PWS Monitor

Very little work has been done in the app for the last several months because I didn't know if the app would be able to survive past the end of the year. IBM (owners of Weather Underground) announced several months ago that the old data API was being shut down in favor of a new one. It wasn't until very late in the year before I knew if the new API would still have the data I needed and if I would be able to afford it. This is also why I put on hold the work I was doing to add an option to remove the ad banner. I did not want to take money from users only to have the app completely shut down a few months later. Fortunately I was able to work things out with IBM for the new API so now the app lives on and I can resume work on it. I have an ever increasing wish list (yes, including the ability to remove the ad banner) that I can now work on without worry that the app will shut down soon. * The new API should fix the recent problem with the "Last Updated" time sometimes being minutes or hours old. * However it's not perfect and I have already reported a few bugs. The biggest of which is that temperature and dew point values do not have any decimal place values. Hopefully this will be resolved soon. * Slight tweaks to the chart axis number labels to reduce the instances of duplicate numbers appearing (more work on this is coming soon)

3.5.1 * Fixed wind values not correctly being converted to the selected units. * The list of favorite stations should no longer have overlapping text if you have your device text size increased. * Some of you have reported the app crashing right off the bat. I'm still not 100% sure of the cause, but it seems to be happening mostly with users in the UK. I put in some additional error trapping that may help, but that may just change it from crashing to showing no data. Let me know what you experience. 3.5 Very little work has been done in the app for the last several months because I didn't know if the app would be able to survive past the end of the year. IBM (owners of Weather Underground) announced several months ago that the old data API was being shut down in favor of a new one. It wasn't until very late in the year before I knew if the new API would still have the data I needed and if I would be able to afford it. This is also why I put on hold the work I was doing to add an option to remove the ad banner. I did not want to take money from users only to have the app completely shut down a few months later. Fortunately I was able to work things out with IBM for the new API so now the app lives on and I can resume work on it. I have an ever increasing wish list (yes, including the ability to remove the ad banner) that I can now work on without worry that the app will shut down soon. * The new API should fix the recent problem with the "Last Updated" time sometimes being minutes or hours old. * However it's not perfect and I have already reported a few bugs. The biggest of which is that temperature and dew point values do not have any decimal place values. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.

* Fixed a problem for users in the GMT/UTC+0 time zone that could cause a crash or missing charts with the message "Error determining reading time". * The 12/24 hour time option should now work reliably for all users. * Reading times between noon and 1:00PM were being displayed as AM instead of PM.

Decimal temperature values are back! When Weather Underground/IBM switched to their new data API back in January, they were rounding off the temperature values to the nearest degree. After lots of complaints from lots of people they finally put the decimals back in. However I had to make a small update to the app in order to actually get those decimal temperature values again. So that's what this update is for. Follow @PWSMonitor on Twitter for app news and information.

Added Beaufort option for wind speed. Settings screens now support iOS 13 dark mode (the weather display still uses the app's existing Light/Dark option).

3.7.1 Fixed a crash that can happen when manually entering a Station ID that is invalid or the station has been offline for awhile. 3.7 Added Beaufort option for wind speed. Settings screens now support iOS 13 dark mode (the weather display still uses the app's existing Light/Dark option).

You can now add a custom nickname to your favorite stations. Tap the "I" icon on the Settings screen to enter a custom nickname. Now filtering out obviously bad Pressure and UV Index values that can cause a crash under certain conditions. Updated Google ad banner component for beter iOS 14 support.

• Redesigned from the ground up, but still staying true to the classic PWS Monitor fast, no-frills weather condition display. • Remove the ads! You can now remove the ad banner. Check out the Premium section in Settings for more information. • 7-Day Charts. You now have the option for 1-day or 7-day charts. • New space-efficient square displays for the current conditions. Or choose a more traditional wide display in Settings. • Choose whether or not to combine the Temperature and Dewpoint values on the same chart. • Favorite Stations list now shows Temperature, Wind, or Rain values for a quick look at conditions across your station list. Tap a station in the list to go directly to the detail screen. • Better use of space on iPads and landscape modes.

Version 4.0.1 • Fixed problem where time displays between Noon and 1:00PM were showing AM instead of PM. • Fixed display of rain totals on the 7-day chart when the accumulated rain total value decrease mid-day. This technically should not be possible, but sometimes it comes up in the data that way, so at least it will plot normally now. • Fixed Y axis chart problem for UV Index and Solar Radiation if there are no values above 0. • The Heat Index display was accidentally left out. When conditions are correct it should be shown next to the Temperature value in the same box. • Added the option to view current Gust value on the Station List screen. Version 4.0 • Redesigned from the ground up, but still staying true to the classic PWS Monitor fast, no-frills weather condition display. • Remove the ads! You can now remove the ad banner. Check out the Premium section in Settings for more information. • 7-Day Charts. You now have the option for 1-day or 7-day charts. • New space-efficient square displays for the current conditions. Or choose a more traditional wide display in Settings. • Choose whether or not to combine the Temperature and Dewpoint values on the same chart. • Favorite Stations list now shows Temperature, Wind, or Rain values for a quick look at conditions across your station list. Tap a station in the list to go directly to the detail screen. • Better use of space on iPads and landscape modes.

• Auto-refresh was not working. This is now fixed. • Station List now remembers which weather reading type you are viewing. • Added actual wind direction degrees next to directional arrow. • Other minor bug fixes and tweaks.

