Topic: [CLOSED] Alternative Dashboard Version 6.81 Released!

[BurnsvilleWeather]

Bob,

Yes, Wet bulb is what causes the change over to the snow icon.

Scott

Hi Scott,

In the latest version of the alternate dashboard is the wet bub temperature driving the change from snow to rain icon? The air temperature can be above freezing and it can be snowing or sleet or ice pellets etc. The forecaster looks to the 0 C (32 F) wet bulb temperature to determine if precip close to the ground would be of a freezing nature. From the AFD in my area:

THUS, AM NOT LOOKING FOR A WET-BULB ISSUE WHEN PRECIP
BEGINS AND, AT THE MOMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
ESCAPE ANY BRIEF PERIOD OF IP/ZR AT THE ONSET OF THIS PARTICULAR
EVENT. 

The air temperature will be above freezing but if there is more cloudiness and the air temperature does not go up as anticipated (still above freezing though) the corresponding wet bulb temperature will not respond accordingly (may remain at or below freezing) so the precip could be of a frozen nature.

Let me know.

Thanks,

Bob

[BurnsvilleWeather]

I think having Brian add the UOM to the reading would be better then all of us trying to modify scripts to handle every possible variation.  There are also several of the variables that have a space before the unit of measure and some that don't.  It never really mattered before when everyone just used the stock scripts.  Now that we are trying to make the scripts multi-UOM and multi language etc it's becoming more of an issue!

Just my view... that and $2.75 will get you a cop of coffee!

Scott

I have a solution for Wind Run that is initially in miles.  It may work for a Wind Run that is initially in Km, but I'm unsure.  If it doesn't work for Wind Runs initially in Km, I will request that Brian attach a UOM to $windruntoday like he already does to $windruntodatethismonth and $windruntodatethisyear so that we may then work out a script that works for both metric and imperial initial UOM's.

Two areas need alteration in ajaxWDwx.js--the first is to change

Code: [Select]

// distance miles and meters to km
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.150779450);
to

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// distance miles and meters to km
   case "m"     : return (this * 1.6 / 1000);
   case "Km" : return (this * 1.6);
   case "miles" : return (this * 1);
.

The second is to change

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Number.prototype.convertDist = function() { // km
   switch (uom.Dist) {
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.150779450);
   default   : return (this * 1.0);
   }
};
to

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Number.prototype.convertDist = function() { // km
   switch (uom.Dist) {
   case "Km" : return (this * 1.6);
   case "m"     : return (this * 1.6 / 1000);
   case "miles" : return (this * 1);
   case " miles" : return (this * 1);
   default   : return (this * 1.6);
   }
};
.

I'm not sure these changes will work in the ajax-dashboard6 display of Wind Run for a Wind Run that is reported in Km., so use at your own risk there.

You can view the results of these changes here.  The values in the Hi-Lo-Average script and ajax-dashboard6 now agree, and UOM switching works for Wind Run.

[BurnsvilleWeather]

I'll try and add it back in as an option along with the other fire index code... not sure how that got deleted, wild hair one night I think!!

Scott

Hi Scott,

My preference is I would like to have it as an option to show the feels like temperature all the time. So I would be in favor of your option suggestion. As for the cloud base php I am going to move that to a separate post as I amthinking the issue is not with the alternate dashboard.

Thanks.

Bob

Yes this is correct.  I had a lot of people ask to have the feels like removed when it was the same as the air temp.  If it's a problem for people I can make it optional.

Scott

Hi Scott,

Beside the cloud cover image missing I noticed that the feels like temperature is not showing. In the config file php here is my settings:

// Settings for Feels Like Section (***You can set one or the other or BOTH if you wish!!!)
$useFL     = true;            // Set to false if you do not want to show the "Feels Like" Temperature above the colored word under the Temperature
$useHC     = true;            // Set to true if you want to show Heat Index and Wind Chill here instead
$MWC       = '40';            // Set to 40 for F and 4.4 for C
$MHI       = '80';            // Set to 80 for F and 26.6 for C

Any suggestions?

Bob

I have the same but looking through the script I think the feel like has to be different from the actual by 2 degrees. It does appear when the wind picks up.

[tnwxman]

Hi Scott,

Thank you for the clarification on the wet bulb and snow icon. Good to hear it remained the same as previous.

Thank you for considering adding the option to display both feels like and wind chill / heat index accordingly.

Thank you for all your hard work!!!

Bob

[gwwilk]

Additional Wind Run Changes & Information:

I discovered that Wind Run is actually reported and updated in clientraw.txt in Km as the last variable, 173.  My site now uses ajax to update Wind Run every few seconds if it has changed.  The code modifications include both ajaxWDwx.js and ajax-dashboard6.php.  This code no longer uses testtags.php as the source of Wind Run, and it uses a fixed initial wind run UOM, Km.

In ajaxWDwx.js I've added a section for windrun shown here in context:

Code: [Select]

     beaufortnum = ajax_getBeaufortNumber(clientraw[2]);

   // Wind Run
   //clientraw[173] = 25.5
    windrun  = parseFloat(clientraw[173]).convertDist(); // Wind Run Today
      ;;;set_ajax_obs('ajaxwindrun', windrun.toFixed(dp.Dist) +' '+ uom.Dist);

   // Wind gust
Another modification is to change the two distance conversions back to their old form but using the 1.6 divisor:

Code: [Select]

// distance miles and meters to km
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "Km" : return (this * 1);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.6);
// altitude to meters
and

Code: [Select]

Number.prototype.convertDist = function() { // km
   switch (uom.Dist) {
   case "Km" : return (this * 1);
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.6);
   default   : return (this * 1);
   }
};

// Switch date between Euro and US format i.e. 21-03-2010 to 3/21/2010 or 27-Sep-2012 to 09/27/2012

The Wind Run section of ajaxdashboard6.php now reads:

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             <tr>
                <td class="data2" nowrap="nowrap"><?php langtrans('Wind Run'); ?>: </td>
                <td class="data2" nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: right;">
 <span class="ajax" id="ajaxwindrun"><span class="convDist"><?php echo $windrun  . " " . $uomDistance;?></span></span>
</td>
              </tr>
.

You can check it out on my site.

[tnwxman]

Does this mean I should undo the modifications I made yesterday and do these? Let me know. Thanks.

Bob

Additional Wind Run Changes & Information:

I discovered that Wind Run is actually reported and updated in clientraw.txt in Km as the last variable, 173.  My site now uses ajax to update Wind Run every few seconds if it has changed.  The code modifications include both ajaxWDwx.js and ajax-dashboard6.php.  This code no longer uses testtags.php as the source of Wind Run, and it uses a fixed initial wind run UOM, Km.

In ajaxWDwx.js I've added a section for windrun shown here in context:

Code: [Select]

     beaufortnum = ajax_getBeaufortNumber(clientraw[2]);

   // Wind Run
   //clientraw[173] = 25.5
    windrun  = parseFloat(clientraw[173]).convertDist(); // Wind Run Today
      ;;;set_ajax_obs('ajaxwindrun', windrun.toFixed(dp.Dist) +' '+ uom.Dist);

   // Wind gust
Another modification is to change the two distance conversions back to their old form but using the 1.6 divisor:

Code: [Select]

// distance miles and meters to km
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "Km" : return (this * 1);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.6);
// altitude to meters
and

Code: [Select]

Number.prototype.convertDist = function() { // km
   switch (uom.Dist) {
   case "Km" : return (this * 1);
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.6);
   default   : return (this * 1);
   }
};

// Switch date between Euro and US format i.e. 21-03-2010 to 3/21/2010 or 27-Sep-2012 to 09/27/2012

The Wind Run section of ajaxdashboard6.php now reads:

Code: [Select]

             <tr>
                <td class="data2" nowrap="nowrap"><?php langtrans('Wind Run'); ?>: </td>
                <td class="data2" nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: right;">
 <span class="ajax" id="ajaxwindrun"><span class="convDist"><?php echo $windrun  . " " . $uomDistance;?></span></span>
</td>
              </tr>
.

