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Meteorologist Changelog

What's new in Meteorologist 3.5.2

Jun 17, 2022
  • Now requires macOS 10.13 or higher
  • Correct Cloudy icon in Visual Crossing
  • Correct mis-read of RainViewer latest timestamp - fixes crash
  • Correct bad URL reads when network connection fails - fixes crash
  • Display items that are not menus as link to source data
  • Beaufort is now a wind speed option
  • Current Radar placement corrected for "Current weather in submenu" for secondary locations
  • Add option to display Radar data
  • Add hourly forecast where available
  • Add option to display Hourly forecast
  • Add option for 24 hour hourly forecast

New in Meteorologist 3.5.1 (Jun 17, 2022)

  • Add Russian localization (Alexander)
  • Correct French and Italian localization (Ed)
  • Correct NOAA weather alert display (Ed)
  • Correct radar overlay on street map (Ed)
  • Display Alert icon vs. current weather icon if alert is present (Ed)
  • The Display Weather Icon option was not being respected (Ed)
  • Deprecated (going away soon): The Weather, AERIS Weather, WorldWeatherOnline, DarkSky, WeatherStack, AccuWeather

New in Meteorologist 3.5.0 (Jun 17, 2022)

  • Thank you for your survey feedback! (Ed)
  • Add Radar display where available (Ed)
  • NOAA provides their own maps
  • Others use RainViewer.com where possible
  • Click on the radar to see an animated view
  • Display Weather Alerts (Ed)
  • A "√" will display to indicate an alert
  • NOAA
  • VisualCrossing
  • Environment Canada
  • Correct error with VisualCrossing when city name contained a space (Ed)
  • Correct error if requested lat, long has a trailing space (Ed)
  • Correct NOAA extended Date display (Ed)
  • Italian localization (Fabrizio)
  • The following weather sources are deprecated (going away):
  • - AERIS
  • - AccuWeather
  • - Dark Sky
  • - TheWeatherAPI
  • - WorldWeatherOnline
  • - WeatherStack

New in Meteorologist 3.4.6 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Correct default city name for NOAA (Ed)
  • Add a survey question to the FAQ page (Ed)
  • (https://heat-meteo.sourceforge.io/faq.htm)
  • Add more FAQ's, notably around lat/long (Ed)

New in Meteorologist 3.4.5 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Improve reliability of current conditions for NOAA (Sam)

New in Meteorologist 3.4.4 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Replace Yahoo with VisualCrossing (ED)
  • Upgrade ClimaCell API from v3 to v4 (ED)
  • Correct Meteorological Service of Canada link (ED)

New in Meteorologist 3.4.3 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Now a Universal app for running on Apple Silicon (ED)
  • Correct a bug that was causing location services not to be activated on initial boot of macOS 11 (ED)
  • NOAA was not showing InfoLog details for URLs that were used (ED)
  • Add option under Global Units for Absolute Humidity (g/m3) vs. Relative Humidity (default) (ED)
  • Correct Yahoo pressure and wind speed (ED)
  • Temperature (feels like or current) in menu (not menu bar) will now display dual format (both C and F). Required "Display Type (C/F)" turned on. No option per sey for the dual temperature option. (ED)
  • Move QFE/QNH pressure option to Global Options (ED)

New in Meteorologist 3.4.2 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Automatically display 24 hour time if user has that System Preference set. (ED)
  • Correct a crash for first time users without a Preferences file. (ED)

New in Meteorologist 3.4.1 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Correct a problem in DarkSky that prevent current information from being displayed. (ED)
  • ClimaCell and AccuWeather require a (free) key, see Preferences/Keys. (ED)

New in Meteorologist 3.4.0 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • In preperature for DarkSky going away in 2021: (https://blog.darksky.net)
  • Add ClimaCell as a new weather data source (ED)
  • Add accuWeather as a new weather data source (ED)
  • Display Dew Point value when available (ED)
  • Adjust wait for network to come alive and tweak handling of failed network connection upon wake (ED)
  • If the current conditions cannot be accessed, the previous temperature and humidity will continue to display while all other details will be erased.
  • A retry will occur every 10 minutes until success at which time normal scheduling will return.

