Page 3 of 5
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 05/12/2012 19:42
by iomkiwi
I would just like to welcome Whakatane to Northland, obviously will only be up here for a short visit
http://beta.metservice.com/rural/northland
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 05/12/2012 19:45
by Orion
Whatever!
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 05/12/2012 21:06
by ricky
Best thing for me are the sliders on the time series maps.. so much better than the prev/next buttons!
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 07:00
by tgsnoopy
I'm being very frustrated trying to look at Radar and Rain Forecast images that are only a fraction of what they should be. Like the software generating them has an error and only produces 5 to 20% of the image. Is it just me or are others experiencing it too?
http://www.metservice.com/national/maps ... w-zealand#
http://www.metservice.com/national/maps ... cast-3-day
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 07:42
by Manukau heads obs
do you mean for low cloud drizzle not showing up very well (limation of when the beam is going above those low topped rain clouds)?
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 07:43
by Manukau heads obs
Best thing for me are the sliders on the time series maps.. so much better than the prev/next buttons!
agree
very nice
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 08:16
by tgsnoopy
Manukau heads obs wrote:do you mean for low cloud drizzle not showing up very well (limation of when the beam is going above those low topped rain clouds)?
No, you get a portion of the image at top and the majority blank.
Examples:
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 08:17
by David
tgsnoopy wrote:Manukau heads obs wrote:do you mean for low cloud drizzle not showing up very well (limation of when the beam is going above those low topped rain clouds)?
No, you get a portion of the image at top and the majority blank.
Examples:
The full images are showing up for me
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 08:18
by tgsnoopy
Interesting. Just thought it might be my browser, so used Internet Exploder. Still happening but at a different point in the image.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 08:24
by tgsnoopy
Bizzare... Maybe I should blame my ISP? Weird thing is, reloading the image multiple times in each browser causes the same failure at the same point. The forecast image I chose in Exploder is complete.
Firefox.GIF
Exploder.GIF
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Thu 06/12/2012 17:04
by Michael
Why is metservice 3pm 3 hourly readings often stuck on noon values well after the update time? also wheres cookstown?
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Sat 08/12/2012 05:53
by Richard
This mornings forecast for Canterbury plains
Becoming fine this morning, with high cloud.
fine is no cloud,isn't it??
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Sat 08/12/2012 06:15
by Nev
MetService - Forecast Terminology
Fine: Dry weather during which conditions are mostly sunny or bright. Even if there are scattered clouds or a thin veil of high cloud over the sky, shadows are cast by the sun most of the time.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Sat 08/12/2012 09:43
by Richard
fair enough
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 10:47
by jamie
Seems like the new site is now live. It wasnt just an hour ago but it is now.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 10:51
by David
jamie wrote:Seems like the new site is now live. It wasnt just an hour ago but it is now.
So they have switched over before it is even finished - no historical data. Good one metservice
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 11:42
by Orion
I'm missing seeing the location of all towns plotted on a map - the names are there, but no 'X marking the spot', as it were.
Not the best if one is unfamiliar with an area.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 12:45
by jamie
for some reason their daily high for places do not match the hourly forecast high temps. Eg Hamilton has a forecast high of 22 today. However the highest temp in the hourly forecast is 21.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 18:52
by Storm Struck
Nice new set up i like how the warnings are at the top of the page, which is important for people to see when visiting the website.
When i looked at the Canterbury rain radar i thought ohh no they havnt got rid of the 120km zoomed in radar have they, but on closer inspection its up the top theres a 300km one as well.
Which is good because you can see whats coming up the island and then zoom in for closer regional areas of isolated activity.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 19:54
by CHCH Weather Chaser
Jasestorm wrote:When i looked at the Canterbury rain radar i thought ohh no they havnt got rid of the 120km zoomed in radar have they, but on closer inspection its up the top theres a 300km one as well.Which is good because you can see whats coming up the island and then zoom in for closer regional areas of isolated activity.
The older website had both the 120km and 300km options. Your right in the way it is better with the warnings on the main page. Not sure I am a big fan of the new set up though, I think the data is slightly more complicated to read. The new website doesnt really have any new functions - it is just portrayed differently. To be fair I think I liked the older site more. Mind you, it might grow on me.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 20:27
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Where is the weather forecast for New Zealand on the new Website?
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 20:28
by CHCH Weather Chaser
You have to go under towns and cities and then down the bottom John.
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 20:37
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:You have to go under towns and cities and then down the bottom John.
?
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 20:37
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:You have to go under towns and cities and then down the bottom John.
There's nothing there ??
Re: MetService Website (2012)
Posted: Wed 12/12/2012 20:40
by CHCH Weather Chaser
Are you talking about the brief new Zealand forecast? If you hold the mouse on towns and cities tab and look towards bottom after all the towns listing you'll see 3 additional options there. This is somewhat why its a little more complex in its set up.