Topic: NWS forecast.weather.gov changing 7-Mar-2017. New advforecast2.php V5.00

[Weather Goat]

I see the 0 heat index here in CT too

[ALITTLEweird1]

Here in Wa st too.

[satcop]

It seems to be both wind chill and heat index coming up at 0 here.  Here is an example for today, where it shows both in the forecast.

Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 66. Heat index values as high as 0. Wind chill values as low as 0. South southwest wind 7 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

With a temp of 66 but a wind chill of 0 not sure if I need a jacket or not 

Bob

[Murry Conarroe]

Until the NWS corrects this, I have temporarily added two lines after line 563 of the advforecast2.php to get rid of the Heat index and wind chill values of 0. I changed from:

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$forecasttext[$i] = str_replace("\n",' ',$FCST['detailedForecast']); // sub blank for embedded NL

to

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$forecasttext[$i] = str_replace("\n",' ',$FCST['detailedForecast']); // sub blank for embedded NL
$forecasttext[$i] = preg_replace('/Heat index values as high as 0./','',$forecasttext[$i]);
$forecasttext[$i] = preg_replace('/Wind chill values as low as 0./','',$forecasttext[$i]);

[ALITTLEweird1]

Just saw this on the nws site dated the 6th.

Important - NWS Web Site Upgrade delayed until March 14th.

[Weather Goat]

Fix works great, Murry, thanks!
Roger

[ValentineWeather]

Until the NWS corrects this, I have temporarily added two lines after line 563 of the advforecast2.php to get rid of the Heat index and wind chill values of 0. I changed from:

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$forecasttext[$i] = str_replace("\n",' ',$FCST['detailedForecast']); // sub blank for embedded NL

to

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$forecasttext[$i] = str_replace("\n",' ',$FCST['detailedForecast']); // sub blank for embedded NL
$forecasttext[$i] = preg_replace('/Heat index values as high as 0./','',$forecasttext[$i]);
$forecasttext[$i] = preg_replace('/Wind chill values as low as 0./','',$forecasttext[$i]);

Thanks Murray I'll use for now.

[ValentineWeather]

Just saw this on the nws site dated the 6th.

Important - NWS Web Site Upgrade delayed until March 14th.

Looks like it didn't go smoothly.

[satcop]

Thanks Murry the fix works for now, don't expect wind chills that low over the next few days while we wait for them to fix back at the shop.  Well I wonder if there was anything else that was broke when they tried to switch over that caused them to back off.

[chief-david]

MPX-Sort of ok.

The warning box is missing the Hazerdous Weather Outlook

and the forecast box has a large space between the icon and the forecast.  maybe they changed the way it wraps around.

Could be worse


http://weather.rms.rdale.org

[mikeym2m]

Since going the new "json" forecast the forecast is showing my location as  "7 Miles WSW Big Bass Lake, PA" instead of the previous "3 Miles NNW of Thornhurst". Any ideas how to get it back to "3 Miles NNW of Thronhurst?

Setting.php:
PAZ044|Thornhurst|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Thornhurst&state=PA&site=MTR&textField1=41.21482073580286&textField2=-75.608081762695&e=1&TextType=2

Thanks

Cheers

 

MikeyM

[colonieweather]

"Effective April 4, 2017, NWS will implement the next version of the forecast pages. Highlights will include a standardized look and feel, a mobile-ready landing page, and a completely new architecture with a modernized API. Please review the Service Change Notice for complete details. "

https://forecast-v3.weather.gov/documentation

[mkutche]

Im not sure what is wrong http://www.gosportwx.com/cell-forecast.php

[wvdkuil]

Since going the new "json" forecast the forecast is showing my location as  "7 Miles WSW Big Bass Lake, PA" instead of the previous "3 Miles NNW of Thornhurst". Any ideas how to get it back to "3 Miles NNW of Thronhurst?

