Weather Clock

Try it here: https://walles.github.io/weatherclock/

Displays the weather forecast for the upcoming 11 hours for the current location on a clock face. On clear nights it shows northern ligths forecasts.

It shows temperature where ordinary clocks show hour numbers, and weather symbols for each hour.

You can force a position using query parameters ?latitude=...&longitude=....

Clock Face Graphics

To update the clock face graphics:

• Edit src/images/clock-frame.blend using Blender
• Render and save as public/clock-frame.png

Favicon

To update the favicon:

• Edit src/images/weatherclock.xcf using GIMP
• Overwrite the following files with your changes:
  • public/favicon.ico
  • public/logo192.png
  • public/logo512.png
• Commit changes to src/weatherclock.xcf and the icons in public/

Northern Lights Icons

To update the northern lights icons:

• Edit src/images/aurora-icon.blend using Blender
• Render icons into public/aurora-high.png and public/aurora-low.png

Deploy

To deploy updates:

npm run deploy

Proxy

Since <yr.no>'s REST API doesn't (or didn't) support being run from browsers, there's a Google Cloud Function proxying the requests. Source code lives in the proxy directory.

TODO

• Tick the hands automatically
• Consider now-vs-tomorrow dropdown placement on both narrow and tall screen layouts.
• Make the now-vs-tomorrow dropdown more visible?
• Report a page view each time the page becomes visible. Do we get an initial visibility event on page load?
• Report geolocation and weather download timings to Google Analytics
• Remove the Update button since updates should now be automatic

DONE

• Test the geolocation-failed dialog, including its Retry button until it works to my satisfaction. To improve it somebody needs to explain to me how.
• Don't advertise we're downloading new forecasts if we already have them
• Keep the existing forecast if:
  • It is recent enough
  • We haven't moved too far
• If the user hides and re-shows the web page, update it
• Re-add Google Analytics
• Add a "Now" vs "Tomorrow" dropdown in the top right corner.

NOT DOING

• Consider moving some logic from componentDidMount() and componentDidUpdate() into render(). Won't work; render() is not allowed to touch state or props.
• Re-add Facebook Share Button.

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