New in Meteorologist 3.3.4 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Now that locationManager is working, need to tone down log messages (ED)
  • Correct formatting of options for the French language. (M)

New in Meteorologist 3.3.3 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • IMPORT OhhAuth as a package like XMLCoder (ED)
  • Correct locationManger not always picking up location - 9999 (ED)

New in Meteorologist 3.3.2 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Correct build problems in 3.3.1 (ED)
  • Add option for Feels Like symbol in menu bar (ED)
  • Correct some formatting problems with NOAA weather, notably current temp (SH)
  • Feels Like symbol will only display if different from real temp (ED)

New in Meteorologist 3.3.0 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • NOAA added as a new weather source thanks to Sam Hathaway!
  • Change URL in Help
  • APIXU changed to weatherstack
  • Display ß next to Feels Like temperature in menu bar (Tr for French)
  • As always, thank you to Manfred for his French translations.

New in Meteorologist 3.2.0 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Correct crash when rotating cities and all cities are not in use
  • Correct crash if first city was empty
  • Correct crash if all locations were empty

New in Meteorologist 3.1.9 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Correct Yahoo! lookup by US ZIP code
  • Add option to display Feels Like on menu bar (vs. actual temperature)
  • Correct rotation of cities
  • Adjust pressure (QFE) based on altitude (QNH), where altitude is provided (currently only via )

New in Meteorologist 3.1.8 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Add translation of German special characters (umlauts) to ASCII.
  • Add detection of wake from sleep to avoid some wifi problems.
  • Detect and report (but can't auto-resolve) Yahoo! OAuth errors in the Console log (along with other possible validation errors).
  • Update Yahoo! authentication, again. This time for X-Yahoo-App-Id.
  • Add support for Yahoo! location to be either city,state or lat,long.
  • Allow for unknown weather icons for WEATHERSTACK (after wake from sleep)
  • Correct a recurring 9999 for OpenWeatherMap
  • Provide a reference URL for Yahoo! locations.
  • Update source code to Swift 5 and Xcode 10.2.
  • Updated support for WunderGround and PWS's (put your PWS ID as the city).
  • Updated OhhAuth to latest version.

New in Meteorologist 3.1.7 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • At startup, Meteo will now determine your current location and display it if you use a location of . That is the word *here* surrounded by angle brackets. Meteo does not retain or share on your location.
  • Updated display of Preferences window, now tabbed.
  • Allow for formatting of Latitude, Longitude containing: , , or .
  • Clean up a few memory leaks.
  • Updated README in the DMG installation package, including French translation (thank you Manfred).
  • Logging of message is now ON by default for new users.
  • Default location is and second default location is Cupertino, CA.
  • Received notice that Wunderground.com is shutting down on 31 Dec 2019.
  • https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/end-of-service-for-the-weather-underground-api
  • Add current Visibility to DarkSky and Wunderground
  • Add UV Index where available
  • Add Wind gusts where and when available

New in Meteorologist 3.1.6 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Now requires macOS 10.10 or newer
  • New weather source: Environment Canada (http://weather.gc.ca/)
  • Re-structure code for Yahoo support (added ohhAuth)
  • 9999 will show as temp for both F and C for error condition
  • Fixed "cloudy" icon with DarkSky
  • If you are using DarkSky, you will need to reselect it in the preferences
  • Update to Swift 4.2 (Xcode 10.1)
  • Correct "km/h" location
  • Added Help option under Controls that provides a brief explaination of Meteo
  • Double bump of version number

New in Meteorologist 3.1.4 (Jul 30, 2018)

  • Add French translations for Blowing Snow
  • Reduce WeatherUnderground calls from 2 to 1 for each city
  • Update to Swift 4.1 (Xcode 9.4)

New in Meteorologist 3.1.3 (Dec 3, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Change in processing for OpenWeatherMap. Location is now lat/long based. All users must update their location.
  • New option to display date instead of day in extended forecast.

New in Meteorologist 3.1.2 (Nov 3, 2017)

  • Correct a mistake in French translation.

New in Meteorologist 3.1.1 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • Xcode 9.0.1 fixed the bug with 10.9.

