Change Log
December 2010
Last updated date appears in title bar of browser
Moved time last updated to top banner
Placed links to toggle top and right menu on and off in top banner (still need to write code to display obs in these parts of the google map)
Legend now appears in top right of map area instead of right menu
Top Menu now includes:
- Update interval drop down menu
- Google map search (will hide obs when active)
- Point and Click forecast in new window, click anywhere on map for forecast (will hide obs when active)
- Update observations now button
- Show No Data button (same function as in data display drop down menu, just added for convenience)
Added Zone/County labels for Utah, checkboxes right of option to overlay these shape files
Known issues:
None
November 2010
Restored Montana and North Dakota Web Cameras
Was able to increase speed of plotting upon start-up, and while toggling between data displays
Restored Max/Min data plots along with potential verification plots
Continued adding cameras across western CONUS
Cleaned up hover display
Clicking station will open time series in a new window (instead of below the map)
Known issues:
Montana and North Dakota cameras not displaying. Likely a product of WRH php upgrade. Currently troubleshooting.
September 2010
Added WR Gridded (long fused) Hazards under Map Overlays
Added button in Web Camera menu which opens a pop up window with images of all webcams within current google map view
Added Fire Weather Menu under Map Overlays
- Utah Spots
- National Spots (relocated from "Map Overlays" section)
- IMETS (relocated from "Other Overlays" drop down menu)
- WFAS data
Removed all 24 hour max/min and potential verification plots
- Found this data was not really 24 hour max/min. Working with MesoWest to create the appropriate datasets and hopefully turn these plots back on soon
August 2010
Added the following menus under Map Overlays...
- Flash Flood Menu
- SLC Flash Flood Events
- National Parks
- Campgrounds
- 2010 SLC Burn Scars
- Contacts Menu
- SLC Spotters
- SLC Outdoor Events
- Park Contacts
- Aviation Menu
- SLC TAF Vicinity Rings
- TAF forecasts and guidance
Added Hover Web Camera Overlay...
- Cameras available for much of the interior west
- Option to add UDOT and Las Vegas FAST cameras appear below the map
- Can clear display of data by selecting "NO DATA" from Data Display drop down menu
Added following data displays...
- Buoy temperatures
- Buoy wave heights
- Buoy swell heights
- Buoy swell periods
- 24 hour max temperatures
- 24 hour min temperatures
- 24 hour max relative humidity
- 24 hour min relative humidity
- 24 hour max wind gusts
- Potential RFW Verification* Based on having 1 ob in last 24 hours with wind gusts and rh, which may not be from the same ob
- Potential Frost/Freeze Verification* Based on lowest temperature during the last 24 hours
Formatted the Data Display and Other Overlays drop down menus
June 2010
Made following changes to Map Overlays...
- Added Interstates
- Added Utah National Parks
- Added 2010 Utah Burn Scars
Added "Other Overlays" Drop Down menu for future expansion
May 2010
Made following changes to Map Overlays...
- Added Spot Forecasts across the CONUS
- Added IMET Locations
- Added NWS Short Fused Warnings
- Added AHPS River Levels
- Removed Utah Spot Forecasts
Added following data displays...
- Show No Data (allows user to view overlays without data)
April 2010
Added following data displays...
- Temperatures
- DewPoints
- DewPoint Depressions
- Marine Gust Monitor
- RH
March 2010
Added data filter slider bars
Added keyboard shortcuts for the google map, to activate click on the map
- up, down, left, right: Moves the map continuously while the key is pressed. Two keys can be pressed simultaneously in order to move diagonally.
- page down, page up, home, end: Pans the map by 3/4 its size in the corresponding direction, with a nice animation. This corresponds to the arrow buttons in the GLargeMapControl and the GSmallMapControl.
- +, -: Zooms one level in or out, respectively. This corresponds to the + and - buttons in the GLargeMapControl and the GSmallMapControl.
Added following data displays...
- Reported Weather
- Flight Category
- Visibility
- Ceiling
- Road Temperatures
- Wind Chill
- Heat Index
- Fire Weather Monitor
- AWW Gust Monitor (SLC criteria = 30 mph, elevation<6500ft only)
- Convective Gust Monitor
- Synoptic Gust Monitor (looks at both sustained winds and gust to find the color category, plots the gust)