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Snow not displaying
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:14 pm
by alien1
I just wanted to report that there is a warm spell in S.E. New York state. It's 55°F with at least 6 inches of snow on the ground from the last blizzard yet yowindow displays a naked landscape. Doesn't look like it will be all melted anytime soon either. Just bringing it to your attention.
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:55 pm
by ikarus1969
Would you mind telling us the location so we can check the season-maps?
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:12 pm
by alien1
No I wouldn't mind. The location is in Newburgh NY.
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:54 pm
by FvE
According to
http://yowindow.com/help.html#season_algorithm it does exactly what it should.
When the temperature is more or equal to +5°C (41°F), YoWindow thinks that all the snow has melted and displays naked season instead of winter.
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:49 pm
by alien1
That's why I'm reporting it. Because I think it's a bug and the program needs to be tweaked. After all, the main function of this app is to show what is happening outside your window hence the name YoWindow. Don't you agree?
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:07 am
by FvE
Well, this has been discussed several times.
Most recently under
http://site2.yowindow.com/forum/viewtop ... 25&start=0
All I can say is, this is how it works.
It's not so easy to change this algorithm, but if the guys from YoWindows see any options to do so I'm sure they will.
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:21 am
by alien1
I know, I read some of the threads and even commented in one of them. I just thought I would report it in the bugs forum so the developers are more aware of it. Sorry if a similar situation has already been posted here.
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:31 am
by FvE
Ahh, OK, Sorry,
I thought you were asking for an explanation.
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:38 am
by alien1
No, I made my post pretty clear. By the way, there's still around 3 to 4 inches of snow on the ground from a 15 to 20 inch blizzard we had in this area and it's still 46°F here so still a naked landscape at 6:38 PM EST.
Re: Snow not displaying
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:54 am
by ikarus1969
alien1 wrote:After all, the main function of this app is to show what is happening outside your window hence the name YoWindow. Don't you agree?
No.
YoWindow don't have a webcam behind every YoWindow-users-window at home so it has to use some algorithm and data delivered by external stations like airports (metar-stations) and other meteorological services (like
http://yr.no).
Or do you expect Coca-Cola to have cocain as one of its ingredients?