New in Meteorologist 3.1.0 (Oct 17, 2017)

  • Now written in Swift 4
  • Correct Yahoo date missing leading 0 on time's (7:7 vs 7:07)
  • DarkSky Extended Forecast now displays DOW based on local timezone (vs. UTC)
  • Correct current weather icon display from DarkSky
  • Still supporting 10.9 but this may be the last update

New in Meteorologist 3.0.5 (Jun 23, 2017)

  • Add French translation of: Patchy rain possible and moderate rain
  • Correct code signing issue
  • Update Dark Sky access

New in Meteorologist 3.0.4 (May 4, 2017)

  • Correct alignment of Forecast weather.
  • Correct link for Yahoo! weather.
  • Correct Wunderground location format.
  • If you are using Dark Sky, your update frequency will be a minimum of 60 minutes. (Dark Sky is far too popular)
  • Add option to reset preferences.

New in Meteorologist 3.0.3 (May 2, 2017)

  • Correct problems with Last Update for Yahoo and OpenWeatherMap
  • Correct -9999 for wind direction for WeatherUnderground
  • Meteorologist is fully localized for French language
  • APIXU now has localized current and forecast conditions (but not other terms)
  • Dark Sky now has localized current and forecast conditions (but not other terms)
  • If you are using Dark Sky, your update frequency will be a minimum of 30 minutes.

New in Meteorologist 3.0.2 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Improve French localizations
  • Add weather source APIXU.com
  • Add weather source DarkSky.net (no API key required, data may be limited)
  • Display cached weather information if network connection is lost (not 100% working)

New in Meteorologist 3.0.1 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • STOP!!! - Don't update without reading and understanding the 3.x update. Also recommend that you keep the prior version and turn off version checks if you aren't 100% comfortable with this version.
  • Fix launch failure on 10.9 systems
  • Add French localizations (any other offers?)
  • Add "Loading..." display to the startup delay
  • Change default WeatherSource back to Yahoo!.

New in Meteorologist 3.0.0 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • STOP!!! - Don't update without reading and understanding this upgrade. Also recommend that you keep the prior version and turn off version checks if you aren't comfortable with this change.
  • Rather than trying to be all things for everybody for all weather stations for all locations, Meteo is now geared to be specific the particular weather service selected.
  • Each user will needs an API key for each weather source so the usage for one person doesn't infringe on another.
  • Also the Input City Name is specific to the service. For example WeatherUnderground will require IL/NAPERVILLE where the Input city for TheWeather.com would be 157281. Experimentation with search city names will be required.
  • A new Display City field will be used to provide a "pretty" output display.
  • Upgraded Swift syntax to version 3 (still supports 10.9 and up)
  • Upgraded to Xcode 8.2.1
  • Switch weather source internal format from XML to json where possible
  • Add TheWeather.com, WeatherUnderground, AerisWeather, and WorldWeatherOnline as data sources
  • WeatherUnderground is the recommended API for Weather.com
  • OpenWeatherMap now requires an API key
  • No change to Yahoo
  • Recommended weather sources are OpenWeatherMap,WeatherUnderground, AerisWeather, or Yahoo
  • All except for Yahoo require individual API keys for each service so users don't step on each other - See the preference pane for additional information
  • Yahoo is still squirrely but seems to be stable lately
  • TheWeather.com is forecast only, no current weather.
  • Add mmHg option for barometric pressure
  • Add option to rotate cities (on same schedule as weather refresh)
  • Add option to limit forecast days
  • Add option for startup delay to allow for computers using WiFi (default is 10 seconds - change to 0 for immediate launch)
  • Correct a crash if the non-system font (default TAHOMA) was disabled or otherwise not available

New in Meteorologist 2.0.5 (Apr 26, 2016)

  • Update provided by Eric W., a senior at Longwood University in Virginia (USA).
  • Animated "loading" icon weather information before the animation kicks in.
  • Optional new graphics for the various weather conditions that work well with OS X's new recommendations.
  • Graphics are Retina compatible.
  • Default is Yes for new graphics.
  • Sorry no change for Yahoo yet.

New in Meteorologist 2.0.4 (Feb 17, 2016)

  • Correct setting of Preference Version.

