About WeatherLancer
WeatherLancer displays observations from WeatherFlow/Tempest weather stations using the WeatherFlow/Tempest API. WeatherLancer is an independent project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by WeatherFlow/Tempest.
Sources
Weather Station Observations: WeatherFlow/Tempest.
Sunrise & Sunset: NOAA/USNO solar-position formulas.
U.S. Forecasts: NWS / NOAA.
Worldwide Forecasts: Open-Meteo.
U.S. Watches & Warnings: NWS alert data.
U.S. Severe Outlooks: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.
U.S. Drought Maps: U.S. Drought Monitor GIS data.
U.S. Drought Outlook: NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Center.
Rain Forecasts: NOAA/WPC QPF data.
U.S. Rainfall Totals: rainfall estimates from NOAA/NWS RFC QPE.
U.S. Temp & Precip Outlooks: temperature and precipitation outlooks from NOAA/CPC.
CoCoRaHS Local Reports: community daily rain and snow observations.
Global Radar & Nowcast: LibreWXR.
U.S. Plant Hardiness Zones: 2023 map data from USDA/ARS + OSU/PRISM.
Contact
For errors, glitches, or suggestions:
Lance@WeatherLancer.com
Recent Changes
- v0.18.3 — Stabilized CoCoRaHS bucket placement, preserved wider-map station selection, and polished the very-narrow-phone map header and Global Radar controls.
- v0.18.2 — Polished Layers menu control and close behavior.
- v0.18.1 — Added total daylight/nighttime duration to Dash.
- v0.18.0 — Added U.S. Plant Hardiness Zones.
- v0.17.4 — Refined tap-location marker visibility.
- v0.17.3 — Updated tap-location marker style.
- v0.17.2 — Matched Outlooks layer label order.
- v0.17.1 — Hid legacy U.S. Radar & renamed U.S. Outlooks.
- v0.17.0 — Added U.S. Temperature & Precipitation Outlooks.
- v0.16.0 — Added U.S. Rainfall Totals.
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- v0.15.1 — Refined CoCoRaHS rainfall rounding.
- v0.15.0 — Added CoCoRaHS Local Reports.
- v0.14.4 — Added worldwide forecasts.
- v0.14.3 — Added metric rain forecast labels.
- v0.14.2 — Added Global Radar & Nowcast.
- v0.14.1 — Improved first-run fallback map guidance.
- v0.14.0 — WeatherLancer Friends Beta Release.
- v0.13.17 — Refined Radar speed controls and card layout.
- v0.13.16 — Added Radar playback speed controls.
- v0.13.15 — Repaired Radar 4h range truth and timeline positioning.
- v0.13.14 — Pre-release About and Radar polish.
- v0.13.13 — Refined Radar crossfade and control-card layout.
- v0.13.12 — Polished Radar control card and playback timing.
- v0.13.11 — Smoothed Radar crossfade; merged playback controls.
- v0.13.10 — Smoothed Radar playback; added slim map controls.
- v0.13.9 — Prototyped animated U.S. Radar playback.
- v0.13.8 — Tightened compact map info panel widths.
- v0.13.7 — Added Rain Forecast tap info panels.
- v0.13.6 — Added Severe Outlook tap info panels.
- v0.13.5 — Repaired Drought Monitor tap info panels.
- v0.13.4 — Added Drought Monitor tap info panels.
- v0.13.3 — Added Drought Monitor Current/Outlook toggle.
- v0.13.2 — Prototyped U.S. Severe Outlook overlay.
- v0.13.1 — Reordered Map Layers for storm-season priority.
- v0.13.0 — Prototyped static U.S. Radar overlay.
- v0.12.30 — Polished Watches & Warnings panel placement.
- v0.12.29 — Simplified Watches & Warnings alert panels.
- v0.12.28 — Polished Watches & Warnings alert details.
- v0.12.27 — Added Watches & Warnings alert details.
- v0.12.26 — Standardized active layer legend source links.
- v0.12.25 — Polished Watches & Warnings source display.
- v0.12.24 — Prototyped U.S. Watches & Warnings overlay.
- v0.12.23 — Removed detailed Forecast swipe navigation.
- v0.12.22 — Added detailed Forecast arrow navigation.
- v0.12.21 — Added detailed Forecast swipe navigation.
- v0.12.20 — Reordered future Map Layers.
- v0.12.19 — Standardized Map legend source links.
- v0.12.18 — Restored Map legend link styling.
- v0.12.17 — Added source links to map legends.
- v0.12.16 — Polished Map legend alignment and layering.
- v0.12.15 — Added context-sensitive Map source legends.
- v0.12.14 — Restored Layers curtain spacing on large phones.
- v0.12.13 — Tuned Layers curtain width and click close.
- v0.12.12 — Tightened Layers curtain for small phones.
- v0.12.11 — Added Clear Layers control.
- v0.12.10 — Polished station visibility toggle styling.
