I just received a weather alert on https://belchertownweather.com/ - so far so good.
Keep me posted on any alerts you guys get to make sure there's no bugs On Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 12:11:59 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: > > Updated the files and all is running well. thanks Pat > > On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 7:53:57 PM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >> >> I've made more changes to this. Now you have to opt in for the alerts. >> Erring on the side that alerts may not appeal or be available to everyone >> in every region, it's opt-in. Simply add forecast_alert_enabled = 1 to >> your skin options in weewx.conf. >> >> The alert description has a default truncate at 75 characters. You can >> override that with skin option forecast_alert_length >> >> Also non-MQTT sites now have alerts available to them. >> >> Changes made to skin.conf, index.html.tmpl and user/bin/belchertown.py. >> You can find the latest files in the repository and in the list of >> recent commits >> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/commits/master>. >> >> Please test it out. >> >> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 4:09:00 PM UTC-5, Colin Larsen wrote: >>> >>> Does that mean that I'll see alerts even though I only use the Darksky >>> current conditions? Did you pop in the option to disable the alerts? >>> >>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2018, 09:49 Pat <[email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Sounds good! >>>> >>>> I should add another disclaimer that the showing and hiding of the >>>> alert bar automatically without reloading the website is only accomplished >>>> if you have the MQTT feature enabled. >>>> >>>> Which reminds me I need to add an option to show that bar if MQTT is >>>> disabled. I'll have to make another update later today. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 1:45:49 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> -- 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.
