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{{Infobox_episode|title=Weather Service|image=File:LOCAL58_-_Weather_Service|partOfSeason=1|episodeNumber=1|airDate=October 26, 2015 (local58.info)
{{Infobox_episode|title=Weather Service|image=File:LOCAL58 - Weather Service.poster.jpg|partOfSeason=1|episodeNumber=1|airDate=October 26, 2015 (local58.info)
November 1, 2017 (YouTube)|writer=[[Kris Straub]]|director=Kris Straub|nextEpisode=[[LOCAL58 - Contingency|Contingency]]}}
November 1, 2017 (YouTube)|writer=[[Kris Straub]]|director=Kris Straub|nextEpisode=[[LOCAL58 - Contingency|Contingency]]}}


'''Weather Service''' is the first uploaded entry in the [[Local 58]] video series (third uploaded on YouTube). The episode takes the form of a late-night broadcast that is interrupted by the Emergency Alert System warning viewers about a meteorological event.
'''Weather Service''' is the first entry in the [[Local 58]] video series. The episode takes the form of a late-night broadcast that is interrupted by the Emergency Alert System warning viewers about a meteorological event.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The episode begins with a display of Local 58's early morning weather schedule but cuts to a weather warning EAS broadcasted by the county authorities. The warning states that a [[Moon|meteorological event]] is occurring, that it will last until "sunrise" and that citizens are advised not to look outside at it with the naked eye. The normal display of the station schedule begins again but is cut off by another warning, this time upgraded to a Civil Danger Alert. The alert advises residents to stay indoors and not to look at the night sky.
The episode begins with a display of Local 58's early morning weather schedule but cuts to an Emergency Alert System broadcaste issued by the county authorities. The warning states that a [[Moon|meteorological event]] is occurring, that it will last until "sunrise" and that citizens are advised not to look outside at it with the naked eye. The normal display of the station schedule resumes, beginning to display a show listed as "Blood of The-" but is cut off by another warning, this time upgraded to a Civil Danger Alert. The alert advises residents to stay indoors and not to look at the night sky.


However, mere moments later, the message is hijacked and is altered to say, in broken English, that the meteorological warning has been lifted and the sky is safe to look at.  Then it tells the viewers to "GO OUTSIDE NOW." The Alert is interrupted by video noise and background static, with hints of the (disrupted) EAS tone, along with tense tones, as it begins to display messages in first black, then highlighted to be white about the event. The text specifically warns viewers to not look at the moon, stay inside, not look at the night sky, face away from windows, avoid mirrors, and not look up.
However, mere moments later, the message is hijacked and is altered to say, in somewhat broken English, that the meteorological warning has been lifted and the sky is safe to look at.  Then it tells the viewers to "GO OUTSIDE NOW." in capitalised letters. The Alert is interrupted by video noise and background static, with hints of the (disrupted) EAS tone underneath. A back-and-forth appears to ensue from this point onward between the original hijackers and an unknown third party. The third party sends out multiple messages telling the viewer to not look at the moon, to stay inside, avoid the night sky, to face away from all windows, and to avoid mirrors. As this is hapening, the original hijackers repeatedly attempt to obscure or hide the third party's messages, forcing them to repeatedly change the and invert the colour of their text to make it visible. After the message ends, the video momentarily cuts out before briefly displaying the station logo. The feed once again shows a message from the "County Weather Service", likely originating from the same third party as before, reading as follows:
 
Briefly displaying the station logo, the feed once again shows a message from the country services. The text warns that something is in the moonlight, hinting at the existence of an [[Moon|entity]] that appears to possess any who look at it:


"''ITS IN THE LIGHT''
"''ITS IN THE LIGHT''
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!style="font-size:40px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px"|EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
!style="font-size:40px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px"|EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
|-
|-
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 80px 0px"|COUNTY AUTHORITIES
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 60px 0px"|COUNTY AUTHORITIES
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|-
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 40px 0px"|ISSUED
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 60px 0px"|ISSUED
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|-
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 40px 0px"|WEATHER WARNING<br/>FOR YOUR AREA
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px"|WEATHER WARNING<br/>FOR YOUR AREA
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!style="font-size:40px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px"|EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
!style="font-size:40px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px"|EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
|-
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!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 80px 0px"|COUNTY AUTHORITIES
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 50px 0px"|COUNTY AUTHORITIES
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|-
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 40px 0px"|ISSUED
!style="font-size:25px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 50px 0px"|ISSUED
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!style="font-size:40px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 60px 0px"|CIVIL DANGER<br/>ALERT
!style="font-size:40px; font-family:EAS Gothic; color:white; vertical-align:top; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px"|CIVIL DANGER<br/>ALERT
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The episode reveals that the Local 58 station is broadcast in Mason County.
*Though this is the first episode of the series to be created and released, the Youtube reuploads of the first three episode have a different order. Weather Service was the first to be created, but the third to be uploaded to Youtube. [[You Are On The Fastest Available Route]], conversely, was the third to be created but the first uploaded to Youtube.
*Before the second interrupted weather warning, the scheduling for the station begins to display "Blood of the-" before cutting off.
**This appears to be a deliberate choice, as [[Contingency]] has kept its status as both the second to be created and the second to be reuploaded to Youtube, although no explanation thus far has been given for the order change.
*This episode reveals that the Local 58 station is broadcast in Mason County, the location for many of Kris Straub's previous works.
*Though Local58 as a whole is credited with pioneering the Analog Horror genre, this episode in particular is responsible for the populariation of the use of the EAS system in early Analog Horror projects, which eventually led to the creation of the EAS Scenario genre of videos (Tangentially related to but not a direct subgenre of Analog Horror)
*"Blood of the..." Was Discovered to be "Blood of the Living Dawn as seen On Shudder 4:17 GMT on 31st October 2026.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Latest revision as of 17:46, 11 November 2026

