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Post by wxryanrogers on Sept 3, 2013 15:56:15 GMT
After much hard work and teeth gnashing by Brandon it appears that the GRLevelX placefiles are back up to speed after the GoDaddy server migration. Please use this area to discuss anything pertaining to placefile operation. Brandon has put a lot of work into this site and the placefiles so he is continually striving to make them as functional and efficient as possible. If you notice any errors please post in the 'errors and bugs' subforum. If you have any observations that are not currently included and would like to add them to the list please use the METAR observation site request portion of the forum to make requests. Now that redteamwx is hosted on a Linux server there is significant potential for new and exciting products from redteamwx so stay tuned!
-Ryan Rogers
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Post by tvkbvk on Nov 22, 2013 3:52:49 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 30, 2013 4:05:44 GMT
Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it! With the link you've provided, I could definitely write a placefile for the coded surface frontal positions. Honestly I'm not a huge fan of that particular product. Errors in the coded frontal positions quickly increase with time after issuance and map analysis is quite subjective (depends on forecaster skill/experience). Given the aforementioned issues and the limited 'geographic scope' of GRLevelX, I'm not sure how useful this type of placefile would be. Having said that, I'm open to creating one and perhaps once I see one in use it will change my mind. What would you use this placefile for, in particular? Have you used other codsus placefiles? If so, is there anything that you would change with existing codsus placefiles to improve them?
-Brandon V.
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Post by tvbvk on Nov 30, 2013 18:38:44 GMT
In the past SFP was offered at Michigan weather systems. As I recall he took it down because of bandwidth usage. The service was sold to Allison House where it is part of their pay packages.
My use...I like to leave Grleve3 running with the satellite placefile, and your metars, as a aware screen. The frontal positions would be nice, but I understand your issues with accuracy.
Tom
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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2013 21:57:08 GMT
I've spent some time on a codsus placefile recently and have the "High" and "Low" positions plotting properly, so, just a matter of time before I get the line statements for the frontal positions. I'll have to figure out the best way to plot the high/low positions and fronts. If you'd like to see an example of what I've done so far, go to: www.redteamwx.com/codsus.jpgI can't say when or even if I may finish, but, I'll keep you posted.. -B |
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Post by Tom on Dec 5, 2013 23:58:15 GMT
Thanks for the effort, just keep me posted if you continue on.
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Post by chinook on Jul 24, 2014 20:18:32 GMT
The METAR placefiles have been very helpful! Here's one piece of feedback-- the upper 70's and low 80's dew points appear with text color of dark green. It is so dark that it nearly blends in with the black backround of GRLevel3. Alternatively, it may also blend in with the green backgrounds of the LANDSAT background. Dew points below 70 generally show up alright on either black or LANDSAT-background.
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Post by Admin on Apr 28, 2015 1:04:22 GMT
Chinook,
I agree, I will be reviewing the color coding on a variety of scripts in an effort to improve readability. If you have any other suggestions, just let me know.
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Post by Gui A. on May 13, 2016 5:16:37 GMT
Is there any site where I could find a tutorial on how to actually fabricate the placefiles? Any information would be much appreciated.
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Post by Mike on Dec 6, 2016 21:26:18 GMT
Hello,
I wanted to share that your placefile (http://placefiles.redteamwx.com/fullobs.php) no longer appears to work on GRLevel2 v2.6. Perhaps something changed with the latest version!
An additional question: I am operating a laptop with a 4k screen, and the placefiles display extremely small due to the resolution. Any chance that you might support these screen sizes in the future?
Thank you!
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Post by rdale on Jan 12, 2017 14:00:49 GMT
Any plans on supporting the timestamp feature so the METARs will loop?
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Post by Admin on Jan 15, 2017 1:45:29 GMT
Any plans on supporting the timestamp feature so the METARs will loop? Actually, yes haha. I just posted the following information on the main website (http://www.redteamwx.com): Here is a test script implementing the new TimeRange feature for placefiles (available on the latest GRLevel2Analyst Beta). This is my first attempt at creating a looping METAR placefile - as a result, some quirks/bugs are likely. Check it out by loading the following link into the GRLevel2Analyst placefile manager (make sure to include http:// at the beginning of the link):
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Post by rdale on Jan 15, 2017 19:52:44 GMT
Sweet - PayPal thanks was sent  |
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Post by rdale on Jan 15, 2017 19:54:36 GMT
...and it doesn't work  Pulled up GRR and only seeing two METARs in the entire state. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 19, 2017 18:07:15 GMT
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Pulled up GRR and only seeing two METARs in the entire state.