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Web Weather => Weather Website PHP/AJAX scripting => Topic started by: W3DRM on June 24, 2017, 10:09:50 AM
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I doubt this is a PHP/AJAX script issue but it certainly doesn't look correct. Any thoughts?
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Oooh... that is strange.
The JSON for the forecast via api.weather.gov shows "periods": [
{
"number": 1,
"name": "Today",
"startTime": "2017-06-24T07:00:00-07:00",
"endTime": "2017-06-24T18:00:00-07:00",
"isDaytime": true,
"temperature": 98,
"temperatureUnit": "F",
"temperatureTrend": null,
"windSpeed": "-146 mph",
"windDirection": "N",
"icon": "https://api.weather.gov/icons/land/day/few?size=medium",
"shortForecast": "Sunny",
"detailedForecast": "Sunny, with a high near 98. North wind around -146 mph, with gusts as high as 1.1472352069703E+37 mph. New snow accumulation of 2.990763E+37 to 2.990763E+37 inches possible."
},
{
"number": 2,
"name": "Tonight",
"startTime": "2017-06-24T18:00:00-07:00",
"endTime": "2017-06-25T06:00:00-07:00",
"isDaytime": false,
"temperature": 56,
"temperatureUnit": "F",
"temperatureTrend": null,
"windSpeed": "-146 mph",
"windDirection": "N",
"icon": "https://api.weather.gov/icons/land/night/sct?size=medium",
"shortForecast": "Partly Cloudy",
"detailedForecast": "Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind around -146 mph, with gusts as high as 1.1472352069703E+37 mph. New snow accumulation of 2.990763E+37 to 2.990763E+37 inches possible."
},
so it's an api.weather.gov issue I think.. the script just displays (without alteration) the "detailedForecast" value in the JSON for the text of the forecast.
Looks like they have an issue with the GFS->text conversion routines.
BTW, my point-forecast from the API appears ok, so it may be just an issue for some forecast points/areas.
Same issue shows on https://forecast-v3.weather.gov/point/38.9541,-119.7657
I clicked around on the foreacst-v3.weather.gov site in the Reno, NV WFO area, and all the ones tried had the same anomalies in the forecasts.
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Hehe, maybe it means the wind will blow backwards, so just be prepared for a 146mph S wind :D
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Well, I've been sitting mostly in the sun all day today at a fund raiser for our local food closet. It was around 93°F and absolutely no breeze at all - a dead calm.
At least we had a 10x20' pop-up to partially shade us but the heat from a gravel parking lot was intense. Several of our volunteers had dizzy spells from the heat even though all of us were well hydrated (with water). The event netted us around $1500 so that will help towards our $1.4million goal for a new facility that we desperately need.
We could have used some of that snow forecasted for today :lol:
This Afternoon
Mostly sunny, with a high near 98. North wind around -146 mph, with gusts as high as 1.1472352069703E+37 mph. New snow accumulation of 1.993842E+37 to 1.993842E+37 inches possible.
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Is that in metric or Kelvin???????????
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Is that in metric or Kelvin???????????
Yes! :roll: