diff --git a/docs/APPLICATION.md b/docs/APPLICATION.md
index 8848601d1..d3ca6ffce 100644
--- a/docs/APPLICATION.md
+++ b/docs/APPLICATION.md
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ state restoration, and release them after the consumers stop. The catalog
 constructor (`application/layers`) also requires `wind`, `weather` and
 `cyclones` sources with `getSnapshot` for the Weather layers, and owns the
 observed-history clock those layers share for the catalog's lifetime.
+A `weather` source may also supply decoded frames: an optional
+`getFrameImage({ product, time, size, bbox, signal })` returns a whole-extent or
+detail image and an optional `getFrameTile({ product, time, z, x, y, size,
+signal })` returns one tile or null for a transparent tile, each as an
+`ImageBitmap`, `ImageData`, canvas or `VideoFrame` of exactly the requested
+size, which the layer draws once and closes. Without them the layers read the
+image and tile routes (`WeatherFrameFeed` in `src/layers/weather/source.js`).
 
 `application/services` accepts boundary, terrain, regional-context, weather and
 summary services; its weather service supplies cockpit local conditions, not the
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/index.js b/src/layers/weather/index.js
index fb1447827..cab2d2b98 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/index.js
+++ b/src/layers/weather/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
 import { createWeatherRendering } from './rendering.js';
+import { weatherFrameSource } from './source.js';
 import { imageryHostStatus } from './imageryHost.js';
 import { weatherDisplay, insideExtent } from './display.js';
 import {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export function createWeatherLayer({
 } = {}) {
   if (typeof feed?.getSnapshot !== 'function')
     throw new TypeError('Weather requires a snapshot source');
+  // A feed may also supply decoded frames; see weatherFrameSource.
   const radar = id === 'weather-radar';
   const lightning = id === 'weather-lightning';
   const satellite = !radar && !lightning;
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ export function createWeatherLayer({
         cesium,
         getHost,
         onChange: notify,
+        frameSource: weatherFrameSource(feed),
       });
       checkHost(false);
       eventTarget?.addEventListener?.(
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.js b/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.js
index 0957f9ce4..de57ab3b9 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.js
+++ b/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { readResponseBytesCapped } from '../../sources/httpBody.js';
 import { msg } from '../../i18n/index.js';
-import { weatherImageUrl } from './source.js';
+import {
+  weatherImageUrl,
+  weatherPixelSize,
+  drawWeatherPixels,
+  closeWeatherPixels,
+} from './source.js';
 import { infraredAlpha } from './infraredAlpha.js';
 
 export const MAX_MOSAIC_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -20,10 +25,35 @@ export function processInfraredImage(
   if (flipY) context.setTransform(1, 0, 0, -1, 0, image.height);
   context.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
   if (flipY) context.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
+  applyInfraredTransfer(context, canvas, mode);
+  return canvas;
+}
+
+function applyInfraredTransfer(context, canvas, mode) {
   const pixels = context.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
   pixels.data.set(infraredAlpha(pixels.data, mode));
   context.putImageData(pixels, 0, 0);
-  return canvas;
+}
+
+/** Draw pixels a frame source supplied into a new canvas, with the display
+ * transfer for infrared products, and release them. They must be `size`. */
+function drawSuppliedImage(pixels, product, mode, size, signal, createCanvas) {
+  try {
+    signal.throwIfAborted();
+    const { width, height } = weatherPixelSize(pixels);
+    if (width !== size.width || height !== size.height)
+      throw new Error('Invalid weather image dimensions');
+    const texture = createCanvas();
+    texture.width = width;
+    texture.height = height;
+    const context = texture.getContext('2d');
+    drawWeatherPixels(context, pixels);
+    if (product === 'clouds' || product === 'clouds-regional')
+      applyInfraredTransfer(context, texture, mode);
+    return texture;
+  } finally {
+    closeWeatherPixels(pixels);
+  }
 }
 
 /** Decode locally, releasing the object URL on success, failure or cancellation. */
@@ -60,7 +90,8 @@ export function decodeInfraredImage(blob, signal) {
 /** Fetch one capped whole-extent frame, or a `bbox` detail window of it, and draw
  * it into a canvas. Infrared frames get the display transfer; a canvas also keeps
  * Cesium's texture row order, which an ImageBitmap upload would not. The decoded
- * image is always released. */
+ * image is always released. With a `frameSource` that has `getImage`, the host
+ * supplies the decoded pixels instead and nothing is fetched or decoded here. */
 export async function acquireWeatherImage(
   product,
   time,
@@ -75,8 +106,30 @@ export async function acquireWeatherImage(
     decodeImage = decodeInfraredImage,
     now = () => performance.now(),
     onFetched = () => {},
+    frameSource = null,
   },
 ) {
+  if (frameSource?.getImage) {
+    signal.throwIfAborted();
+    const started = now();
+    const pixels = await frameSource.getImage({
+      product,
+      time,
+      size,
+      bbox,
+      signal,
+    });
+    onFetched();
+    const texture = drawSuppliedImage(
+      pixels,
+      product,
+      mode,
+      size,
+      signal,
+      createCanvas,
+    );
+    return { texture, decodeMs: now() - started };
+  }
   const response = await fetchImpl(weatherImageUrl(product, time, size, bbox), {
     signal,
   });
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.test.mjs b/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.test.mjs
index 61e532564..fb06607e4 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/weather/infraredImage.test.mjs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import {
