Topic: WU-satellite-animate.php images not being displayed

[depot44]

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out why the WU satellite images recently stopped being displayed.

https://kensbackyard.com/wx/

I've checked the log file, WUregion-ne-IR-log.txt, and don't see any errors:

WU-satellite-animate.php - V1.01 - 11-Jan-2024
using 'https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/regionalIR.json' for query
now='2025-02-17 12:30:13 UTC' page cached='2025-02-17 12:12:41 UTC' (1052 seconds ago)
forceRefresh=true
loading ./cache/WUregion-ne-IR.txt from
  'https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/regionalIR.json'
curl fetching 'https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/regionalIR.json'
HTTP stats:  RC=200 dest=151.101.2.133 port=443 (from sce=213.109.149.95)
      Times: dns=0.000 conn=0.007 pxfer=0.021 get=0.055 total=0.076 secs
loading finished. New page cache saved to ./cache/WUregion-ne-IR.txt 1291 bytes
html loading finished
$JSON=array (
  'files' =>
  array (
    0 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/0900z.gif',
    1 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/0930z.gif',
    2 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1000z.gif',
    3 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1030z.gif',
    4 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1100z.gif',
    5 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1130z.gif',
    6 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1200z.gif',
  ),
  'product' => 'satellite',
  'frames' => 7,
)
latest image 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1200z.gif'
WUimagesList
array (
  0 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/0900z.gif',
  1 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/0930z.gif',
  2 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1000z.gif',
  3 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1030z.gif',
  4 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1100z.gif',
  5 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1130z.gif',
  6 => 'staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1200z.gif',
)
Generating image from https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/0900z.gif w=1200 h=875.  Saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR0.gif
Generating image from https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/0930z.gif w=1200 h=875.  Saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR1.gif
Generating image from https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1000z.gif w=1200 h=875.  Saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR2.gif
Generating image from https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1030z.gif w=1200 h=875.  Saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR3.gif
Generating image from https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1100z.gif w=1200 h=875.  Saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR4.gif
Generating image from https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1130z.gif w=1200 h=875.  Saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR5.gif
Generating image from https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wu/satir1200_cur/usane/20250217/1200z.gif w=1200 h=875.  Saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR6.gif
Animated GIF saved to ./cache/WU-ne-IR-ani.gif.
Animated GIF processing completed for ./cache/WU-ne-IR-ani.gif in 1 seconds.

The files are being created in the /cache folder, but the WU-ne-IR-ani.gif file has '0' bytes.

Thanks for any suggestions of where to look to fix this.

Thanks,
Ken
www.kensbackyard.com/wx

[saratogaWX]

I suggest adding

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors',1);

and manually running it to see what pops up.

[depot44]

Thanks for the suggestion Ken.  I added your code to the WU-satellite-animate.php file at the beginning of the main code section:

# ---------- main code -----------------

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors',1);

if (isset($_REQUEST['sce']) && strtolower($_REQUEST['sce']) == 'view' ) {
#--self downloader --
   $filenameReal = __FILE__;
   $download_size = filesize($filenameReal);


Running it manually doesn't display any errors.

https://kensbackyard.com/wx/WU-satellite-animate.php?region=ne

Thanks,
Ken
www.kensbackyard.com/wx

[weatherdoc]

You could replace the WU satellite image with the NOAA loop: https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/SECTOR/ne/GEOCOLOR/GOES16-NE-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif.

I use the Weather Company radar loop and NOAA satellite loop at the bottom of my main page: https://wxdoc.info/. Here's the code for the two loops:

Code: [Select]

<!-- Start code for Radar and Satellite loops-->
<table width="99%" align="center" style="border: none">
<tr>
<!-- Radar Loop -->
<td align="center"><a href="https://wxdoc.info/wxradarmosaic.php">
<img src="https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/wu/wxtype/county_loc/clt/animate.png"Regional Radar" width="620" height="388"/>
<!-- <img src="NWS-regional-radar-animate.php?region=<?php echo $SITE[&#39;NWSregion&#39;]; ?>" alt="Regional Radar" width="580" height="388"/>-->
</td>

<!-- Satellite Loop with NOAA Satellite -->
  <td align="r"><a href="https://wxdoc.info/wxGOES16-HAniSLoops.php" target="center">
<img border="0" src="https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/SECTOR/se/GEOCOLOR/GOES16-SE-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif" width="620" height="388" alt=""></img></a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>