weather.gov changes alerts feeds URL

Internet Custom Templates and Scripts
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Old URL: (just died today, 404 not found)
http://www.weather.gov/alerts-beta/wwaatmget.php

New URL:
http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwaatmget.php

Now I have some scrips to update!

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Great…

Thanks
Mark

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Yep, they sure did. Even the RSS feeds don’t work anymore. Amazing that they finally made good on their promise however, they had said earlier that the Atom beta and RSS feed URL’s were going to be redirected to the new ones. Wonder what happened to that plan, oh well. I got a bunch of changes to make now also.

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Thanks for the heads up Mike.

John

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Updated the distribution sources with the new URL

atom-advisory/atom-top-warning (standalone+V2 template) http://saratoga-weather.org/scripts-atom.php#atomadvisory

Base-USA V3 template http://saratoga-weather.org/wxtemplates/updates.php

Best regards,
Ken

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It’s been so long since I installed this stuff I am lost on what I need to do now. It appears that I am using the RSS feeds for my site display, but when I tried to use the ATOM feeds I get errors. I am guessing that I need to make changes in the code someplace to make the recommended switch from using RSS to ATOM. Argh…

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It's been so long since I installed this stuff I am lost on what I need to do now. It appears that I am using the RSS feeds for my site display, but when I tried to use the ATOM feeds I get errors. I am guessing that I need to make changes in the code someplace to make the recommended switch from using RSS to ATOM. Argh...

Same boat :frowning:

Mark

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Dan & Mark, Not a big deal Curly posted directions on his original “Alternative ATOM Feed Alert Program” tread…

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Will the atom-top-warning.php script be updated as well?
the summary page here http://saratoga-weather.org/scripts-atom.php#atomtopwarn shows Ver 2.07 but the downloaded script here http://saratoga-weather.org/atom-top-warning.php?sce=view shows Version 2.06 - 26-Jan-2011

or I could be missing something

Thanks Andy

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Looks like Ken True did not upload the update. All you have to do is this:
Change:

$RSS_URL = "http://www.weather.gov/alerts-beta/wwaatmget.php?x=$Zone";

to:

$RSS_URL = "http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwaatmget.php?x=$Zone";
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:oops: Forgot to upload the changed copy … done now. Sorry about that…

Best regards,
Ken

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Thanks Ken

Im off to work will update later

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I have mine mostly working is there a way to change what it says at the top of my page…
(There are no active watches, warnings or advisories for zone WAC033) to
(There are no active watches, warnings or advisories for King County) ??? 8O

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Set this setting:

$doZoneTitles = true;

// false = There are no active watches, warnings or advisories for zone WAZ021.
// true = There are no active watches, warnings or advisories for South Washington Coast (Washington).

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as far as I can tell mine is set to true?

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What script are you using?

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I have the newest Atom-Top Warning 2.07 and Atom-Cap Advisory 2.08 maybe I shouldn’t have both?

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Thanks. I finally gave up on the new atom files and just edited mine to use the new URL. So far they seem to be working ok.

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Does this change affect WD downloading watches, warnings, etc. directly from NOAA? I ask
because the watch, warning, advisory map for the USA clearly shows my area as being under
a flood warning but WD is not updating %NOAAEVENT% to reflect that. The warning has been
in place for a couple of days, but my website, which relies on %NOAAEVEN% to report it, has
not shown any warnings.

Thanks.

-Keith

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WD uses FTP from tgftp.nws.noaa.gov to fetch your zone forecast/warnings … AFAIK, that hasn’t changed … only the ATOM/CAP feeds changed.