   acquireInfraredMosaic,
+  acquireWeatherImage,
   decodeInfraredImage,
   processInfraredImage,
   MAX_MOSAIC_BYTES,
@@ -183,3 +184,154 @@ test('bitmap decoding and Image fallback release resources on success, error and
   }
   assert.deepEqual(revoked, ['blob:test', 'blob:test', 'blob:test']);
 });
+
+const pixels = (width, height) => ({
+  width,
+  height,
+  closes: 0,
+  close() {
+    this.closes++;
+  },
+});
+
+test('a frame source supplies the image: nothing is fetched or decoded and the pixels are released', async () => {
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const requests = [];
+  const bitmap = pixels(2048, 1024);
+  let clock = 5,
+    fetched = false;
+  const result = await acquireInfraredMosaic('2026-09-15T20:00:00.000Z', {
+    signal: controller.signal,
+    mode: 'filtered',
+    createCanvas: canvas,
+    now: () => clock,
+    onFetched: () => {
+      fetched = true;
+    },
+    fetchImpl: () => assert.fail('a supplied frame is not fetched'),
+    decodeImage: () => assert.fail('a supplied frame is not decoded'),
+    frameSource: {
+      getImage: async (request) => {
+        requests.push(request);
+        clock = 12;
+        return bitmap;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(requests, [
+    {
+      product: 'clouds',
+      time: '2026-09-15T20:00:00.000Z',
+      size: { width: 2048, height: 1024 },
+      bbox: null,
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    },
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(fetched, true);
+  assert.equal(result.decodeMs, 7);
+  assert.equal(result.texture.width, 2048);
+  assert.equal(result.texture.height, 1024);
+  assert.equal(result.texture.image, bitmap);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    [...result.texture.pixels],
+    [194, 0, 0, 98],
+    'infrared frames get the display transfer',
+  );
+  assert.equal(bitmap.closes, 1);
+});
+
+test('supplied detail windows carry their bbox; ImageData is put, radar keeps its pixels', async (t) => {
+  const had = Object.hasOwn(globalThis, 'ImageData');
+  const previous = globalThis.ImageData;
+  globalThis.ImageData = class ImageData {
+    width = 4096;
+    height = 2048;
+    data = new Uint8ClampedArray([1, 2, 3, 4]);
+  };
+  t.after(() => {
+    if (had) globalThis.ImageData = previous;
+    else delete globalThis.ImageData;
+  });
+  const data = new globalThis.ImageData();
+  const bbox = { west: -102, south: 34, east: -96, north: 37 };
+  let request;
+  const { texture } = await acquireWeatherImage('radar', 't', {
+    signal: new AbortController().signal,
+    size: { width: 4096, height: 2048 },
+    bbox,
+    createCanvas: canvas,
+    fetchImpl: () => assert.fail('no fetch'),
+    frameSource: {
+      getImage: async (value) => {
+        request = value;
+        return data;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  assert.equal(request.bbox, bbox);
+  assert.equal(
+    texture.pixels,
+    data.data,
+    'ImageData is put as it is; radar has no transfer',
+  );
+  assert.equal(texture.image, undefined, 'ImageData is not drawn as an image');
+  assert.equal(texture.width, 4096);
+});
+
+test('a supplied frame of the wrong size is refused and still released', async () => {
+  const wrong = pixels(1024, 512);
+  await assert.rejects(
+    acquireInfraredMosaic('t', {
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+      mode: 'filtered',
+      createCanvas: canvas,
+      frameSource: { getImage: async () => wrong },
+    }),
+    /Invalid weather image dimensions/,
+  );
+  assert.equal(wrong.closes, 1);
+  await assert.rejects(
+    acquireInfraredMosaic('t', {
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+      mode: 'filtered',
+      createCanvas: canvas,
+      frameSource: { getImage: async () => undefined },
+    }),
+    /Invalid weather image dimensions/,
+  );
+});
+
+test('cancellation reaches the frame source, and a frame that arrives after it is released', async () => {
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const late = pixels(2048, 1024);
+  let seen;
+  const pending = acquireInfraredMosaic('t', {
+    signal: controller.signal,
+    mode: 'filtered',
+    createCanvas: () => assert.fail('a cancelled frame is not drawn'),
+    frameSource: {
+      getImage: async ({ signal }) => {
+        seen = signal;
+        await flushMicrotasks();
+        return late;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  controller.abort();
+  await assert.rejects(pending, { name: 'AbortError' });
+  assert.equal(seen, controller.signal);
+  assert.equal(late.closes, 1);
+  const aborted = new AbortController();
+  aborted.abort();
+  await assert.rejects(
+    acquireInfraredMosaic('t', {
+      signal: aborted.signal,
+      frameSource: { getImage: () => assert.fail('already cancelled') },
+    }),
+    { name: 'AbortError' },
+  );
+});
+
+async function flushMicrotasks() {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) await Promise.resolve();
+}
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.js b/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.js
index cba2b7a0c..e095345e6 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.js
+++ b/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import {
+  weatherPixelSize,
+  drawWeatherPixels,
+  closeWeatherPixels,
+} from './source.js';
+
 /** Tile a bounded decoded canvas without network requests or scene state. */
 export function createRasterTileProvider({
   cesium,
@@ -48,3 +54,95 @@ export function createRasterTileProvider({
     },
   };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Tile one product time from a host frame source. Every resolved tile is a
+ * canvas: supplied pixels are drawn into a new one and released, and a null
+ * tile is one shared transparent canvas. Beyond `maxConcurrent` tiles in
+ * flight requestImage returns undefined, Cesium's signal to ask again later. A
+ * failed tile rejects, which Cesium reports through errorEvent. Aborting
+ * `signal` cancels every tile in flight.
+ */
+export function createFrameTileProvider({
+  cesium,
+  frameSource,
+  product,
+  time,
+  tilingScheme,
+  rectangle = cesium.Rectangle.MAX_VALUE,
+  maximumLevel,
+  credit,
+  createCanvas,
+  tileSize = 256,
+  maxConcurrent = 6,
+  signal,
+}) {
+  let inFlight = 0;
+  let empty = null;
+  const canvas = () => {
+    const tile = createCanvas();
+    tile.width = tile.height = tileSize;
+    return tile;
+  };
+  async function load(x, y, level, request) {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const abort = () => controller.abort(signal.reason);
+    signal?.addEventListener('abort', abort, { once: true });
+    try {
+      signal?.throwIfAborted();
+      const pixels = await frameSource.getTile({
+        product,
+        time,
+        z: level,
+        x,
+        y,
+        size: tileSize,
+        signal: controller.signal,
+      });
+      if (pixels === null) {
+        controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+        return (empty ??= canvas());
+      }
+      try {
+        controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+        const { width, height } = weatherPixelSize(pixels);
+        if (width !== tileSize || height !== tileSize)
+          throw new Error('Invalid weather tile dimensions');
+        const tile = canvas();
+        drawWeatherPixels(tile.getContext('2d'), pixels);
+        return tile;
+      } finally {
+        closeWeatherPixels(pixels);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      // A cancelled tile is unloaded, not failed, so Cesium may ask again.
+      if (controller.signal.aborted && request && cesium.RequestState)
+        request.state = cesium.RequestState.CANCELLED;
+      throw error;
+    } finally {
+      signal?.removeEventListener('abort', abort);
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    tilingScheme,
+    rectangle,
+    tileWidth: tileSize,
+    tileHeight: tileSize,
+    minimumLevel: 0,
+    maximumLevel,
+    ready: true,
+    tileDiscardPolicy: undefined,
+    credit,
+    errorEvent: new cesium.Event(),
+    hasAlphaChannel: true,
+    getTileCredits: () => undefined,
+    pickFeatures: () => undefined,
+    requestImage(x, y, level, request) {
+      if (inFlight >= maxConcurrent) return undefined;
+      inFlight++;
+      return load(x, y, level, request).finally(() => {
+        inFlight--;
+      });
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.test.mjs b/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.test.mjs
index 5efcf11c0..6c654ff2a 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/weather/rasterTiles.test.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
-import { createRasterTileProvider } from './rasterTiles.js';
+import {
+  createRasterTileProvider,
+  createFrameTileProvider,
+} from './rasterTiles.js';
 import { createFieldRaster } from '../wind/fields.js';
 
 // A small canvas double exposes the uploaded raster and exact drawImage crop.
@@ -154,3 +157,161 @@ test('512-pixel crops preserve source extent at root and clamped draping levels'
     assert.deepEqual(tile.crop, crop);
   }
 });
+
+const time = '2026-09-15T20:00:00.000Z';
+function tileCanvas() {
+  const canvas = { width: 0, height: 0, drawn: [] };
+  canvas.getContext = () => ({
+    drawImage: (source, ...args) => canvas.drawn.push([source, ...args]),
+    putImageData: (source, ...args) => canvas.drawn.push([source, ...args]),
+  });
+  return canvas;
+}
+const tilePixels = (size = 256) => ({
+  width: size,
+  height: size,
+  closes: 0,
+  close() {
+    this.closes++;
+  },
+});
+const deferredTile = () => {
+  let resolve, reject;
+  const promise = new Promise((yes, no) => {
+    resolve = yes;
+    reject = no;
+  });
+  return { promise, resolve, reject };
+};
+function frameProvider(getTile, options = {}) {
+  return createFrameTileProvider({
+    cesium: Cesium,
+    frameSource: { getTile },
+    product: 'radar',
+    time,
+    tilingScheme: new Cesium.GeographicTilingScheme(),
+    rectangle: Cesium.Rectangle.fromDegrees(-130, 20, -60, 55),
+    maximumLevel: 6,
+    credit: new Cesium.Credit('NOAA'),
+    createCanvas: tileCanvas,
+    ...options,
+  });
+}
+
+test('a frame tile provider draws each supplied tile into its own canvas and releases it', async () => {
+  const requests = [];
+  const supplied = tilePixels();
+  const provider = frameProvider(async (request) => {
+    requests.push(request);
+    return supplied;
+  });
+  assert.equal(provider.tileWidth, 256);
+  assert.equal(provider.maximumLevel, 6);
+  assert.equal(provider.hasAlphaChannel, true);
+  const tile = await provider.requestImage(3, 1, 2);
+  assert.equal(tile.width, 256);
+  assert.equal(tile.height, 256);
+  assert.deepEqual(tile.drawn, [[supplied, 0, 0]]);
+  assert.equal(supplied.closes, 1);
+  assert.equal(requests.length, 1);
+  const { signal, ...rest } = requests[0];
+  assert.deepEqual(rest, {
+    product: 'radar',
+    time,
+    z: 2,
+    x: 3,
+    y: 1,
+    size: 256,
+  });
+  assert.ok(signal instanceof AbortSignal);
+});
+
+test('a null tile is one shared transparent canvas', async () => {
+  const provider = frameProvider(async () => null);
+  const first = await provider.requestImage(0, 0, 0);
+  const second = await provider.requestImage(1, 0, 0);
+  assert.equal(first, second);
+  assert.equal(first.width, 256);
+  assert.deepEqual(first.drawn, [], 'nothing is drawn on it');
+});
+
+test('beyond the concurrency limit a tile is deferred to Cesium', async () => {
+  const gates = [];
+  const provider = frameProvider(
+    () => {
