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+# Weatherscan Simulator
+Weatherscan simulation in HTML/JS/CSS
+
+Visit https://weatherscan.app/?long_island for a demo
+
+## Development
+This project uses gulp to compile SASS to CSS.
+1. Download & Install [node.js LTS](https://nodejs.org/en/)
+2. Run `npm install gulp-cli -g`
+3. Run `gulp` or `gulp watch` in the root directory to compile.