New in Meteorologist 2.0.3 (Feb 15, 2016)

  • OpenWeatherMap is dropping data causing crashes. If experiencing empty data, wait and try to refresh in a little while.

New in Meteorologist 2.0.2 (Feb 15, 2016)

  • Prevent crash if invalid icon from OpenWeather (display "unknown" icon)
  • Display "unknown" icon from Yahoo if necessary

New in Meteorologist 2.0.1 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Adds the ability to select the System Font (System Font will work with Dark Menus).

New in Meteorologist 2.0.0 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • A whole new Meteorologist
  • Rewritten in Swift for modern OS's
  • Requires 10.9 or greater
  • No longer screen scrapes, uses published XML interfaces
  • XML Weather data from Yahoo!
  • XML Weather data from OpenWeatherMap
  • Sorry you will need to start your list of cities all over
  • Menu bar only, no dock support
  • Based on Xcode 7

New in Meteorologist 1.6.1 (Nov 26, 2012)

  • INTEL Only!!!! No more PPC.
  • Requires OS X 10.5 or greater.
  • Get Radar working again.
  • Fix alignment with Extended Forecast.
  • Add Show Humidity option.
  • Remove white dot in Mission Control.

New in Meteorologist 1.6.0 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • INTEL Only!!!! No more PPC.
  • Requires OS X 10.5 or greater.
  • Get Radar working again.
  • Fix alignment with Extended Forecast.
  • Add Show Humidity option.
  • Remove white dot in Mission Control.

New in Meteorologist 1.5.6 (Jul 14, 2011)

  • Condense multiple alert messages into a single message where possible.
  • Update find cities location.

New in Meteorologist 1.5.5 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • Correct French localization (thanks to xf75013).
  • Corrected a problem reading an older preference file.
  • Correct a problem where only the last of multiple weather alerts were being sent to the alert.

New in Meteorologist 1.5.4 (May 30, 2011)

  • Remove Wunderground and NWS in weather.xml. It was causing crashes when adding new city.
  • Reset Xcode 3.2.6 architecures to regain PPC support

New in Meteorologist 1.5.3 (Apr 17, 2011)

  • Add Portuguese localization.
  • Some attempt to fix formatting of "Forecasts on one line"
  • Add SMS Alert. Similar to email but less verbose.
  • Start to re-add Wunderground.com and NWS.

New in Meteorologist 1.5.2 (Aug 23, 2010)

  • Fixed "Add City" name parsing.
  • Move weather link for alerts to beginning of message. If message was texted and city name was long, link was getting broken.
  • Fix ZIP for "Add City" search.
  • Corrected "Import this cities preferences" to read "Import this city's preferences" bug 3015765
  • Add city name list now displays up to 25 cities (yes the text wrong)

New in Meteorologist 1.5.1 (Jun 4, 2010)

  • Fixed "Forecast - Link".
  • Radar Image is now a hyperlink.
  • Fixed distance to allow global units.
  • German localization updates
  • Japanese localization updates
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Fixed crash on 10.3 systems
  • Restored 9 day forecasts

New in Meteorologist 1.5.0 (Mar 22, 2010)

  • Latest weather.com site changes (3 Mar 10).
  • Added a hyperlink link to weather alert message.
  • Fixed some radar display bugs.
  • Fixed hyperlink for Web Support Group.
  • Update build version.
  • Restored full browser based "Weather For" URL, no longer the mobile version.
  • Major localization updates, now easier to add new localles.
  • Added Italian localization thanks to "asdesign", partially incomplete.
  • German localization is partially incomplete (always was).
  • Meteo will now auto quit when going to the web server to download a new version.
  • Re-added UV Index and Visibility, delete and re-add city if they are not in acceptable order.
  • Clicking on a weather alert in the menu will take you to a web page with details.
  • Radar will not take up more then 1/3 of the width of your display, if you have too many menu bar items on a smaller width display, radar may be clipped. Perhaps a future update to control actual size.
  • Corrected missing highlight bar on 10.3 and 10.4 systems.
  • Now only gets up to 5 days of forecast weather regardless of requested value.
  • Fixed bug #2970584.

New in Meteorologist 1.4.9 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • General parsing and search fixes.
  • Fixed weather alerts.
  • New and improved radar images.