- v0.12.9 — Polished Map Layers selection controls.
- v0.12.8 — Added Rain Forecast period selector.
- v0.12.7 — Added WPC rain forecast layer prototype.
- v0.12.6 — Corrected Drought Monitor layer source.
- v0.12.5 — Added U.S. Drought Monitor layer prototype.
- v0.12.4 — Restored Layers curtain overlay styling.
- v0.12.3 — Tuned Map Layers side-curtain styling.
- v0.12.2 — Redesigned Map Layers as side curtain.
- v0.12.1 — Polished Map Layers control styling.
- v0.12.0 — Added Map Layers control framework.
- v0.11.6 — Streamlined About page source links.
- v0.11.5 — Added adaptive distributed Map density.
- v0.11.4 — Rebalanced distributed Map gaps after pan.
- v0.11.3 — Reset distributed Map selection on zoom.
- v0.11.2 — Reduced distributed Map pill churn.
- v0.11.1 — Tuned distributed Map station selection.
- v0.11.0 — Prototyped distributed Map station selection.
- v0.10.15 — Added Forecasted Enhancements.
- v0.10.14 — Extended period Forecast to full week.
- v0.10.13 — Added sunrise/sunset separator glyphs.
- v0.10.12 — Added Forecast retry, shorter failure cache.
- v0.10.11 — Added Favorites carousel guidance card.
- v0.10.10 — Polished sunrise/sunset Forecast separators.
- v0.10.9 — Added sunrise/sunset to hourly Forecast strip.
- v0.10.8 — Extended hourly Forecast strip to 24 hours.
- v0.10.7 — Corrected hourly day-night forecast icons.
- v0.10.6 — Added hourly Forecast detail taps.
- v0.10.5 — Added Map Forecast Peek.
- v0.10.4 — Polished popup buttons and Forecast hint.
- v0.10.3 — Added FCST to popup action row.
- v0.10.2 — Added Forecast detail hint.
- v0.10.1 — Included Home in Area carousel.
- v0.10.0 — Included Home in Fave carousel.
- v0.9.45 — Improved tiny-phone Forecast readability.
- v0.9.44 — Small-phone Forecast layout and hourly times.
- v0.9.43 — Polished phone Forecast layout.
- v0.9.42 — Refined Forecast responsive layout.
- v0.9.41 — Improved Forecast readability.
- v0.9.40 — Added hourly Forecast strip.
- v0.9.39 — Simplified Forecast summary cards.
- v0.9.38 — Improved mobile Forecast strip sizing.
- v0.9.37 — Simplified focused Forecast details.
- v0.9.36 — Polished focused Forecast navigation.
- v0.9.35 — Polished Humidity gauge labels.
- v0.9.34 — Improved forecast card readability.
- v0.9.33 — Fixed forecast strip touch scrolling.
- v0.9.32 — Polished NWS forecast card layout.
- v0.9.31 — Improved NWS forecast coordinate handling.
- v0.9.30 — Added NWS forecast cards.
- v0.9.29 — Matched FCST button styling.
- v0.9.28 — Improved Forecast panel flip animation.
- v0.9.26 — Added Forecast button and panel flip prototype.
- v0.9.25 — Rounded catalog coordinates.
- v0.9.24 — Additional privacy improvements.
- v0.9.23 — Improved privacy and error handling.
- v0.9.22 — Polished Sunlight gauge labels.
- v0.9.21 — Added expandable version history.
- v0.9.20 — Fine-tuned Wind gauge alignment.
- v0.9.19 — Fine-tuned Wind gauge ring.
- v0.9.18 — Matched Wind gauge ring thickness.
- v0.9.17 — Matched Wind gauge visuals.
- v0.9.16 — Clarified sunrise/sunset acknowledgement.
- v0.9.15 — Added Sunrise & Sunset parameters.
- v0.9.14 — Wind gauge vertical alignment.
- v0.9.13 — Wind gauge styling improvements.
- v0.9.12 — Dash favorite actions and button layout.
- v0.9.11 — Improved iOS Home Screen install guidance.
- v0.9.10 — Polished mobile guidance.
- v0.9.9 — Mobile install/location welcome and fallback.
- v0.9.8 — Added sunrise/sunset day-night gauge.
- v0.9.7 — Removed obsolete helpers.
- v0.9.6 — Code audit and trimmed recent changes.
- v0.9.5 — Delayed non-reporting messages.
- v0.9.4 — Added non-reporting station messaging.
- v0.9.3 — Added About and attribution page.
Forecasted Enhancements
WeatherLancer Friends may continue to explore:
- Smarter zoomed-out map station selection
- Map layers such as radar, rain forecast, and snow forecast
- More Favorite and travel-oriented tools
- Additional forecast polish and comparison features
- Worldwide forecast options for future expansion
Created by WeatherLancer, from the ChemLancer workshop, with curiosity, persistence, and help from AI-assisted coding tools.