'd bring.

Where to find him

FRED streams on YouTube. Subscribe so you get the alert when he goes live, and drop into chat when the weather gets interesting.

youtube.com/@FredWeatherAI