You can check it out on my site.

[gwwilk]

Does this mean I should undo the modifications I made yesterday and do these? Let me know. Thanks.

Bob

Additional Wind Run Changes & Information:

I discovered that Wind Run is actually reported and updated in clientraw.txt in Km as the last variable, 173.  My site now uses ajax to update Wind Run every few seconds if it has changed.  The code modifications include both ajaxWDwx.js and ajax-dashboard6.php.  This code no longer uses testtags.php as the source of Wind Run, and it uses a fixed initial wind run UOM, Km.

In ajaxWDwx.js I've added a section for windrun shown here in context:

Code: [Select]

     beaufortnum = ajax_getBeaufortNumber(clientraw[2]);

   // Wind Run
   //clientraw[173] = 25.5
    windrun  = parseFloat(clientraw[173]).convertDist(); // Wind Run Today
      ;;;set_ajax_obs('ajaxwindrun', windrun.toFixed(dp.Dist) +' '+ uom.Dist);

   // Wind gust
Another modification is to change the two distance conversions back to their old form but using the 1.6 divisor:

Code: [Select]

// distance miles and meters to km
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "Km" : return (this * 1);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.6);
// altitude to meters
and

Code: [Select]

Number.prototype.convertDist = function() { // km
   switch (uom.Dist) {
   case "Km" : return (this * 1);
   case "m"     : return (this / 1000);
   case "miles" : return (this / 1.6);
   default   : return (this * 1);
   }
};

// Switch date between Euro and US format i.e. 21-03-2010 to 3/21/2010 or 27-Sep-2012 to 09/27/2012

The Wind Run section of ajaxdashboard6.php now reads:

Code: [Select]

             <tr>
                <td class="data2" nowrap="nowrap"><?php langtrans('Wind Run'); ?>: </td>
                <td class="data2" nowrap="nowrap" style="text-align: right;">
 <span class="ajax" id="ajaxwindrun"><span class="convDist"><?php echo $windrun  . " " . $uomDistance;?></span></span>
</td>
              </tr>
.

You can check it out on my site.

It's your choice, but I would recommend it. Your windrun would be ajax-enabled so it would update every few seconds.

[ardsar]

Bob,

Thank you for your time looking into this.

I have just applied the modifications and can confrim it works perfectly.

[gwwilk]

Bob,

Thank you for your time looking into this.

I have just applied the modifications and can confrim it works perfectly.

Name's Jerry, but you're welcome.  Thanks for testing my code, Arsdar, and it's good to hear it's also working for you!

[ardsar]

Bob,

Thank you for your time looking into this.

I have just applied the modifications and can confrim it works perfectly.

Name's Jerry, but you're welcome.  Thanks for testing my code, Arsdar, and it's good to hear it's also working for you!

Oops sorry Jerry. Excellent work.

[tnwxman]

Hi Jerry,

Made the changes but something is not right. On the dashboard the wind run updates every few seconds, in the gauge page it is slightly (.1 to .2 of a mile) behind the dashboard though yesterday they were pretty much the same and now the wind run on the trend page updates much slower than the dashboard and gauges page. It is about a 1/2 mile behind the dashboard. Could be update times but now things seem more out of sync.

Please advise.

Bob

[gwwilk]

Hi Jerry,

Made the changes but something is not right. On the dashboard the wind run updates every few seconds, in the gauge page it is slightly (.1 to .2 of a mile) behind the dashboard though yesterday they were pretty much the same and now the wind run on the trend page updates much slower than the dashboard and gauges page. It is about a 1/2 mile behind the dashboard. Could be update times but now things seem more out of sync.

Please advise.

Bob

Personal message sent.

Edit:  Looking at your site, I think the dashboard and the wind trend pages are behaving normally.  The dashboard now takes its windrun value from clientraw.txt which is updated every few seconds, whereas the wind trend is statically fixed at whatever $windruntoday value was present in the current testtags.php when the page was loaded.  This could lag behind the clientraw value by as many minutes as your testtags.php update interval as set in WeatherDisplay.

