WEBSITE AND/OR WEATHER STATION UPDATES/UPGRADES
2014


05 April 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
  • Added, at request of visitors, the following Tennessee Counties in the Watch/Warning/Advisory notifications:
    • Chester County
    • Haywood County
    • Perry County
    • Tipton County
    Any active Watch/Warning/Advisories will now be included in the advisory notification box at top of the main page and other locations as coded effective immediately.
08 April 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
  • Taking Weather Server offline this evening to update hardware. Anticipated time should be offline to be about 4-6 hours total.
  • Updated and made minor code changes on all Detail & Summary pages for a more uniform appearance.
  • The GRLevel3 radar computer is back online. Hardware issues have been resolved. Updating to web server.
  • Updated NWS point forecast to new URL's. Thew NWS fine tuned their forecasts so had to adjust to accommodate new NWS implementations.
  • Updated to new NWS weather forecast icons.
15 March 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
  • Taking Weather Server offline this evening to update hardware. Anticipated time should be offline to be about 4-6 hours total.
  • Updated and made minor code changes on all Detail & Summary pages for a more uniform appearance.
  • The GRLevel3 radar computer is back online. Hardware issues have been resolved. Updating to web server.
  • Updated NWS point forecast to new URL's. Thew NWS fine tuned their forecasts so had to adjust to accommodate new NWS implementations.
  • Updated to new NWS weather forecast icons.
10 February 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
  • Updated and made minor code changes on all Detail & Summary pages for a more uniform appearance.
  • Due to hardware failure, the GRLevel3 radar computer is still currently out of order, thus the GRLevel3 radar page is not updating. Parts are ordered and should be repaired and back online in March 2014 due to being away from home. - Update: Still waiting on long-lost parts to arrive.
  • Updated and corrected broken image links on the Current Drought Info page.
06 February 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
  • Updated and corrected minor code errors on the River Page page.
  • Due to hardware failure, the GRLevel3 radar computer is currently out of order, thus the GRLevel3 radar page is not updating. Parts are ordered and should be repaired and back online in March 2014 due to being away from home.
  • Update the Weather Underground History page to current coding.
  • Corrected some small code issue on the Front Page for XHTML compliance.
05 January 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
02 January 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
  • Updated Fort Campbell, KY (KHPX) Ridge Radar page.
  • Added Memphis, TN (KNQA) and Paducah, KY (KPAH) Ridge Radar pages.
  • Updated all GRLevel3 Pages to reflect current radar types.
01 January 2014: Made the following enhancements to the Website:
  • Upgraded Weather Display to v10.37R Build 79.
  • Updated many scripts to the most recent versions. Too many to list.
  • Updated the Davis Vantage Pro2 "Live" Console page.
    • Added functionality to buttons that were not previously active.
    • New script adds a 24-Hour format to all graphs.
    • There is also a new feature which enables either, neither, or both Console and Table buttons to open the linked scripts in a new tab allowing more than one page to be open at once.
    • There is also a 'tooltip' to indicate which buttons will open a new tab.
    • There are a number of code revisions and refinements 'under the hood'.
  • Completed all 2013 Year End Reports.

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Interesting Weather Facts
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
The air that makes up our atmosphere exerts a pressure on the surface of the earth. This pressure is known as atmospheric pressure. Generally, the more air above an area, the higher the atmospheric pressure. Barometric pressure changes with local weather conditions, making barometric pressure an important and useful weather forecasting tool. High pressure zones are generally associated with fair weather, while low pressure zones are generally associated with poor weather. For forecasting purposes, the absolute barometric pressure value is generally less important than the change in barometric pressure. In general, rising pressure indicates improving weather conditions, while falling pressure indicates deteriorating weather conditions.