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For Tags go to: Weather Tags
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Weather topics contain an extensive list of content from highs to lows to forecasts and text descriptions about conditions. Weather data can be provided automatically when a data feed is available and can come from multiple sources. If multiple sources are used the you are able to select the source when working with the weather locations.
Weather playlists can be created and managed using
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Playlists module.
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To manage your weather forecasts in
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Chameleon, from the Home page,
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select Weather.
Add a Location
- Start typing the name of a location in the field, or expand the list to select one.
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Adding Locations
The selection of locations is no longer a feature of the Flow interface as of version 9.10.3.2 (Oct. 2017)
Instead the locations are added via the weather reader apps themselves.
Manage Selected Forecast Location and Details
You can manage existing location forecasts at any time as follows:
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Select a Location | Select a defined location from the list to manage by clicking on it in the dropdown location list. |
Edit Location Name | You can change the default name of the location if you prefer to use a different name in the broadcast. The original name will be remembered and can be viewed via the tooltip when hovering over the location name. |
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Manual Overrides | You can configure each forecast day for a manual override or automatic data feed. This functionality is most useful for overriding data from the data feed by switching to manual when required.
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Indicates a manual feed. When set to manual, even when a data feed exists, this particular forecast is not updated until someone manually updates the data. Click to convert the forecast into a data feed.
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Indicates a data feed. Manual data entry is possible; however, data will be updated by the data feed the next time it automatically updates. This feature allows you to make temporary manual changes before the next update. Click to convert the forecast into a manual feed. | |
Manage Data Source For All Forecasts | You can set all forecasts for the location to manual or automatic data feed at once. Click an icon to toggle all to one feed type or the other. Click OK to confirm.  |
Remove a Location |
Removing a location also removes it from playlists that include that location.
This can only be done in the readers as of version 9.10.3.2 (Oct. 2017) | |
Old Data Indicator | A old data indicator light tells you that at least one of your forecast days has stale, out-of-date data that requires your attention. |
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By default, this icon appears when weather data is more than three (3) hours old, though this stale data value is system configurable (Weather > Hours Before Old) . Contact Bannister Lake Support for assistance. | |
Refresh Weather Data | Click Refresh at any time to update the the weather for the locations list. This will retrieve the data that was last provided by the data reader. |
Configurable Preferences
All these preferences are prefixed with the word Weather for easy searching in the preferences module.
Auto Edit Mode
When true the forecasts are automatically in edit mode when selected.
Distance Units
The units used for distances - kilometers (km) or miles (mi)
Hours Before Old
The number of hours from the last update before a weather forecast is considered old and flagged.
Pressure Units
The units used to report barometric pressure - kPa or inHg or mb or hPa.
Temperature Scale
The scale can be configured to be either Fahrenheit or Celsius
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Wind Speed Units
The wind speed units support metric and standard units. It can be
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This is set in the preference module using Preference key = WindSpeedUnits and using mph or kph as the value.
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