Topic: Which "fu" forecast image do I need?

[LFWX]

I'm in the process of adding the advforecast2.php script to my site, from Saratoga Weather.
http://saratoga-weather.org/scripts-carterlake.php#advforecast

When I download the Icon Set and Additional Icon Set I end up with two JPEG images named "fu".

Which of these do I need?

They both seem to show mostly cloudy, but are different sizes.

Does "fu" mean "forecast unknown"?

Thanks,
Mike

[saratogaWX]

If you download the Icon Set from http://saratoga-weather.org/carterlake-icons.zip  then you don't need the additional icon set (which was only for folks who had installed the set offered from www.carterlake.org).

The 'fu' icon is the NWS icon for smoke, which in French is fumée ('fu') .. that one had me going for a while too.

The NWS also uses 'smoke.jpg' as the icon for Smoke. 
The 'na.jpg' icon is used for 'Not Available' in cases where the digital forecast database is having an issue.

NWS icons and meanings used in their XML feeds are shown at http://www.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/weather.php
Some of the regions use additional icons (including fu.jpg) for the point-printable and display forecast pages in their region.  The carterlake-icons.zip has the superset of the icons used, so should work for all NWS regions.

Best regards,
Ken

[jwyman]

 

I'm glad it means smoke and not something else i was thinking......


Jim