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Bug 335135 - Weather Report Applet Gets Wrong Forecast for Loveland
Weather Report Applet Gets Wrong Forecast for Loveland
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: gweather
2.12.x
Other All
: Normal minor
: 2.16
Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: locations-love
 
 
Reported: 2006-03-19 16:43 UTC by JP Rosevear
Modified: 2010-01-24 01:06 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12



Description JP Rosevear 2006-03-19 16:43:30 UTC
Please describe the problem:
From https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=147738

I live and work in Loveland, Colorado.  I set up the Gnome Weather report
applet to retrieve weather data using the "North America -> United States ->
Colorado -> Loveland" location from the preferences menu.  However I noticed
that the forecasts seemed to be off by quite a bit compared to other weather
forecasts.  I took a look at
/opt/gnome/share/gnome-applets/gweather/Locations.xml to see what code and zone
the applet is using.  For getting current conditions, it uses code KFNL, which
is the Fort Collins/Loveland municipal airport.  That's fine.  However for
retrieving the forecast, it uses zone COZ035.  Zone COZ035 if Larimer (note:
Loveland and Fort Collins are in Larimer County) and Jackson counties between
6000 and 9000 feet of elevation.  You can verify this at the following URL:

http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone3?Sites=COZ035

Fort Collins, the airport, and most or all of Loveland are below 6000 feet in
elevation.  Therefore the correct zone for this location is COZ038:

http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone3?Sites=COZ038

The difference in forecasts between these two zones is often fairly
dramatic--the higher elevations receive precipitation much more often,
particularly in wintertime (the higher elevations get a lot more snow and wind
than the lower elevations).  These two cities sit right at the edge of where
the Rocky Mountains meet the plains, so the difference in elevation can be a
major difference in climate.

You can validate the elevations of Loveland, Fort Collins, and the airport at
the following URL's:

City of Fort Collins facts website (run by the city government of Fort
Collins): http://www.ci.fort-collins.co.us/fcfacts.php?ID=2


City of Loveland demographics website (run by the city government of Loveland):
http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/econdev/loveland_profile.htm

Ft. Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport info (AirNav):
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KFNL

Suggested diff for /opt/gnome/share/gnome-applets/gweather/Locations.xml:
43536c43536
<         <zone>COZ038</zone>
---
>         <zone>COZ035</zone>

Steps to reproduce:


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Danielle Madeley 2006-08-07 03:41:36 UTC
Requires fixing in Locations.xml.in.
Comment 2 Danielle Madeley 2006-08-20 14:58:21 UTC
Done.