Setting.php:
PAZ044|Thornhurst|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Thornhurst&state=PA&site=MTR&textField1=41.21482073580286&textField2=-75.608081762695&e=1&TextType=2

Thanks

Cheers

 

MikeyM

The latitude and longitude in your old link is latitude 41.21482073580286, longitude -75.608081762695
The new system only only accepts 4 decimal places and it must not end on a zero.
The script skips the remaining decimal places and get its data from https://forecast-v3.weather.gov/point/41.214,-75.608
Check below the map at the right it is a  Point Forecast: 7 Miles WSW Big Bass Lake PA   41.21°N 75.61°W (1896 ft)
The forecast only uses 2 decimal places.
You may try different latitude/longitude combinations to get closer to your original location.

BUT this is still a forecast system running in Beta. So maybe when they switch March 14, they will have a finer grid using more decimal places.

Wim

[wvdkuil]

Im not sure what is wrong http://www.gosportwx.com/cell-forecast.php

This is still Beta, not a real production environment.
Use force=1 at the url to discard the forecast with errors and try to reload the forecast.

http://www.gosportwx.com/cell-forecast.php?force=1

Wim

[chief-david]

also, with the change-can the warning show up in my page too? I forget things

[DaculaWeather]

I'm now getting heat Index and Wind Chill text today.

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[mkutche]

Im not sure what is wrong http://www.gosportwx.com/cell-forecast.php

This is still Beta, not a real production environment.
Use force=1 at the url to discard the forecast with errors and try to reload the forecast.

http://www.gosportwx.com/cell-forecast.php?force=1

Wim

Ya i saw this was still beta many thanks WIM..

[wvdkuil]

also, with the change-can the warning show up in my page too? I forget things

Not on your startpage, I think, as you use only a small part of the complete page.

IMPORTANT: check your settings as there are now 3 files retrieved and NONE is saved to the cache with your current settings.

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<!-- unable to write cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json.txt -->
< -- unable to write meta cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json-meta.txt -->
<!-- unable to write cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json-alerts.txt -->
Every time the page is  loaded the same 3 files are retrieved from the NWS server.

Wim

[mikeym2m]

Thanks Wim. I tried moving the long and lat a little and still references Big Bass Lake with is pretty useless for me. Hopefully NWS will fine tune things.

Thanks again for the help.

Cheers

 

MikeyM

[jgillett]

Not seeing either heat index or wind chill items in my forecasts but suspect my current temps, etc., are not in the right range to see those. Supposed to hit 87° the next few days which might change things. Not happy with the added '>' and '≈' items showing by the high and low temps. Makes it seem like NWS is even more unsure what the temp might be.

[chief-david]

also, with the change-can the warning show up in my page too? I forget things

Not on your startpage, I think, as you use only a small part of the complete page.

IMPORTANT: check your settings as there are now 3 files retrieved and NONE is saved to the cache with your current settings.

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<!-- unable to write cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json.txt -->
< -- unable to write meta cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json-meta.txt -->
<!-- unable to write cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json-alerts.txt -->
Every time the page is  loaded the same 3 files are retrieved from the NWS server.

Wim

Here are my settings -What do I need to change? PHP is not my forte'.

// V3.00 -- this following array can be used for multiple forecasts in *standalone* mode
//  for Saratpga template use, add a $SITE['NWSforecasts'] entry in Settings.php to have these entries.
//  To activate the definitions below, replace the /* with //* to uncomment the array definition
/*
$NWSforecasts = array(
 // the entries below are for testing use.. replace them with your own entries if using the script
 // outside the AJAX/PHP templates.
 // ZONE|Location|point-forecast-URL  (separated by | characters
'MNZ060|Hennepin County|http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=45.02233988655459&lon=-93.34722518920898&site=mpx&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text&TextType=2',
);
//*/
//*
//
 $NOAAZone = 'MNZ060';  // change this line to your NOAA warning zone.
// set $fileName to the URL for the point-printable forecast for your area
// NOTE: this value (and $NOAAZone) will be overridden by the first entry in $NWSforecasts if it exists.
 $fileName = "http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=45.02233988655459&lon=-93.34722518920898&site=mpx&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text&TextType=2";
//*/
$showTwoIconRows = true;   // =true; show all icons, =false; show 9 icons in one row (new V5.00)

