> I haven't see this link listed anywhere yet. It’s listed in this thread.
> On Dec 30, 2020, at 8:35 AM, Mark Jenks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Finally got an answer back from NOAA. I haven't see this link listed > anywhere yet. Images aren't the best, but it's something better than the > .gz's and straight .gif files.... > > https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/ > > >> On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:12:15 AM UTC-6 Mark Jenks wrote: >> Email contact information here: >> https://www.weather.gov/radarfaq >> >>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:10:50 AM UTC-6 Mark Jenks wrote: >>> I just sent an email to NWS. I'll let you know the response if I get one.. >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> Good Morning! >>> >>> For years, there have been many many people who have linked your radar >>> images and loops to their PWS (Personal weather station) websites. I >>> currently use weewx @ http://weather.mjenks.net >>> With the new radar, this is no longer possible, and the .gz versions just >>> aren't good enough quality. So I have to use someone else's radar now. >>> >>> It sure would be nice if you could provide an iframe code snipped that we >>> could embed into our webpages. Or at least recreate the images and loops. >>> >>> This is what I have been using that no longer works. >>> >>> radar_img = http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/N0R/GRB_loop.gif >>> radar_url = >>> http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=NCR&rid=GRB&loop=yes >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Mark Jenks >>> Station ID - DW7584 >>> >>>> On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 4:20:17 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: >>>> Thank you for looking into this folks. It sounds as though they have gone >>>> the same route as Environment Canada did a long time ago now. No more >>>> animated gifs available, instead they build the animations on the fly with >>>> overlays and a repository of images. The best I could do for Environment >>>> Canada radars was to create a shell script that runs on the web server >>>> cron that guesses at the current time stamp for the latest image and saves >>>> it to my webserver. >>>> >>>> Less than great. >>>> >>>> It sure would be nice if they could just provide an iframe code snipped >>>> that we could embed into our webpages. >>>> Alas. >>>> Cheers >>>> Chris >>>>> On Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 9:59:31 AM UTC-8 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> I hooked up the NWS gif and it's worse than useless. It's hours old and >>>>> shows nothing, flashes clutter, and repeats. Now, it should show nothing >>>>> but the flashing of clutter is super annoying. >>>>> >>>>> As much as I'm pissed at WU, I'm going to use their gif while it's >>>>> available. >>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 7:17 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Yes John kind of crummy images and I just tried mine for KILX and it is >>>>>> two hours behind the current UTC. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 11:56:56 AM UTC-6 [email protected] >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> The loops in https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/ seem to be up to >>>>>>> date today. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For example: >>>>>>> https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/KMUX_loop.gif >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As such, that’s also an option, although these gifs are tough to get >>>>>>> used to. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Dec 18, 2020, at 9:38 AM, John Kline <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This thread has a nice solution (see URL below): >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40980.0 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Terms of use: >>>>>>>> https://www.wunderground.com/company/legal >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (In the following URL, substitute your radar station for OAX. Set >>>>>>>> weewx.conf’s Seasons radar_img value to this.) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=OAX&brand=wui&num=18&delay=15&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&showlabels=1&severe=1&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&smooth=0 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Dec 17, 2020, at 10:00 PM, John Kline <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Although the directory listing here shows old timestamps: >>>>>>>>> https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The loop is being updated (albeit still a few hours old and I’m not a >>>>>>>>> fan of this radar imagery): >>>>>>>>> https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/KMUX_loop.gif >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Although not part of the loop, this image is only about 30m old: >>>>>>>>> https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/KMUX_1.gif >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It’s not clear one could determine which file has the latest image. >>>>>>>>> Maybe this will improve over time and the _0.gif will have the latest >>>>>>>>> gif (and/or the loop will be updated regularly). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 17, 2020, at 4:18 PM, John Kline <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I’ve been grappling with this. It is annoying. The “new site” is >>>>>>>>>> maddening to interact with: https://radar.weather.gov/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> There’s a FAQ about the change here: >>>>>>>>>> https://www.weather.gov/radarfaq >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The FAQ tells one where files can be downloaded. I’ve started to >>>>>>>>>> look at them (they are gzipped), but, so far, I haven’t found >>>>>>>>>> anything acceptable to use. I’m seeing a single color overlay (with >>>>>>>>>> no base map). Still looking, but this is an awful change. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> John >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 17, 2020, at 4:05 PM, [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I use the old standard skin (modified). The NWS radar site changed >>>>>>>>>>> today and the optional radar graphic no longer works. Has anyone >>>>>>>>>>> dug into this and figured out how to get the new site to work? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> It's no big deal if not - I'll take a look myself and post >>>>>>>>>>> something once I find out how to make it work with the new site. >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> 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]. >>>>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/15c6bd2a-5795-4cf0-9ada-c6527f8d56ddn%40googlegroups.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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]. >>>>> >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3a87f847-e1e6-459f-9561-cf928ac1fcf1n%40googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Peter Quinn >>>>> (415)794-2264 > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/bca20ca2-0b20-414f-b589-6bf873bf756bn%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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