Thanks Pat...Downloaded and installed both files and restarted weewx. No alerts in the area at this time; mostly likely some alerts towards end of week when the icy weather comes through. We'll keep you informed.
Rich On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 11:47:44 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: > Oops - forgot to hide the alert bar > <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/commit/cac70b881e99ddd54eea017d37fcdf3866d97541> > when > an alert clears. Try this updated version attached. Same rules apply as > above. > > > On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 11:39:24 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >> >> I just committed an initial attempt >> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/commit/b3883dbd67a2b4d5368961e2479631f7de86e128>. >> >> You can download the files from GitHub or from the attachments here. >> >> As usual, have a backup of your setup just in case. To test it out, copy >> the attached files to skins/Belchertown and restart weewx. Wait for an >> archive period and if you have a weather alert, it should appear like in >> the screenshot. Clicking the link will take you to the source of the alert. >> >> The alert area should update automatically in the background (no page >> refresh needed). So if an alert goes active, it'll pop up the alert area. >> When it's gone it'll disappear. At least it should in theory :) >> >> Will need some testing and ironing out over the next few days for sure... >> Let me know how it goes. >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 9:54:46 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>> >>> Agreed. Let me work on a concept >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 9:47:56 AM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>> >>>> I think underneath the timestamp with the Icon would look fine. Same >>>> text size as the timestamp but bold. Maybe make the Alerts optional >>>> feature, so the users has a choice to display the Alerts. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 9:29:16 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ok cool. That GitHub repo just confirmed that I am doing what they're >>>>> doing. I'm not using JavaScript though, I'm just grabbing the raw JSON >>>>> from >>>>> DarkSky. I guess I've never seen the alerts array in my output when I >>>>> initially created it, so out of sight out of mind? >>>>> >>>>> I just grabbed a forecast for an area in South Dakota that was under >>>>> weather >>>>> advisory <https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/>, and I see in >>>>> DarkSky's forecast it has the alert data. So I can use this sample data >>>>> to >>>>> include it in the skin. >>>>> >>>>> Where and how should the alert be shown? I'd like to keep it in line >>>>> with the clean look of the skin. >>>>> >>>>> I think I'll show the alert at the top of the page beneath the >>>>> timestamp. An alert icon (maybe something like this? >>>>> <https://www.freeiconspng.com/img/1575>) and a brief text of the >>>>> alert next to it. Then you can click the alert to see the full details. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 9:57:56 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Could this work with in your code: >>>>>> >>>>>> DarkSkyApi.loadItAll(excludes, position); >>>>>> >>>>>> DarkSkyApi.loadItAll() >>>>>> .then(console.log); >>>>>> DarkSkyApi.loadItAll('daily,hourly,minutely,flags') // just return alerts >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Found at https://github.com/deanbot/dark-sky-api >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 8:17:22 PM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Belchertown skin is using the DarkSky API >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 2:41:58 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Happy Holidays >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have the embedded widget; to get the alerts you must click on the >>>>>>>> provided link. Which API are you using? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 8:46:44 PM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I don't see their alerts in the API doc. Only what Colin is doing >>>>>>>>> on his site to have their widget embedded. Do you see something I'm >>>>>>>>> missing >>>>>>>>> for API alerting? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 10:13:16 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Pat >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Wondering if there was a way to pull/display the Alerts for the >>>>>>>>>> area from Darksky using your coding? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Rich >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