+      const gate = deferredTile();
+      gates.push(gate);
+      return gate.promise;
+    },
+    { maxConcurrent: 2 },
+  );
+  const first = provider.requestImage(0, 0, 1);
+  const second = provider.requestImage(1, 0, 1);
+  assert.equal(provider.requestImage(2, 0, 1), undefined);
+  gates[0].resolve(null);
+  await first;
+  const third = provider.requestImage(2, 0, 1);
+  assert.ok(third instanceof Promise, 'a finished tile frees its slot');
+  gates[1].resolve(null);
+  gates[2].resolve(null);
+  await Promise.all([second, third]);
+});
+
+test('a failed tile rejects, which Cesium reports through errorEvent', async () => {
+  const provider = frameProvider(async () => {
+    throw new Error('frame unavailable');
+  });
+  await assert.rejects(provider.requestImage(0, 0, 0), /frame unavailable/);
+  const wrong = tilePixels(512);
+  const sized = frameProvider(async () => wrong);
+  await assert.rejects(
+    sized.requestImage(0, 0, 0),
+    /Invalid weather tile dimensions/,
+  );
+  assert.equal(wrong.closes, 1, 'a refused tile is still released');
+  const layer = new Cesium.ImageryLayer(provider);
+  const reported = [];
+  provider.errorEvent.addEventListener((error) => {
+    reported.push(error);
+    error.retry = false;
+  });
+  const imagery = { x: 0, y: 0, level: 0, request: undefined };
+  layer._requestImagery(imagery);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  assert.equal(reported.length, 1);
+  assert.match(reported[0].error.message, /frame unavailable/);
+  assert.equal(imagery.state, Cesium.ImageryState.FAILED);
+  layer.destroy();
+});
+
+test('aborting the provider signal cancels tiles in flight and releases late pixels', async () => {
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const gate = deferredTile();
+  let seen;
+  const provider = frameProvider(
+    ({ signal }) => {
+      seen = signal;
+      return gate.promise;
+    },
+    { signal: controller.signal },
+  );
+  const request = new Cesium.Request();
+  const pending = provider.requestImage(0, 0, 0, request);
+  assert.equal(seen.aborted, false);
+  controller.abort();
+  assert.equal(seen.aborted, true, 'the abort reaches the frame source');
+  const late = tilePixels();
+  gate.resolve(late);
+  await assert.rejects(pending, { name: 'AbortError' });
+  assert.equal(late.closes, 1);
+  assert.equal(
+    request.state,
+    Cesium.RequestState.CANCELLED,
+    'Cesium unloads a cancelled tile instead of failing it',
+  );
+  await assert.rejects(
+    provider.requestImage(1, 0, 0),
+    { name: 'AbortError' },
+    'a closed frame asks the source for nothing more',
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/rendering.js b/src/layers/weather/rendering.js
index 629101693..d7c2527ab 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/rendering.js
+++ b/src/layers/weather/rendering.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-import { weatherTileUrl } from './source.js';
+import { weatherTileUrl, closeWeatherPixels } from './source.js';
 import { orderWeatherImagery } from './imageryOrder.js';
 import { imageryHostStatus } from './imageryHost.js';
-import { createRasterTileProvider } from './rasterTiles.js';
+import {
+  createRasterTileProvider,
+  createFrameTileProvider,
+} from './rasterTiles.js';
 import { createWeatherShell } from './shellRendering.js';
 import { weatherDisplay, escapeCreditText } from './display.js';
 import { msg } from '../../i18n/index.js';
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
   fetchImpl,
   decodeImage,
   createCanvas,
+  frameSource,
 }) {
   let current = null;
   let incoming = null;
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
       decodeImage,
       now,
       onFetched,
+      frameSource,
     });
     // An aborted decode may still finish; never repopulate a cleared instance.
     signal.throwIfAborted();
@@ -82,7 +87,8 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
     return { ...result, cached: false };
   }
 
-  function prefetchTiles(snapshot, time) {
+  /** Level 0–1 tiles of the visible product bounds, at most eight. */
+  function prefetchTiles(snapshot) {
     const { west, south, east, north } = snapshot.bounds;
     const bounds = cesium.Rectangle.fromDegrees(west, south, east, north);
     const view = viewer.camera?.computeViewRectangle?.(
@@ -93,10 +99,7 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
       : bounds;
     if (!coverage) return [];
     const scheme = new cesium.GeographicTilingScheme();
-    const template = weatherTileUrl(snapshot.product, time, {
-      size: profile(snapshot.product).tileSize,
-    });
-    const urls = [];
+    const tiles = [];
     for (let z = 0; z <= 1; z++) {
       for (let y = 0; y < scheme.getNumberOfYTilesAtLevel(z); y++) {
         for (let x = 0; x < scheme.getNumberOfXTilesAtLevel(z); x++) {
@@ -107,14 +110,39 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
             )
           )
             continue;
-          urls.push(
-            template.replace('{z}', z).replace('{x}', x).replace('{y}', y),
-          );
-          if (urls.length === MAX_PREFETCH_TILES) return urls;
+          tiles.push({ z, x, y });
+          if (tiles.length === MAX_PREFETCH_TILES) return tiles;
         }
       }
     }
-    return urls;
+    return tiles;
+  }
+  function tileUrls(snapshot, time, tiles) {
+    const template = weatherTileUrl(snapshot.product, time, {
+      size: profile(snapshot.product).tileSize,
+    });
+    return tiles.map(({ z, x, y }) =>
+      template.replace('{z}', z).replace('{x}', x).replace('{y}', y),
