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I will try to encapsulate... best no charge ad free weather app disguised as an emulator.

This... is done.

If this doesn't work out for most... then you are doomed. JMO.

Sound is done and updated on the site. I am fast.

Yeah. Gotta a feeling quite a few of us will be seeing rain this evening.

And yet another idea... The audio files are high quality and stereo. Don't think we need stereo audio for mobile. The sound files are currently around 10mb per file, plus the intro sound which is 1mb. Good thing I also happen to be a sound engineer.

Also... if you click the link above, it takes you to the NWS json file from which the data is extracted. Which looks something like this.... { "@context": [ "https://geojson.org/geojson-ld/geojson-context.jsonld", { "@version": "1.1", "wx": "https://api.weather.gov/ontology#", "@vocab": "https://api.weather.gov/ontology#" } ], "id": "https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89be51b0f5f4da67f84715443376f89ffb2727bf.001.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ -78.450000000000003, 39.390000000000001 ], [ -78.5, 39.450000000000003 ], [ -78.2099999, 39.720000000000006 ], [ -78.060000000000002, 39.530000000000008 ], [ -78.450000000000003, 39.390000000000001 ] ] ] }, "properties": { "@id": "https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89be51b0f5f4da67f84715443376f89ffb2727bf.001.1", "@type": "wx:Alert", "id": "urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89be51b0f5f4da67f84715443376f89ffb2727bf.001.1", "areaDesc": "Washington, MD; Frederick, VA; Berkeley, WV; Hampshire, WV; Morgan, WV", "geocode": { "SAME": [ "024043", "051069", "054003", "054027", "054065" ], "UGC": [ "MDC043", "VAC069", "WVC003", "WVC027", "WVC065" ] }, "affectedZones": [ "https://api.weather.gov/zones/county/MDC043", "https://api.weather.gov/zones/county/VAC069", "https://api.weather.gov/zones/county/WVC003", "https://api.weather.gov/zones/county/WVC027", "https://api.weather.gov/zones/county/WVC065" ], "references": [], "sent": "2024-08-03T13:47:00-04:00", "effective": "2024-08-03T13:47:00-04:00", "onset": "2024-08-03T13:47:00-04:00", "expires": "2024-08-03T14:30:00-04:00", "ends": "2024-08-03T14:30:00-04:00", "status": "Actual", "messageType": "Alert", "category": "Met", "severity": "Severe", "certainty": "Observed", "urgency": "Immediate", "event": "Severe Thunderstorm Warning", "sender": "[email protected]", "senderName": "NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC", "headline": "Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 3 at 1:47PM EDT until August 3 at 2:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC", "description": "SVRLWX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nNorthwestern Washington County in north central Maryland...\nNorthern Frederick County in northwestern Virginia...\nMorgan County in the Panhandle of West Virginia...\nNorthwestern Berkeley County in the Panhandle of West Virginia...\nNortheastern Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia...\n\n* Until 230 PM EDT.\n\n* At 146 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Paw Paw,\nmoving northeast at 25 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches\nto fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as\ndamage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by\ndowned trees. Localized power outages are possible.\nUnsecured light objects may become projectiles.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nHancock, Berkeley Springs, Great Cacapon, Johnsons Mill, Omps,\nValley View, Fishers Bridge, Spohrs Crossroads, Oakland, Rock Gap,\nStotlers Crossroads, Highland Ridge, Largent, Smith Crossroads,\nBerryville, New Hope, Shady Grove, and Ridge.", "instruction": "For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nLarge hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning\nare occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is\none of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,\nyou are close enough to be struck by lightning.", "response": "Shelter", "parameters": { "AWIPSidentifier": [ "SVRLWX" ], "WMOidentifier": [ "WUUS51 KLWX 031747" ], "eventMotionDescription": [ "2024-08-03T17:46:00-00:00...storm...238DEG...22KT...39.46,-78.41" ], "windThreat": [ "RADAR INDICATED" ], "maxWindGust": [ "60 MPH" ], "hailThreat": [ "RADAR INDICATED" ], "maxHailSize": [ "Up to .75" ], "BLOCKCHANNEL": [ "EAS", "NWEM", "CMAS" ], "EAS-ORG": [ "WXR" ], "VTEC": [ "/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0212.240803T1747Z-240803T1830Z/" ], "eventEndingTime": [ "2024-08-03T18:30:00+00:00" ] }, "replacedBy": "https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ad3ea6c6293b26bfedf6da533870ba899c31e24c.001.1", "replacedAt": "2024-08-03T14:10:00-04:00" } }

Copy/paste from the Alerts Radar.... Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 3 at 1:47PM EDT until August 3 at 2:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCSVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Washington County in north central Maryland... Northern Frederick County in northwestern Virginia... Morgan County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... Northwestern Berkeley County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... Northeastern Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia... * Until 230 PM EDT. * At 146 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Paw Paw, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles. * Locations impacted include... Hancock, Berkeley Springs, Great Cacapon, Johnsons Mill, Omps, Valley View, Fishers Bridge, Spohrs Crossroads, Oakland, Rock Gap, Stotlers Crossroads, Highland Ridge, Largent, Smith Crossroads, Berryville, New Hope, Shady Grove, and Ridge.

Glad you like it. Everything should now be working at this link.... https://k-a-0-s.github.io/mobile.html Still need to do some tweaks... but that should be 95% there.

Here is the Alerts Radar with popups....

Picked up quite a bit of rain last night. That said, I feel like a lot of it just ran off since the dirt is/was like concrete.

Still need to tweak the external radar site. Duration and opacity of radar loop, etc. Moving on to the Alerts Radar for now.

External Radar Button (Regional Radar Slide)...

Geo coordinates have been the most challenging part of all of this... Retrieving and ensuring they are reliably "passed" to other "pages", etc. While simultaneously using multiple API's to achieve some of that functionality.

The proverbial carrot dangling regarding rain chances is getting very tiresome. Along with the almost daily ridiculous dews, humidity, temps, etc. Make it end. Please. Thanks in advance.

I am going to add a clickable button to the radar slides which will transport the user to dedicated interactive radar pages. On the Regional Radar slide there will be a button that takes you to an animated geo based radar. Since the map is interactive you will be free to explore the entire map from that point. On the Local Radar slide (only shown when there are alerts) there will be a button that takes you to an animated geo based radar that displays alerts/warnings which are clickable. When you click the alert area on the map, it will display a text popup with a current full description of the alert for that area. Radar imagery will also be provided. As with the Regional Radar button, initial centering of the map will correlate with the location that is currently being used by the emulator but will also allow you to explore from that point. Pretty fancy... eh? This feature will be first seen in the https://k-a-0-s.github.io/mobile.html link which I am currently working on.

Update... https://k-a-0-s.github.io/mobile.html Mobile with static maps and geo-location. This should run smoothly on nearly anything. If not... I can't help you. Upgrade your hardware? I will mostly be working on this and the desktop version from this point forward. And possibly more on animated radar mobile version but I need to clean things up. Too many versions, etc. Thanks to those who commented on radar comparison.

Indeed

Mobile with new geo locating radar. https://k-a-0-s.github.io/mobile.html

Thanks. Here is link to radar only... https://k-a-0-s.github.io/twcradar.html

Current Obs: Heavy Mosquitos. WTF... this place has been like a desert. Serious ques... Do mosquitos live in the desert?

I got a lot of rain. I did not measure. My stuff has been in somewhat disarray since the A/C died so I have no totals. I would estimate 1.5+ inches. That said, much was "wasted" due to run off.... and ground that resembled concrete.

Which do you prefer? Left or Right?

Interesting comparison...