[ale] putting a weather radar window on your screen

[Rich Faulkner]

Actually I use Weather Report (v2.32.1.1) on 11.04 and set the weather
radar map to any static image I want.  It auto updates and is tucked
away nice and neat in my top panel of Gnome2.  Many ways to get there
from here!  Cheers........RinL


On Thu, 2011-11-03 at 16:52 -0400, Ron Frazier wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> A few months back, I wrote in with a question about how to put a live 
> weather radar image on your screen.  I've found a pretty good method 
> which I wanted to share.  This will provide a scalable near real time 
> (15 min) weather radar image in a Firefox window.  This will work on any 
> PC that's running Adobe Flash, whether Linux or Windows.
> 
> * Open up a new Firefox window and go to this address: 
> http://www.accuweather.com/enhanced-radar.asp
> 
> * If you're using something like NoScript to block scripting, you'll 
> have to trust this domain name.  Also, go into the Firefox preferences 
> screen under the content tab, and allow an exception for this site for 
> popup windows.  Then, go into the privacy tab and allow an exception for 
> cookies and set status to allow.  I don't know if the last two items are 
> strictly necessary, but I always do that for sites I trust which may not 
> work without popups or cookies.
> 
> * If you wish, resize the radar browser window to fit in the corner of 
> your screen, for example.  Don't worry if the radar image doesn't fit.
> 
> * Now use the Firefox zoom feature to adjust the size of the displayed 
> image so it fits the window.  Either use the the View menu, Zoom, Zoom 
> In or Zoom Out; or press CTRL - or CTRL + to zoom the radar image.  
> Firefox will remember the settings for this site unless you clear site 
> preferences data.
> 
> * Scroll to the top of the window and enter your zip code into the 
> "Enter Location" field.  This will center the radar image on your city.
> 
> * Once you have it the right size, use the scroll bars to adjust it's 
> position
> 
> * Use the on screen + / - buttons to set the scale for the radar map.  I 
> find that 250 miles works well.
> 
> All that is really harder to say than it is to do.  Once you're done, 
> you'll have a continuously updated radar image.  Every so often, you'll 
> have to hit the refresh button.  Most of the time, it refreshes every 5 
> minutes.  The actual radar data updates every 15 minutes though.  Close 
> this window before closing your main browsing window.  Otherwise, you'll 
> get a very small main browser window next time you open Firefox.
> 
> You can also get the ForecastFox plugin to put weather data at the 
> bottom or top of any browser window.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 


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