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Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« on: March 12, 2019, 12:23:35 AM »
I'm way late on this but I just noticed that the Weather Underground Visible Satellite image on my Saratoga web page (and other people's as well) is stuck on February 18.  Anyone know what I have missed?  Is there a fix for this?  Thank you.
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2019, 08:47:40 AM »
Mine too.
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2019, 09:03:22 AM »
URL to your sites, please?
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2019, 09:06:42 AM »
URL to your sites, please?

Nevermind - looks like it across the board.

Looks like script will have to change to pull in images used here:

  https://www.wunderground.com/maps/satellite/regional-visible

Edit: note that these images use the Intellicast region / location identifiers rather than the ones used with the old WU images.  So instead of "ne" for my image, I pull in the Hartford "hfd" image.

  https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satvs1200_cur/ushfd/animate.png
« Last Edit: March 12, 2019, 09:10:33 AM by Jasiu »
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2019, 10:37:51 AM »
My apologies.  I am not an expert.  Which Saratoga file(s) do I have to edit?  Thank you.
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2019, 12:20:19 PM »
I think we'll eventually get a fix from Ken, and I'm not using the stock index page from the template (meaning I can't test it out). If you want to investigate and try things out, the file is wxindex.php (probably renamed to index.php on your site).  You want the code that looks like this:

Code: [Select]
  <td align="center">
    <img src="https://icons.wunderground.com/data/640x480/<?php echo $SITE['WUregion']; ?>_vi_anim.gif" alt="Regional Visible Satellite" 
      width="320" height="240" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none" />
  </td>

It's the "src=" value you need to replace, from the "https" to the ".gif" inclusive.  Leave the quotation marks.

To find the image you want, go to:

  https://www.wunderground.com/maps/satellite/regional-visible

scroll down to the big map, and select a region that works for you.  You may need to scroll down to the image again after the selection. If you want an animated image, click the Play Animation button.

Now you just need to get the URL of that image. Most browsers let you do this with a right-click (might need to use ctrl-click on a Mac) and select "Copy Image Location" (Firefox - exact phrase may differ in other browsers). You can then paste that url between the quotes in the above code.  E.g.,

Code: [Select]
  <td align="center">
    <img src="https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satvs1200_cur/usrow/20190312/1530z.gif" alt="Regional Visible Satellite" 
      width="320" height="240" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none" />
  </td>

That's the Roswell, NM view, taken totally by random.

You may need to play around with the image width/height to make it work (looks like the raw image is 1200px wide by 875px high).
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2019, 04:30:33 PM »
You can actually link to the animation using Jasiu's technique.  Load  https://www.wunderground.com/maps/satellite/regional-visible and then select your region.  Mine is 'NE - North Platte'.

Then push the 'Animation' button.  Right click on the image and select 'Copy image address'.  The 'NE - North Platte' animated image address is https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satvs1200_cur/uslbf/animate.png where 'lbf' is the North Platte WFO's code.  Then just paste it in place of 'https://icons.wunderground.com/data/640x480/<?php echo $SITE['WUregion']; ?>_vi_anim.gif' in your 'index.php'.

Ken will probably come up with a more general solution, but this will work in the meanwhile.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2019, 04:32:25 PM by gwwilk »
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2019, 05:55:13 PM »
Thanks to both Jasiu and gwwilk.  I have edited the file and it works!
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2019, 08:20:36 AM »
Turns out that the Visible Satellite Images are understandably black at night.  #-o

A better alternative might be the IR Images which are subdivided into larger regions, which are OK but still manageable.

I've switched to the IR images this morning.
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2019, 10:15:21 AM »
For my money (which means what I can get for free  :grin:) the gold standards are the GOES geocolor images - work both day and night.

The repositories are here:

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/
https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES17/ABI/GIFS/

Since I'm on the east coast, I use the eastern US geocolor image, 1000x1000

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/GOES16-EUS-GEOCOLOR-1000x1000.gif

If you catch it right now, you can see the transition at sunrise.
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2019, 10:50:14 AM »
For my money (which means what I can get for free  :grin:) the gold standards are the GOES geocolor images - work both day and night.

The repositories are here:

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/
https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES17/ABI/GIFS/

Since I'm on the east coast, I use the eastern US geocolor image, 1000x1000

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/GOES16-EUS-GEOCOLOR-1000x1000.gif

If you catch it right now, you can see the transition at sunrise.
Right you are.  It might take a little hunting in the directories, but the animated gif's are great!  How long has STAR been producing them?

Switched to UMV Geocolor GIF: https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/GOES16-UMV-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif
« Last Edit: March 13, 2019, 10:51:56 AM by gwwilk »
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2019, 12:25:21 PM »
Thanks for those GOES links.  I like them a little better than the WU pictures.  So now that makes me mostly WU free.  I just have one page that has their graphs I use once in awhile.
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2019, 12:25:38 PM »
Another source, I've been using the GIF animation from Goes 16 East. Look for the GIF extension and copy address on this link

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus.php?sat=G16
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2019, 01:39:25 PM »
Another source, I've been using the GIF animation from Goes 16 East. Look for the GIF extension and copy address on this link

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus.php?sat=G16
The links in Jasiu's post above are to the directories containing the Goes 16 and Goes 17 animated gifs.  They go directly to where you can link to the appropriate animation for your region so no intermediate steps or iframes are needed.
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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2019, 03:04:43 PM »
All maps are stuck on Feb 18 Except  Fronts and radar






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Re: Weather Underground Visible Satellite Image
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2019, 06:46:41 PM »
Any movement on this yet???? or is it another broken WU promise



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