+    );
+  }
+  /** Warm tiles through the frame source; the pixels themselves are released. */
+  function prefetchFrameTiles(snapshot, time, tiles, signal) {
+    const size = profile(snapshot.product).tileSize;
+    return Promise.all(
+      tiles.map(async ({ z, x, y }) =>
+        closeWeatherPixels(
+          await frameSource.getTile({
+            product: snapshot.product,
+            time,
+            z,
+            x,
+            y,
+            size,
+            signal,
+          }),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
   }
 
   function creditText(snapshot) {
@@ -225,8 +253,14 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
         )
           return false;
         const global = snapshot.product === 'clouds';
-        const urls = global ? [] : prefetchTiles(snapshot, time);
-        const key = global ? `${time}|${infrared}` : urls.join('|');
+        const tiles = global ? [] : prefetchTiles(snapshot);
+        const supplied = !global && Boolean(frameSource?.getTile);
+        const urls = global || supplied ? [] : tileUrls(snapshot, time, tiles);
+        const key = global
+          ? `${time}|${infrared}`
+          : supplied
+            ? `${snapshot.product}|${time}|${tiles.map(({ z, x, y }) => `${z}/${x}/${y}`).join('|')}`
+            : urls.join('|');
         if (prefetchJob?.key === key || prefetchedKey === key) return false;
         cancelPrefetch();
         job = { key, controller: new AbortController() };
@@ -234,6 +268,8 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
         const { signal } = job.controller;
         job.timeout = setTimeout(() => job.controller.abort(), timeoutMs);
         if (global) await mosaic(time, infrared, signal);
+        else if (supplied)
+          await prefetchFrameTiles(snapshot, time, tiles, signal);
         else
           await Promise.all(
             urls.map(async (url) => {
@@ -396,18 +432,32 @@ function createGlobeRendering({
               credit,
               createCanvas,
             })
-          : new cesium.UrlTemplateImageryProvider({
-              url: weatherTileUrl(snapshot.product, time, {
-                size: nextProfile.tileSize,
-              }),
-              tilingScheme,
-              rectangle,
-              tileWidth: nextProfile.tileSize,
-              tileHeight: nextProfile.tileSize,
-              maximumLevel: nextProfile.maximumLevel,
-              enablePickFeatures: false,
-              credit,
-            });
+          : frameSource?.getTile
+            ? createFrameTileProvider({
+                cesium,
+                frameSource,
+                product: snapshot.product,
+                time,
+                tilingScheme,
+                rectangle,
+                maximumLevel: nextProfile.maximumLevel,
+                tileSize: nextProfile.tileSize,
+                credit,
+                createCanvas,
+                signal: frame.controller.signal,
+              })
+            : new cesium.UrlTemplateImageryProvider({
+                url: weatherTileUrl(snapshot.product, time, {
+                  size: nextProfile.tileSize,
+                }),
+                tilingScheme,
+                rectangle,
+                tileWidth: nextProfile.tileSize,
+                tileHeight: nextProfile.tileSize,
+                maximumLevel: nextProfile.maximumLevel,
+                enablePickFeatures: false,
+                credit,
+              });
         // Cesium reads a provider's credit every frame; a refreshed manifest
         // can replace it without restaging the imagery.
         Object.defineProperty(provider, 'credit', {
@@ -597,6 +647,7 @@ export function createWeatherRendering({
   decodeImage,
   createCanvas = () => document.createElement('canvas'),
   createShell = createWeatherShell,
+  frameSource = null,
 }) {
   const shared = {
     viewer,
@@ -608,6 +659,7 @@ export function createWeatherRendering({
     fetchImpl,
     decodeImage,
     createCanvas,
+    frameSource,
   };
   const globe = createGlobeRendering(shared);
   let shell = null;
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.js b/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.js
index 9def82c43..fdcb8ca3b 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.js
+++ b/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.js
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ export function detailWindow(footprint, bounds, previous = null) {
 /** Observed weather on 3D Tiles: one raised shell per product and one
  * full-extent image per frame. The previous image stays until the next is ready.
  * Inside a window around the view the same surface samples a sharper image of
- * that area, so the two images share one mesh and never blend. */
+ * that area, so the two images share one mesh and never blend. A `frameSource`
+ * with `getImage` supplies both images, the detail window through its `bbox`. */
 export function createWeatherShell({
   viewer,
   cesium,
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ export function createWeatherShell({
   decodeImage,
   createCanvas = () => document.createElement('canvas'),
   cacheBytes = WEATHER_SHELL_CACHE_BYTES,
+  frameSource = null,
 }) {
   if (!Object.hasOwn(WEATHER_IMAGE_SIZES, product))
     throw new TypeError('Unknown weather product');
@@ -475,6 +477,7 @@ export function createWeatherShell({
       decodeImage,
       now,
       onFetched,
+      frameSource,
     });
     // An aborted decode may still finish; never repopulate a cleared instance.
