BeWeather 3 for iPhone

[bdtrader]

Re: BeWeather v3 (Beta) for iPhone

I checked this and I think this is the problem: As I mentioned earlier weather alerts in the app come through the DarkSky service but our alert notifications come directly from the NWS.

In your case the Flood Warning seems to be wrong and not apply to your location (You can double check by looking up your location on other weather services and the NWS).

So DarkSky is supplying us with wrong data. As we poll the NWS for the alert notification and they do not show the Flood Warning for you location you never received a push notification for this.

EDIT: We do not send any precipitation notifications like DarkSky.

There is a flood warning for my location on the NWS: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsi...Warning&lat=42.1946&lon=-88.1502#.XJf_Fi2ZNGE

Do you plan to send precipitation alerts in the future?

Thanks.

 

[pfluger]

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There is a flood warning for my location on the NWS: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsi...Warning&lat=42.1946&lon=-88.1502#.XJf_Fi2ZNGE

Do you plan to send precipitation alerts in the future?

Thanks.

I just checked. The link in your post uses the geolocation 42.1946,-88.1502. I checked against the NWS API service where our server gets the data from and it does return both the advisory and the warning for that location.

The lat/lon our servers got from BeWeather on your phone is slightly different though. (Not posting it here for privacy reasons). For that location there is only the advisory.

Is this the GPS 'My Location' in BeWeather or a manually entered one?

Regarding precipitation alerts. There are currently no plans but if we decide to add them they would have to be part of a premium subscription service.

 

[bdtrader]

Re: BeWeather v3 (Beta) for iPhone

I just checked. The link in your post uses the geolocation 42.1946,-88.1502. I checked against the NWS API service where our server gets the data from and it does return both the advisory and the warning for that location.

The lat/lon our servers got from BeWeather on your phone is slightly different though. (Not posting it here for privacy reasons). For that location there is only the advisory.

Is this the GPS 'My Location' in BeWeather or a manually entered one?

Regarding precipitation alerts. There are currently no plans but if we decide to add them they would have to be part of a premium subscription service.

This GPS was from 'My location'. I did not manually enter it.

I do get the warning shown in the app, just not an alert. It seems like it should be consistent so if the app shows the warning then it should get an alert. If my location should not get a warning then it should not show in the app.

I just deleted the app and reinstalled it and the warning shows up in the app. I just let the app select my location.

Please let me know if you need more info.

Thanks.

 

[pfluger]

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This GPS was from 'My location'. I did not manually enter it.

I do get the warning shown in the app, just not an alert. It seems like it should be consistent so if the app shows the warning then it should get an alert. If my location should not get a warning then it should not show in the app.

I just deleted the app and reinstalled it and the warning shows up in the app. I just let the app select my location.

Please let me know if you need more info.

Thanks.

Yes, we will probably have to replace the DarkSky supplied alerts in the app with the NWS ones we use for the notifications to make ensure this is consistent.

DarkSky might match locations differently to the weather alert zones that leads to these inconsistencies.

There is one other possibility what might have caused this. Currently BeWeather supplies our alert notification server with the GPS location when you open the app. When in the background there are no GPS updates.

So if you move and never open BeWeather up again we still have that old GPS location and will send alerts for that location only.

 

[bdtrader]

Re: BeWeather v3 (Beta) for iPhone

After reinstalling BE3 it does not let me select custom icons.

 

[bdtrader]

Re: BeWeather v3 (Beta) for iPhone

Yes, we will probably have to replace the DarkSky supplied alerts in the app with the NWS ones we use for the notifications to make ensure this is consistent.

DarkSky might match locations differently to the weather alert zones that leads to these inconsistencies.

There is one other possibility what might have caused this. Currently BeWeather supplies our alert notification server with the GPS location when you open the app. When in the background there are no GPS updates.

So if you move and never open BeWeather up again we still have that old GPS location and will send alerts for that location only.

This makes sense.

In my situation I don't think it was the last possibility. I have been in the same location.

 

[ThePinkChameleon]

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I finally got a weather alert yesterday

 

[Annie_M]

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Im glad you got an alert and hope that everyone stays safe. And I now realize that no news is good news - no alerts means no bad weather!

 

[McGyver98N]

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I got my first notification

 

[ThePinkChameleon]

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Im glad you got an alert and hope that everyone stays safe. And I now realize that no news is good news - no alerts means no bad weather!

Thanks Annie !

Update: I’ve been getting alerts now almost daily. idk if that’s good or bad LOL

 

[Annie_M]

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Thanks Annie !

Update: I’ve been getting alerts now almost daily. ??????idk if that’s good or bad LOL

Me either!!! Hope your weather settles down soon!

 

[truenorthstrong]

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Me either!!! Hope your weather settles down soon!

I have never received a notification from Be Weather :concern: I have my set to all, and yes notifications are turned on my iphone X

 

[scryber]

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Radar is showing a lot of patchy precipitation that doesn't exist... showing the radar from Dark Sky for comparison

 

[Annie_M]

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Radar is showing a lot of patchy precipitation that doesn't exist... showing the radar from Dark Sky for comparison
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I'm experiencing the same thing.

 

[bdtrader]

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@pfluger
There is a very minor issue with the Black theme. When you scroll down to the bottom section the background changes to a very dark blue and is no longer pure black.

 

[Ledsteplin]

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Radar is showing a lot of patchy precipitation that doesn't exist... showing the radar from Dark Sky for comparison
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I don't see that for my location. But do for your area. Also don't see it for your area in other apps. Could be ground clutter causing it with the radar there.

 

[pfluger]

Re: BeWeather v3 (Beta) for iPhone

A new beta is out. This version should fix all the legacy iconset issues. It will replace wind with a sunny/clear icon if the iconset does not have a wind icon.

 

[bdtrader]

Re: BeWeather v3 (Beta) for iPhone

I just loaded the new beta and I still cannot select a weather icon set from the list. I deleted my existing app before installing the new beta.

 

[truenorthstrong]

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So do notifications only work for current location on? So my phone has to have location services on for it to work? It does not work for first location in the app?

 

[pfluger]

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So do notifications only work for current location on? So my phone has to have location services on for it to work? It does not work for first location in the app?

Notifications work for whatever location is first on the list. Does not matter if it is the gps location or a manually entered one.