Uploaded June 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Chicago over Memorial Day is a tradition for me -- yet, I can't seem to escape one without heavy rain or thunderstorms. :-)
Chicago over Memorial Day is a tradition for me -- yet, I can't seem to escape one without heavy rain or thunderstorms. :-)







![17 Years of The WeatherSTAR 4000
On Tuesday, October 11th, 1994, at 2:45pm, I was elated to turn on The Weather Channel to discover that Id been upgraded to the WeatherSTAR 4000.
After having discovered it over a year earlier at a relatives house, and writing a few letters to the network (and Jim Cantore [ha ha ha]), we finally had received this colorful, graphical upgrade.
So on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011, I am pleased to recreate the first two Local Forecasts I saw that afternoon, using the same pieces of music at the same times they originally aired.
Enjoy!
Music
Gary Brunotte - Recollections and Caterpillar Crossing from the Jul 1994 playlist 17 Years of The WeatherSTAR 4000](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GgUo8uQ8mog/mqdefault.jpg)