     signal.throwIfAborted();
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.test.mjs b/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.test.mjs
index ad65dcef2..f756fd7b9 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/weather/shellRendering.test.mjs
@@ -1502,3 +1502,101 @@ test('global infrared keeps one full-extent image; detail images halve for small
   });
   small.shell.clear();
 });
+
+test('a frame source supplies the full-extent and detail images, the detail through its bbox', async () => {
+  const view = camera(-100, 35, -98, 36);
+  const requests = [];
+  const supplied = [];
+  const h = harness({
+    camera: view,
+    fetchImpl: () => assert.fail('supplied images are not fetched'),
+    decodeImage: () => assert.fail('supplied images are not decoded'),
+    frameSource: {
+      getImage: async (request) => {
+        requests.push(request);
+        const image = {
+          ...request.size,
+          closed: 0,
+          close() {
+            this.closed++;
+          },
+        };
+        supplied.push(image);
+        return image;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const pending = h.shell.setFrame(snapshot(), times[0]);
+  await flush();
+  h.render();
+  assert.equal(await pending, true);
+  await flush();
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    requests.map(({ product, time, size, bbox }) => ({
+      product,
+      time,
+      size,
+      bbox,
+    })),
+    [
+      {
+        product: 'radar',
+        time: times[0],
+        size: { width: 4096, height: 2048 },
+        bbox: null,
+      },
+      {
+        product: 'radar',
+        time: times[0],
+        size: { width: 4096, height: 2048 },
+        bbox: box(-102, 34, -96, 37),
+      },
+    ],
+  );
+  assert.ok(supplied.every(({ closed }) => closed === 1));
+  const [shell] = h.primitives();
+  const { uniforms } = shell.appearance.material;
+  assert.equal(uniforms.image.source, supplied[0]);
+  assert.equal(uniforms.detail.source, supplied[1]);
+  h.render();
+  assert.deepEqual(windowOf(shell), windowFor(box(-102, 34, -96, 37)));
+  h.shell.clear();
+});
+
+test('cancelling a supplied frame aborts the frame source request', async () => {
+  const gate = deferred();
+  let signal;
+  const h = harness({
+    frameSource: {
+      getImage: (request) => {
+        signal = request.signal;
+        return gate.promise;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const abort = new AbortController();
+  const pending = h.shell.setFrame(snapshot(), times[0], {
+    signal: abort.signal,
+  });
+  await flush();
+  abort.abort();
+  assert.equal(signal.aborted, true);
+  assert.equal(await pending, false);
+  const late = {
+    width: 4096,
+    height: 2048,
+    closed: 0,
+    close() {
+      this.closed++;
+    },
+  };
+  gate.resolve(late);
+  await flush();
+  assert.equal(
+    late.closed,
+    1,
+    'a frame arriving after cancellation is released',
+  );
+  assert.equal(h.primitives().length, 0);
+  h.shell.clear();
+});
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/source.js b/src/layers/weather/source.js
index 5386bfad7..276e9bf2e 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/source.js
+++ b/src/layers/weather/source.js
@@ -104,6 +104,75 @@ export function weatherTileUrl(product, time, { size } = {}) {
   return `/api/weather/tile?product=${product}&time=${encodeURIComponent(time)}&z={z}&x={x}&y={y}${size === undefined ? '' : `&size=${size}`}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Decoded pixels a host hands the weather layer. The layer takes ownership:
+ * it draws them once and closes a VideoFrame or ImageBitmap afterwards, so a
+ * host returns a fresh object for every call.
+ * @typedef {ImageBitmap|ImageData|HTMLCanvasElement|OffscreenCanvas|VideoFrame} WeatherPixels
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A weather feed may also be a frame source: a host can supply decoded frames
+ * in place of the bounded image and tile routes. Both methods are optional and
+ * independent; a product or path without one keeps the routes.
+ *
+ * `getFrameImage` returns one image exactly `size` pixels, covering the
+ * product's whole extent, or with `bbox` ({ west, south, east, north }
+ * degrees) a detail window of it. `getFrameTile` returns one `size`-pixel tile
+ * of the geographic tiling scheme, or null for a transparent tile. Rows run
+ * top-down (north first), as an image does. Both honour `signal`.
+ * @typedef {object} WeatherFrameFeed
+ * @property {(request: { product: string, time: string,
+ *   size: { width: number, height: number },
+ *   bbox: { west: number, south: number, east: number, north: number } | null,
+ *   signal: AbortSignal }) => Promise<WeatherPixels>} [getFrameImage]
+ * @property {(request: { product: string, time: string, z: number, x: number,
+ *   y: number, size: number, signal: AbortSignal })
+ *   => Promise<WeatherPixels | null>} [getFrameTile]
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The frame source a feed provides, or null when it has neither method. A
+ * missing method is left undefined, so that path keeps the routes.
+ * @param {WeatherFrameFeed | undefined} feed
+ * @returns {{ getImage?: Function, getTile?: Function } | null}
+ */
+export function weatherFrameSource(feed) {
+  const image = typeof feed?.getFrameImage === 'function';
+  const tile = typeof feed?.getFrameTile === 'function';
+  if (!image && !tile) return null;
+  return {
+    getImage: image
+      ? ({ product, time, size, bbox = null, signal }) =>
+          feed.getFrameImage({ product, time, size, bbox, signal })
+      : undefined,
+    getTile: tile
+      ? ({ product, time, z, x, y, size, signal }) =>
+          feed.getFrameTile({ product, time, z, x, y, size, signal })
+      : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+/** Width and height of supplied pixels; a VideoFrame draws at its display size. */
+export function weatherPixelSize(pixels) {
+  return {
+    width: pixels?.displayWidth ?? pixels?.width,
+    height: pixels?.displayHeight ?? pixels?.height,
+  };
+}
+
+/** Draw supplied pixels at the canvas origin, at their own size. */
+export function drawWeatherPixels(context, pixels) {
+  if (typeof ImageData !== 'undefined' && pixels instanceof ImageData)
+    context.putImageData(pixels, 0, 0);
+  else context.drawImage(pixels, 0, 0);
+}
+
+/** Release supplied pixels that hold decoder or GPU memory. */
+export function closeWeatherPixels(pixels) {
+  if (typeof pixels?.close === 'function') pixels.close();
+}
+
 /** Acquisition is lazy and shares the application's existing source contract. */
 export function createWeatherSource({
   fetchImpl = (...args) => globalThis.fetch(...args),
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/source.test.mjs b/src/layers/weather/source.test.mjs
index 83ab24e76..ff69fce2f 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/source.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/weather/source.test.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import {
   validateWeatherSnapshot,
   weatherImageUrl,
   weatherTileUrl,
+  weatherFrameSource,
+  weatherPixelSize,
+  drawWeatherPixels,
+  closeWeatherPixels,
   WEATHER_DETAIL_SIZE,
   WEATHER_IMAGE_SIZES,
 } from './source.js';
@@ -199,3 +203,103 @@ test('image frames are read through the bounded image route', async () => {
     /Weather image HTTP 409/,
   );
 });
+
+test('a feed without frame methods is no frame source', () => {
+  assert.equal(weatherFrameSource(undefined), null);
+  assert.equal(weatherFrameSource({ getSnapshot: async () => ({}) }), null);
+  assert.equal(weatherFrameSource({ getFrameImage: 'no' }), null);
+});
+
+test('a frame source forwards exactly the documented requests to its feed', async () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const signal = new AbortController().signal;
+  const feed = {
+    getFrameImage: async (request) => {
+      calls.push(['image', request]);
+      return 'image';
+    },
+    getFrameTile: async (request) => {
+      calls.push(['tile', request]);
+      return null;
+    },
+  };
+  const source = weatherFrameSource(feed);
+  const size = { width: 4096, height: 2048 };
+  assert.equal(
+    await source.getImage({ product: 'radar', time: 't', size, signal }),
+    'image',
+  );
+  const bbox = { west: -102, south: 34, east: -96, north: 37 };
+  await source.getImage({ product: 'radar', time: 't', size, bbox, signal });
+  assert.equal(
+    await source.getTile({
+      product: 'lightning',
+      time: 't',
+      z: 1,
+      x: 2,
+      y: 0,
+      size: 256,
+      signal,
+      extra: true,
+    }),
+    null,
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    ['image', { product: 'radar', time: 't', size, bbox: null, signal }],
+    ['image', { product: 'radar', time: 't', size, bbox, signal }],
+    [
+      'tile',
+      { product: 'lightning', time: 't', z: 1, x: 2, y: 0, size: 256, signal },
+    ],
+  ]);
+  const imagesOnly = weatherFrameSource({ getFrameImage: feed.getFrameImage });
+  assert.equal(typeof imagesOnly.getImage, 'function');
+  assert.equal(imagesOnly.getTile, undefined, 'tiles keep the tile route');
+  const tilesOnly = weatherFrameSource({ getFrameTile: feed.getFrameTile });
+  assert.equal(tilesOnly.getImage, undefined, 'images keep the image route');
+});
+
+test('supplied pixels report their drawn size, draw at the origin and close once', (t) => {
+  assert.deepEqual(weatherPixelSize({ width: 4, height: 2 }), {
+    width: 4,
+    height: 2,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    weatherPixelSize({
+      codedWidth: 8,
+      codedHeight: 8,
+      displayWidth: 4,
+      displayHeight: 2,
+    }),
+    { width: 4, height: 2 },
+    'a VideoFrame draws at its display size',
+  );
+  const had = Object.hasOwn(globalThis, 'ImageData');
+  const previous = globalThis.ImageData;
+  globalThis.ImageData = class ImageData {
+    width = 1;
+    height = 1;
+  };
+  t.after(() => {
+    if (had) globalThis.ImageData = previous;
+    else delete globalThis.ImageData;
+  });
+  const calls = [];
+  const context = {
+    drawImage: (...args) => calls.push(['drawImage', ...args]),
+    putImageData: (...args) => calls.push(['putImageData', ...args]),
+  };
+  const bitmap = { width: 1, height: 1 };
+  const data = new globalThis.ImageData();
+  drawWeatherPixels(context, bitmap);
+  drawWeatherPixels(context, data);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    ['drawImage', bitmap, 0, 0],
+    ['putImageData', data, 0, 0],
+  ]);
+  let closes = 0;
+  closeWeatherPixels({ close: () => closes++ });
+  closeWeatherPixels(data);
+  closeWeatherPixels(null);
+  assert.equal(closes, 1);
+});
diff --git a/src/layers/weather/weather.test.mjs b/src/layers/weather/weather.test.mjs
index a42485ed0..b86219ae4 100644
--- a/src/layers/weather/weather.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/weather/weather.test.mjs
@@ -2400,3 +2400,240 @@ test('disabled weather releases its camera listener and re-enabling binds only o
   h.layer.destroy();
   assert.equal(h.moveEnd.size, 0);
 });
+
+const suppliedTile = (size = 256) => ({
+  width: size,
+  height: size,
+  closes: 0,
+  close() {
+    this.closes++;
+  },
+});
+
+test('a frame source supplies regional tiles in place of the tile route, through the readiness wrapper', async () => {
+  let now = 0;
+  const requests = [];
+  const supplied = [];
+  const h = renderingHarness({
+    now: () => now,
+    fetchImpl: () => assert.fail('supplied tiles are not fetched'),
+    frameSource: {
+      getTile: async (request) => {
+        requests.push(request);
+        const tile = suppliedTile();
+        supplied.push(tile);
+        return tile;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  h.viewer.scene.globe.tilesLoaded = false;
+  const loaded = h.rendering.setFrame(snapshot, times[0]);
+  assert.equal(h.providers.length, 1);
+  const [provider] = h.providers;
+  assert.equal(provider.options, undefined, 'no URL template provider');
+  assert.equal(provider.maximumLevel, 6);
+  const tile = await provider.requestImage(1, 0, 1, {});
+  assert.equal(tile.width, 256);
+  assert.equal(tile.source, supplied[0]);
+  assert.equal(supplied[0].closes, 1);
+  assert.equal(requests[0].product, 'radar');
+  assert.equal(requests[0].time, times[0]);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    [requests[0].z, requests[0].x, requests[0].y, requests[0].size],
+    [1, 1, 0, 256],
+  );
+  assert.equal(h.rendering.getDiagnostics().loadedTiles, 1);
+  now = 500;
+  h.settle();