Weather Service
Season 1
Episode 1
Air date October 26, 2015 (local58.info) November 1, 2017 (YouTube)
Writer Kris Straub
Director Kris Straub
Episode guide
Next
Contingency

Weather Service is the first entry in the Local 58 video series. The episode takes the form of a late-night broadcast that is interrupted by the Emergency Alert System warning viewers about a meteorological event.

Synopsis

The episode begins with a display of Local 58's early morning weather schedule but cuts to an Emergency Alert System broadcaste issued by the county authorities. The warning states that a meteorological event is occurring, that it will last until "sunrise" and that citizens are advised not to look outside at it with the naked eye. The normal display of the station schedule resumes, beginning to display a show listed as "Blood of The-" but is cut off by another warning, this time upgraded to a Civil Danger Alert. The alert advises residents to stay indoors and not to look at the night sky.

However, mere moments later, the message is hijacked and is altered to say, in somewhat broken English, that the meteorological warning has been lifted and the sky is safe to look at. Then it tells the viewers to "GO OUTSIDE NOW." in capitalised letters. The Alert is interrupted by video noise and background static, with hints of the (disrupted) EAS tone underneath. A back-and-forth appears to ensue from this point onward between the original hijackers and an unknown third party. The third party sends out multiple messages telling the viewer to not look at the moon, to stay inside, avoid the night sky, to face away from all windows, and to avoid mirrors. As this is hapening, the original hijackers repeatedly attempt to obscure or hide the third party's messages, forcing them to repeatedly change the and invert the colour of their text to make it visible. After the message ends, the video momentarily cuts out before briefly displaying the station logo. The feed once again shows a message from the "County Weather Service", likely originating from the same third party as before, reading as follows:

"ITS IN THE LIGHT

THE MOON CAME IN

HE FOUND ME

THRU THE MIRROR

MOONLIGHT WHITE

WHITE LIKE EYES

NOT LIGHT BUT BLOOD

I DROWN IN HIM

IF YOU ARE AFRAID

WE WILL LOOK TOGETHER"

The video footage abruptly cuts to a live feed of the full moon, with a header at the top left showing that the camera is "CAM B," meanwhile crowds of people can be heard screaming in the distance before the episode comes to an end and the credits roll.

Transcript of Weather Service

EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
COUNTY AUTHORITIES
ISSUED
WEATHER WARNING
FOR YOUR AREA
WEATHER WARNING
The County Weather Service
has issued a warning for a
meteorological event.

This warning is effective
immediately and continues
until sunrise tomorrow
morning.
WEATHER WARNING
Citizens are advised not to
observe this event with the
naked eye.

EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
COUNTY AUTHORITIES
ISSUED
CIVIL DANGER
ALERT
CIVIL DANGER ALERT
The County Weather Service
has issued the following
correction for the weather
warning in effect:
CIVIL DANGER ALERT
For your safety remain indoors.
Do not look at the night sky.

More information to follow.
CIVIL DANGER ALERT
THE METEOROLOGICAL EVENT IS
SAFE FOR ALL TO VIEW. WARNING
HAS BEEN LIFTED.
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
GO OUTSIDE NOW
CIVIL DANGER
ALERT

CAN YOU READ THIS
DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON
DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON
DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON
STAY INSIDE

DON'T LOOK AT
THE NIGHT SKY
FACE AWAY FROM ALL WINDOWS
AVOID MIRRORS
DO NOT LOOK UP
XXXXXXXXXXX

WEATHER WARNING
The following is a message
from the County Weather
Service:
ITS IN THE LIGHT
THE MOON CAME IN
HE FOUND ME
THRU THE MIRROR
MOONLIGHT WHITE
WHITE LIKE EYES
NOT LIGHT BUT BLOOD
I DROWN IN HIM
IF YOU ARE AFRAID
WE WILL LOOK TOGETHER

Trivia

  • Though this is the first episode of the series to be created and released, the Youtube reuploads of the first three episode have a different order. Weather Service was the first to be created, but the third to be uploaded to Youtube. You Are On The Fastest Available Route, conversely, was the third to be created but the first uploaded to Youtube.
    • This appears to be a deliberate choice, as Contingency has kept its status as both the second to be created and the second to be reuploaded to Youtube, although no explanation thus far has been given for the order change.
  • This episode reveals that the Local 58 station is broadcast in Mason County, the location for many of Kris Straub's previous works.
  • Though Local58 as a whole is credited with pioneering the Analog Horror genre, this episode in particular is responsible for the populariation of the use of the EAS system in early Analog Horror projects, which eventually led to the creation of the EAS Scenario genre of videos (Tangentially related to but not a direct subgenre of Analog Horror)
  • "Blood of the..." Was Discovered to be "Blood of the Living Dawn as seen On Shudder 4:17 GMT on 31st October 2026.
  • Promotional image for the episode
    Promotional image for the episode
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