Hi Pat, I have the Winter Weather Advisory. Nothing broken. Thanks!
On Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 3:15:38 PM UTC-5, Pat wrote: > > 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 <p...@obrienphoto.net 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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