+  assert.equal(await loaded, true);
+
+  const gate = deferred();
+  let signal;
+  const next = renderingHarness({
+    frameSource: {
+      getTile: (request) => {
+        signal = request.signal;
+        return gate.promise;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const staged = next.rendering.setFrame(snapshot, times[1]);
+  const pending = next.providers[0].requestImage(0, 0, 0, {});
+  next.rendering.clear();
+  assert.equal(signal.aborted, true, 'clearing a frame aborts its tiles');
+  const late = suppliedTile();
+  gate.resolve(late);
+  await assert.rejects(pending, { name: 'AbortError' });
+  assert.equal(late.closes, 1);
+  assert.equal(await staged, false);
+  h.rendering.clear();
+});
+
+test('a failed supplied tile fails the staged frame through errorEvent', async () => {
+  const h = renderingHarness({
+    frameSource: {
+      getTile: async () => {
+        throw new Error('frame unavailable');
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const staged = h.rendering.setFrame(snapshot, times[0]);
+  const [provider] = h.providers;
+  await assert.rejects(provider.requestImage(0, 0, 0, {}));
+  provider.errorEvent.raiseEvent({ x: 0, y: 0, level: 0, error: {} });
+  h.settle();
+  assert.equal(await staged, false);
+  assert.match(h.rendering.getDiagnostics().error, /Weather tiles unavailable/);
+  h.rendering.clear();
+});
+
+test('supplied regional infrared tiles are canvases, so they get the transfer without a flip', async () => {
+  const hadBitmap = Object.hasOwn(globalThis, 'ImageBitmap');
+  const previous = globalThis.ImageBitmap;
+  globalThis.ImageBitmap = class ImageBitmap {
+    width = 256;
+    height = 256;
+    close() {}
+  };
+  try {
+    const h = renderingHarness({
+      frameSource: { getTile: async () => new globalThis.ImageBitmap() },
+    });
+    void h.rendering.setFrame(
+      { ...snapshot, product: 'clouds-regional' },
+      times[0],
+    );
+    const tile = await h.providers[0].requestImage(0, 0, 0, {});
+    assert.equal(tile.drawnWith, null, 'drawn upright, not flipped');
+    assert.ok(tile.pixels, 'the infrared transfer ran');
+    const empty = renderingHarness({
+      frameSource: { getTile: async () => null },
+    });
+    void empty.rendering.setFrame(
+      { ...snapshot, product: 'clouds-regional' },
+      times[0],
+    );
+    const transparent = await empty.providers[0].requestImage(0, 0, 0, {});
+    assert.equal(transparent.width, 256, 'a null tile is still a canvas');
+    h.rendering.clear();
+    empty.rendering.clear();
+  } finally {
+    if (hadBitmap) globalThis.ImageBitmap = previous;
+    else delete globalThis.ImageBitmap;
+  }
+});
+
+test('tiled prefetch asks the frame source for the same level 0/1 tiles and releases them', async (t) => {
+  const requests = [];
+  const supplied = [];
+  const h = renderingHarness({
+    fetchImpl: () => assert.fail('supplied tiles are not fetched'),
+    frameSource: {
+      getTile: async (request) => {
+        requests.push(request);
+        if (request.z === 0) return null;
+        const tile = suppliedTile();
+        supplied.push(tile);
+        return tile;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  t.after(() => h.rendering.clear());
+  h.viewer.camera = {
+    computeViewRectangle: () =>
+      Cesium.Rectangle.fromDegrees(-120, 25, -100, 50),
+  };
+  assert.equal(await h.rendering.prefetch(snapshot, times[1]), true);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    requests.map(({ product, time, z, x, y, size }) => [
+      product,
+      time,
+      z,
+      x,
+      y,
+      size,
+    ]),
+    [
+      ['radar', times[1], 0, 0, 0, 256],
+      ['radar', times[1], 1, 0, 0, 256],
+    ],
+  );
+  assert.ok(requests.every(({ signal }) => signal instanceof AbortSignal));
+  assert.equal(supplied[0].closes, 1);
+  assert.equal(
+    await h.rendering.prefetch(snapshot, times[1]),
+    false,
+    'same completed work is not repeated',
+  );
+  assert.equal(requests.length, 2);
+
+  const gate = deferred();
+  let signal;
+  const slow = renderingHarness({
+    frameSource: {
+      getTile: ({ signal: value }) => {
+        signal = value;
+        return gate.promise;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  t.after(() => slow.rendering.clear());
+  slow.viewer.camera = h.viewer.camera;
+  const warm = slow.rendering.prefetch(snapshot, times[1]);
+  slow.rendering.cancelPrefetch();
+  assert.equal(signal.aborted, true, 'cancelling a prefetch aborts its tiles');
+  gate.resolve(null);
+  assert.equal(await warm, false);
+});
+
+test('the global mosaic comes from the frame source image when present', async (t) => {
+  const requests = [];
+  const h = renderingHarness({
+    fetchImpl: () => assert.fail('a supplied mosaic is not fetched'),
+    decodeImage: () => assert.fail('a supplied mosaic is not decoded'),
+    frameSource: {
+      getImage: async (request) => {
+        requests.push(request);
+        return { width: 2048, height: 1024, close() {} };
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  t.after(() => h.rendering.clear());
+  await showMosaic(h, times[0]);
+  assert.equal(requests.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(requests[0].product, 'clouds');
+  assert.deepEqual(requests[0].size, { width: 2048, height: 1024 });
+  assert.equal(requests[0].bbox, null);
+  assert.equal(h.rendering.getDiagnostics().mosaic.fetched, true);
+});
+
+test('the layer hands rendering a frame source only when its feed is one', () => {
+  const seen = [];
+  const createRendering = (args) => {
+    seen.push(args.frameSource);
+    return {
+      setAlpha() {},
+      rehome() {},
+      clear() {},
+      getDiagnostics: () => ({}),
+    };
+  };
+  const options = {
+    documentRef: target({ hidden: false }),
+    eventTarget: target(),
+    matchMedia: () => target({ matches: false }),
+    createRendering,
+  };
+  createWeatherLayer({
+    ...options,
+    feed: { getSnapshot: async () => snapshot },
+  }).init({});
+  const getFrameTile = async () => null;
+  createWeatherLayer({
+    ...options,
+    feed: { getSnapshot: async () => snapshot, getFrameTile },
+  }).init({});
+  assert.equal(seen[0], null);
+  assert.equal(typeof seen[1].getTile, 'function');
+  assert.equal(seen[1].getImage, undefined);
+});