Why is it always HEAVY SNOW?

[Skirge01]

My wife and I have both been noticing that any time there's even the slightest chance of snow in the forecast, that Gemstone shows HEAVY SNOW in the text description. I don't know if this is due to the provider of Gemstone's weather or if Gemstone is interpreting the feed wrong, but I thought I'd mention it.

[wayner]

How exactly does the algorithm for weather backgrounds work? Is this something that we can tweak ourselves?

edit - To add a bit more detail - perhaps we could have "month backgrounds" where the backgrounds would be pulled from folder 1-12 depending on the month (this has come up a few times in the forums) or even a month-day format where you can show stuff like birthday photos for family members with a birthday on a given date. Or for today you could show a Groundhog.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

My wife and I have both been noticing that any time there's even the slightest chance of snow in the forecast, that Gemstone shows HEAVY SNOW in the text description. I don't know if this is due to the provider of Gemstone's weather or if Gemstone is interpreting the feed wrong, but I thought I'd mention it.

It appears that the numeric code for heavy snow is 42 (check out the C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\STVs\Gemstone\Weather\Backgrounds\42 folder) and, as we all know, 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. QED

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

My wife and I have both been noticing that any time there's even the slightest chance of snow in the forecast, that Gemstone shows HEAVY SNOW in the text description. I don't know if this is due to the provider of Gemstone's weather or if Gemstone is interpreting the feed wrong, but I thought I'd mention it.

You are correct (as was my wife...go figure)....there was an error in how it was interpreting the code coming from wunderground.

I fixed it inside the Phoenix Core code (removed the word "Heavy"....big fix ) so the next time a new version of Phoenix Core is release the snow will get lighter

k

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

You are correct (as was my wife...go figure)....there was an error in how it was interpreting the code coming from wunderground.

I fixed it inside the Phoenix Core code (removed the word "Heavy"....big fix ) so the next time a new version of Phoenix Core is release the snow will get lighter

k

Well we have Heavy Snow here in Portland.

[samgreco]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

so the next time a new version of Phoenix Core is release the snow will get lighter

k

So it's your fault we've been getting so hammered this year?

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by samgreco

So it's your fault we've been getting so hammered this year?

Yeah, really! Same here. Talk about a coincidence...

Thanks a... ummm... ton... jusjoken.

[Fuzzy]

There's images for snow?

[samgreco]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

There's images for snow?

Now that's just evil...

[samgreco]

Oops. Double post.

[samgreco]

The heavy snow image (yes, this is looking out of my front door)? Welcome to Chi-Beria.

[Fuzzy]

I feel ya, it's one of the coldest days of the season here right now. It's my b-day, and too cold to go outside...

[samgreco]

And now, the salt... The wound wasn't enough.

Happy Birthday

[samgreco]

And the song California Dreamin' has been in my head for a month.

[Skirge01]

Come on! You gotta fix this ASAP!** We're due for another 8 inches of HEAVY SNOW on Thursday*.

Make it stop, jusjoken! For the love of God, PLEASE, MAKE IT STOP!**

* seriously
** /sarcasm

[IVB]

Don't be too jealous, he's in Riverside.

We all know NorCal is where its at :-)

[IVB]

happy day after your birthday, btw.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

Come on! You gotta fix this ASAP!** We're due for another 8 inches of HEAVY SNOW on Thursday*.

Make it stop, jusjoken! For the love of God, PLEASE, MAKE IT STOP!**

* seriously
** /sarcasm

You do realize he already fixed it? (It's now in the phoenix deployment queue... ie, I need to push out a new phoenix core update... not sure it's worth it for just a single bug fix -- Maybe if I get time this weekend, I can repackage and deploy it.)

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by stuckless

You do realize he already fixed it? (It's now in the phoenix deployment queue... ie, I need to push out a new phoenix core update... not sure it's worth it for just a single bug fix -- Maybe if I get time this weekend, I can repackage and deploy it.)

Yeah, but that would've made the joke even worse. A few of us will if the snow actually does "lighten up" after the release. Then, people can say that both jusjoken and the NFL control the weather.

[sacrament055]

Speaking of weather, did anyone else notice that the original weather provider seems to be working again? My extenders when not connected to Sage now show weather information again.