I have now fixed an issue where some subscribers were not receiving daily forecasts. WxNotify obtains daily forecast data from the National Weather Service API, and for some users, the API was returning empty current condition data for the user’s closest reporting station. The code now looks at the 10 closest weather stations and loops …
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Duplicate Alerts
I received reports of users receiving duplicate alerts. The reason was WxNotify showed EMWIN being the primary product source, however the NWWS-OI process was also running. Will add additional monitoring so I’ll know if something like this happens again. Apologies for the inconvenience!
/grlevelx/sels error
Found an issue today that had the URL https://www.wxnotify.com/grlevelx/sels throwing a 500 error. Found that my product filtering regular expression wasn’t quite right, so I wasn’t downloading the SAW products. This resulted in the code that determines SEL coordinates to return an empty string, which made the above URL error out. I’m deploying a fix …
Subscribers with AT&T using SMS contacts not receiving text messages
I was alerted to the fact that subscribers using AT&T who have SMS contacts set up are not receiving SMS text messages. I dug deeper into this issue and found that the messages to <number>@txt.att.net are bouncing when sent from my server. Some research on the Internet resulting in several posts on AT&T forums with …
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Issue with product lists
After going live, I noticed that some pre-existing accounts are having some issues with products that don’t exist anymore. When attempting to edit the affected product list, a HTTP 500 error is being thrown. I’m working on a fix now, will update when it’s resolved. EDIT: The product list issue is fixed now. While fixing, …
New WxNotify website & service is LIVE!
I’d like to officially announce that the new WxNotify website & service is now live at www.wxnotify.com. A lot of hard work went into the redesign, and I hope everyone likes it! The Storm Prediction Center is now forecasting a Moderate Risk of severe weather today for OK, with an Enhanced Risk for OK, TX, …
Go Live tomorrow 10/10
This is a reminder that the new WxNotify website & service is going live tomorrow, Sunday October 10th around 7am Central. The system upgrade will likely be completed in the morning hours, since the Storm Prediction Center is currently forecasting an Enhanced Risk of severe weather for eastern OK and Northeastern TX. The service should …