yes, on closer inspection I can see accuweather shows simulated radar, not circular radar sweeps.
To compare, the Rainviewer app does show live radar, in the circular swept area
example of Palmas (which has quite a bit of rain clouds in its area)
Rainviewer app, at Valletta there are a few clouds on the radar sweep:
hope this helps, thanks
@idefix37
I copied the links as text below. I included also the EPSG numbers (not sure if you need them or not - I have only started learning about weather radar )
Italy Data sources
http://93.62.155.214
http://www.arpae.it/sim/?osservazioni_e_dati/radar
https://mappe.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/mappe-rischi/piattaforma-radar
http://www.arpa.veneto.it/bollettini/meteo/radar/radar.php
https://www.meteo.fvg.it/
https://meteo.provincia.bz.it/radar-meteorologico.asp
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Dell'ambiente Ligure - ARPAL (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
Arpae Emilia-Romagna - Regional Agency for the prevention, environment and energy of Emilia-Romagna (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
Protezione Civile - Italian Civil Protection Department (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
ARPA Veneto - Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
ARPA FVG - Osservatorio meteorologico regionale del Friuli Venezia Giulia (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
Malta Data sources
https://www.maltairport.com/weather/radar-images/
Malta International Airport - Malta Radar Images (EPSG:4326)
In the meantime I got a screenshot from the Rainviewer App for Malta (two tiny clouds have now appeared) and to compare with Las Palmas (which has more rain in its area ). It can be seen that the clouds are not simulated radar, but live radar inside a circular swept area.
thanks
excellent work @Filip_K , the radar works like a charm!
I dont want to sound ungrateful, but is there any chance you could check if the code which is reading from Sigonella station in Sicily is receiving an error message? It is the most poweful radar in the central mediterranean.
(I arrived that it is Sigionella, from checking where the centre of the swept circle "no data" would be).
Thanks
@idefix37
I copied the links as text below. I included also the EPSG numbers (not sure if you need them or not - I have only started learning about weather radar )
Italy Data sources
http://93.62.155.214
http://www.arpae.it/sim/?osservazioni_e_dati/radar
https://mappe.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/mappe-rischi/piattaforma-radar
http://www.arpa.veneto.it/bollettini/meteo/radar/radar.php
https://www.meteo.fvg.it/
https://meteo.provincia.bz.it/radar-meteorologico.asp
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Dell'ambiente Ligure - ARPAL (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
Arpae Emilia-Romagna - Regional Agency for the prevention, environment and energy of Emilia-Romagna (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
Protezione Civile - Italian Civil Protection Department (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
ARPA Veneto - Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
ARPA FVG - Osservatorio meteorologico regionale del Friuli Venezia Giulia (EPSG:3064, EPSG:900913, EPSG:4326, EPSG:900913, EPSG:900913)
Malta Data sources
https://www.maltairport.com/weather/radar-images/
Malta International Airport - Malta Radar Images (EPSG:4326)
In the meantime I got a screenshot from the Rainviewer App for Malta (two tiny clouds have now appeared) and to compare with Las Palmas (which has more rain in its area ). It can be seen that the clouds are not simulated radar, but live radar inside a circular swept area.
thanks
yes, on closer inspection I can see accuweather shows simulated radar, not circular radar sweeps.
To compare, the Rainviewer app does show live radar, in the circular swept area
example of Palmas (which has quite a bit of rain clouds in its area)
Rainviewer app, at Valletta there are a few clouds on the radar sweep:
hope this helps, thanks
Good morning,
that rainviewer link would open the web page showing the radar view in your browser, no need to install any app. At the moment the sky is clear over the Mediterranean, when there are some clouds I will send a screenshot.
When I first opened the Rainviewer radar page, the cloud pattern looked very much like live radar and not simulated radar like that on the accuweather page.
Rainviewer also gives the source of its data:
These are the Italian sources
Windy remains my favourite app, I hope I am not coming across as critising, I am just trying to help gather information on what is currently working, and what is not to help zero in on which part in this complex system is not working. Thanks
@idefix37
Hi, from what I can see on other websites (such as rainviewer)
they are getting live radar feeds, its only Windy which has stopped displaying the data.
Rainviewer shows individual clouds, its not simulated radar, its live radar:
https://www.rainviewer.com/weather-radar-map-live.html
At the same time, Windy had also lost radar from Sigonella , this has a very large sweep of the central mediterranean. So radars A & C were both lost at the same time. only B is left, and B has a small range, and most of it over land, the central mediterranean is not covered.
compare with how it was:
Thanks
This is how the sea coverage currently looks like on Windy.
There are at least 2 radar feeds from independent sources which have both stopped.
I will share this below past image, it shows Windy reading data from 3 radars. A. B and C
Radar B has a limited range, and most of its sweep is over land. The important radars for storms coming from the south are A and C, with A (Sigonella) having a huge swept range. Both of these radars disappeared from Windy at the same time last month! This coincidence suggests that there might be an issue with Windy reading their data, rather than them both deciding to stop serving Windy at the same time.
I had a look at accuweather, and for the same region it is showing individual rain clouds, hope this helps. thanks
To explain better, I will share this past image, it shows Windy reading data from 3 radars. A. B and C
Radar B has a limited range, and most of its sweep is over land. The important radars for storms coming from the south are A and C, with A (Sigonella) having a huge swept range. Both of these radars disappeared from Windy at the same time last month! This coincidence suggests that there might be an issue with Windy reading their data, rather than them both deciding to stop serving Windy at the same time. Thanks
Its possible that Sigonella has just upgraded its system, and a new url is in place? See this article, thanks
https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/07/15/news/nuovo_radar_base_sigonella-423396850/
"Two years to get a new radar system for Sigonella Airport
by Gioacchino Amato
The Enav Group has signed a contract with Teledife for the supply, installation and commissioning of the new radar at the air base"
it is possible this post would have been better placed in the Bug Report - reproducible section?