We are pleased to announce the latest website update, bringing several enhancements to provide you with more comprehensive externally sourced weather information. Here is a summary of the changes made in version 2.1.0:
New Forecasts and Observations
- Added a new page (Bureau Of Meteorology 7 day Forecast) to view forecasts from different locations
- Included five multiple day location forecast pages from different sources, namely being AerisWeather, OpenWeatherMap, PirateWeather, VisualCrossing, and Wunderground.
- Added new UV forecast page displaying UV forecasts from the Tropospheric Emission Monitoring Internet Service (TEMIS).
- Added a new page presenting various numerical weather model outputs for various parameters from SpotWx.
- Included a new page of presenting the Blizortung map of lightning detections.
- Introduced a new page displaying METAR weather reports from airports in and around the region.
- Added a new page presenting Australia and world weather extremes.
- Included a new page showing a map of significant earthquakes in the Oceania region.
- Added global and region mesomap pages showing affiliated weather network member stations.
Navigation Improvements
- Added additional header navigation items to accommodate the new content.
- Removed Dark Sky forecast pages, which are no longer functional, and replaced them with the new forecast pages.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where page scripts were not being loaded within the blog.
- Corrected an unresolved issue of sun/night banding on some graphs, ensuring correct sun/night banding is applied when data is missing.
- Improved the fix for the issue where the calm icon is not shown in calm winds on the home page.
- Fixed an issue with the graph buttons on Website Analytics, ensuring they are upgraded for Bootstrap 5.
- Addressed an issue with Data Upload Status on System Status page not showing the correct colour mode.
Enhancements:
- Implemented the load of theme and color mode to content after the page has loaded (required for the new Bom forecast page).
Homepage Changes:
- Changed the home page BoM forecast to use Ferny Grove forecast instead of the Brisbane forecast.
- Added to the home page BoM forecast for the Brisbane area and possible rainfall details as an on-hover feature for further information.
We appreciate your continued support and hope that these updates are useful additions to our website. If you encounter any issues or have feedback, please don’t hesitate to reach out.