[tnwxman]

Hi Jerry,

Thanks. That make sense. Thank you for all your help. Hope the snow is not too bad by you.

Bob

[gwwilk]

Hi Jerry,

Thanks. That make sense. Thank you for all your help. Hope the snow is not too bad by you.

Bob

You're welcome, Bob.    Thanks for the feedback.  Today's snow looks right now like the worst will be going around to the north and south.  I only have .09" of snowmelt, and my latext WXSIM prediction via 3in1 calls for just 4" snowfall total, a far cry from the 22" 3in1 showed a week ago.  One of these days we're going to get hit really hard by a snowstorm, but today's probably not the day.

[tnwxman]

Less to shovel! Sent you PM on wxsim3-1. Thanks.

[gwwilk]

I want to make perfectly clear to any and all who may have questions regarding the authorship of ajax-dashboard6:  It's Scott Thompson's baby.  My overeager participation here in troubleshooting a pesky problem with windrun has led some to erroneously conclude that he has relinquished that role.  Rest assured that that isn't at all the case.  He has a great deal on his plate right now, but when time permits he will continue the script's development, and I hope he will allow me to continue to assist him in any way I can.  Expect any questions on this thread to be answered by him unless he specifically requests otherwise.

[tnwxman]

Hi Jerry,

Fully understood and I hope no disrespect taken by Scott or anyone else for the help I received. I certainly appreciate all the help I have received and do not want to step out of bounds here.

Best regards,

Bob

[BurnsvilleWeather]

I want to make perfectly clear to any and all who may have questions regarding the authorship of ajax-dashboard6:  It's Scott Thompson's baby.  My overeager participation here in troubleshooting a pesky problem with windrun has led some to erroneously conclude that he has relinquished that role.  Rest assured that that isn't at all the case.  He has a great deal on his plate right now, but when time permits he will continue the script's development, and I hope he will allow me to continue to assist him in any way I can.  Expect any questions on this thread to be answered by him unless he specifically requests otherwise.

Thanks Jerry, more then happy to have the help and hope to have the time soon to get your changes into the code and work with you on finding solutions to the rest.  I have some changes in already that have been asked for (you can view the progress on my site) but have much more to do!  Thanks again

Scott

[gwwilk]

Neither Scott nor I have access to a testtags.php which contains Davis soil sensor/moisture data.  Would with anyone with Davis soil sensors anyone be willing to post their testtags.php file so we can try to add UOM switching for the soil depth and moisture data?  Thanks in advance.  Your help is greatly appreciated.

[jmcmurry]

I think I have what you need in http://jcweather.us/soiltags.php?sce=view for imperial units.

- Jim

[gwwilk]

Thanks very much, Jim.  I think that's got what we wanted in it.

[BurnsvilleWeather]

Just as an update, I think with Jerry's help, we've been able to fix all the unit of measure conversion issues in the Alternative Dashboard and a new version update with all those fixes is in the process of being beta tested now.  If all goes well, I think Wednesday or Thursday this week I will post the changes.  I've also put the changes in the Mobile version as well.  I hope this will finally make the alternative dashboard truly "unit of measure" friendly!

Scott

PS:  You can see both new scripts in action on my site right now, though NOT available to download yet!  www.burnsvilleweatherlive.com

[gwwilk]

Scott, I hope it's OK if I jump in here since you don't have two features of the updated script enabled.  In addition to now being mostly UOM-switching compatible, it is also more compatible with style-switching as well as widescreen mode.  You can see these features on  my site if you have a fast broadband connection.  Pick your style (color scheme) and width to test it. (Of course let us know if you have problems viewing.)

[n7xrd]

  Note: ajax-dashboard not included since weather station not yet specified  Anyone know what I'm doing wrong??? Is this because I am running
stationless Mode?

[gwwilk]

Note: ajax-dashboard not included since weather station not yet specified  Anyone know what I'm doing wrong??? Is this because I am running
stationless Mode?

Looking at your site, I believe you've sorted it out.  Correct?