#$iconDir = './forecast/imagesPNG-86x86/'; // testing only
#$iconDir = './forecast/imagesGIF-55x58/'; // testing only
$iconDir = './forecast/images/';
$iconType = '.jpg';        // default type='.jpg' -- use '.gif' for animated icons from http://www.meteotreviglio.com/
$cacheFileDir = './';      // default cache file directory
$iconHeight = 55;  // default height of conditions icon (saratoga-icons.zip)
$iconWidth  = 55;  // default width of conditions icon  (saratoga-icons.zip)
$refreshTime = 300; // default refresh of cache 600=10 minutes
#
$ourTZ = 'America/Chicago'; // default timezone (new V5.00)
#$timeFormat = 'd-M-Y g:ia T';  // Fri, 31-Mar-2006 6:35pm TZone (new V5.00)
$timeFormat = 'g:i a T M d, Y';  // 3:17 am PST Jan 28, 2017 (new V5.00, like old forecast timestamp display)
#

[saratogaWX]

MPX-Sort of ok.

The warning box is missing the Hazerdous Weather Outlook

and the forecast box has a large space between the icon and the forecast.  maybe they changed the way it wraps around.

Could be worse


http://weather.rms.rdale.org

The missing 'Outlook' types from alerts has been noted to the developers .. I don't know if/when they'll fix that.  Currently the api.weather.gov site does have Advisory, Watch, Warning and Statement types, just not 'Outlook' types.

[wvdkuil]

also, with the change-can the warning show up in my page too? I forget things

Not on your startpage, I think, as you use only a small part of the complete page.

IMPORTANT: check your settings as there are now 3 files retrieved and NONE is saved to the cache with your current settings.

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<!-- unable to write cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json.txt -->
< -- unable to write meta cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json-meta.txt -->
<!-- unable to write cache file ./forecast-MNZ060-0-json-alerts.txt -->
Every time the page is  loaded the same 3 files are retrieved from the NWS server.

Wim

Here are my settings -What do I need to change? PHP is not my forte'.

#$iconDir = './forecast/imagesPNG-86x86/'; // testing only
#$iconDir = './forecast/imagesGIF-55x58/'; // testing only
$iconDir = './forecast/images/';
$iconType = '.jpg';        // default type='.jpg' -- use '.gif' for animated icons from http://www.meteotreviglio.com/
$cacheFileDir = './';      // default cache file directory
$iconHeight = 55;  // default height of conditions icon (saratoga-icons.zip)
$iconWidth  = 55;  // default width of conditions icon  (saratoga-icons.zip)
$refreshTime = 300; // default refresh of cache 600=10 minutes
#
$ourTZ = 'America/Chicago'; // default timezone (new V5.00)
#$timeFormat = 'd-M-Y g:ia T';  // Fri, 31-Mar-2006 6:35pm TZone (new V5.00)
$timeFormat = 'g:i a T M d, Y';  // 3:17 am PST Jan 28, 2017 (new V5.00, like old forecast timestamp display)
#

Currently the settings point to the root for caching files.

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$cacheFileDir = './';      // default cache file directoryI have no idea why that is not working for you except that maybe the permissions for the root are set to low, should be 755.

You could try to use the  WDL2/ folder as that folder is accepting FTP uploads

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$cacheFileDir = './WDL2/';      // default cache file directory
It all depends how security is set on your server and it seems to be a "school" server so maybe you can ask for support there.

Wim
 

[ValentineWeather]

I'm now getting heat Index and Wind Chill text today.

You can fix adding the 2 lines Murry added, temporarily removes heat index 0 until real fix. Post 101