* Current day chart view now includes additional grid lines for each hour. * Font size tweaks to avoid truncating large temperature values when Heat Index is also being displayed.

* Current day chart view now includes additional grid lines for each hour (with fixed axis labels this time!) * Font size tweaks to avoid truncating large temperature values when Heat Index is also being displayed.

Fixed problem with missing Min/Max values in 2024.

Fixed problem where map searches show no (or very few) station. Added mmHg as a unit for Pressure. Station List now has Dewpoint as a view option.

Fixed a problem with offline stations that show an error message and then the station ID gets deleted. Updated icons for better support of light/dark/tinted home screens. New links to additional social media accounts for support and info.

* If your iPhone Display Zoom was set to Larger Text, some data and chart information was cut off. This should be ok now. * PWS Monitor is back on the Mac! The iPad version will once again run on Apple Silicon based Macs. * Updated social media links.

BIGGEST UPDATE EVER! Premium Users now get Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets. A new companion Watch App with Complications. ALL users get these new features: New Combined View option - combines current data and chart together on the same card. The classic Square and Rectangle card views are still available. Share or save the full display or a single card - great for sharing with friends or on social media. No more clumsy screenshots! Rearrange the layout to your own personal taste. Also you can hide values you may not care about. Quickly toggle the charts between Current Day and 7 Day views right from the main display by long-pressing the Home Screen. Optionally plot the Wind Chill and Heat Index values on the Temperature charts (when applicable). Choose to startup the app on the Station List instead of the first station.

Thank you to everyone for the terrific response to version 5.0! Quick update with some small tweaks and fixes for 5.0.1: Fixed layout when sharing image of data card when set to rectangle card type. Combined View card style now shows high/low timestamps for current day when set to 7-day view. Dewpoint watch complications have been added. Tuned widget updates to hopefully update more consistently. This is tricky though because the OS restricts how often widgets and complications can update to roughly 4 times per hour but can be delayed based on usage, battery, or other factors that are out of my cotrol. BIGGEST UPDATE EVER! Premium Users now get Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets. A new companion Watch App with Complications. ALL users get these new features: New Combined View option - combines current data and chart together on the same card. The classic Square and Rectangle card views are still available. Share or save the full display or a single card - great for sharing with friends or on social media. No more clumsy screenshots! Rearrange the layout to your own personal taste. Also you can hide values you may not care about. Quickly toggle the charts between Current Day and 7 Day views right from the main display by long-pressing the Home Screen. Optionally plot the Wind Chill and Heat Index values on the Temperature charts (when applicable). Choose to startup the app on the Station List instead of the first station.

5.0.2: For Premium Subscribers: Humidity Watch complications. Combined Wind Speed and Wind Direction iPhone widgets and watch complications. For All Users: Sometimes if the station search is slow the map is just a black square. 24-Hour time format setting should be used on axis labels now. Option to have dots or arrows for wind charts. Starting up in List view doesn't always refresh data or go back to list - this is fixed. Added elevation to Station Info screen. 5.0.1: Fixed layout when sharing image of data card when set to rectangle card type. Combined View card style now shows high/low timestamps for current day when set to 7-day view. Dewpoint watch complications have been added. Tuned widget updates to hopefully update more consistently. This is tricky though because the OS restricts how often widgets and complications can update to roughly 4 times per hour but can be delayed based on usage, battery, or other factors that are out of my cotrol. 5.0 - BIGGEST UPDATE EVER! Premium Users now get Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets. A new companion Watch App with Complications. ALL users get these new features: New Combined View option - combines current data and chart together on the same card. The classic Square and Rectangle card views are still available. Share or save the full display or a single card - great for sharing with friends or on social media. No more clumsy screenshots! Rearrange the layout to your own personal taste. Also you can hide values you may not care about. Quickly toggle the charts between Current Day and 7 Day views right from the main display by long-pressing the Home Screen. Optionally plot the Wind Chill and Heat Index values on the Temperature charts (when applicable). Choose to startup the app on the Station List instead of the first station.

5.0.3: Fixed truncated text under some circumstances on small screens like iPhone Mini. Fix an issue with widgets where high/low values can be slightly different than the high/low values in the actual app. 5.0.2: For Premium Subscribers: Humidity Watch complications. Combined Wind Speed and Wind Direction iPhone widgets and watch complications. For All Users: Sometimes if the station search is slow the map is just a black square. 24-Hour time format setting should be used on axis labels now. Option to have dots or arrows for wind charts. Starting up in List view doesn't always refresh data or go back to list - this is fixed. Added elevation to Station Info screen. 5.0.1: Fixed layout when sharing image of data card when set to rectangle card type. Combined View card style now shows high/low timestamps for current day when set to 7-day view. Dewpoint watch complications have been added. Tuned widget updates to hopefully update more consistently. This is tricky though because the OS restricts how often widgets and complications can update to roughly 4 times per hour but can be delayed based on usage, battery, or other factors that are out of my cotrol. 5.0 - BIGGEST UPDATE EVER! Premium Users now get Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets. A new companion Watch App with Complications. ALL users get these new features: New Combined View option - combines current data and chart together on the same card. The classic Square and Rectangle card views are still available. Share or save the full display or a single card - great for sharing with friends or on social media. No more clumsy screenshots! Rearrange the layout to your own personal taste. Also you can hide values you may not care about. Quickly toggle the charts between Current Day and 7 Day views right from the main display by long-pressing the Home Screen. Optionally plot the Wind Chill and Heat Index values on the Temperature charts (when applicable). Choose to startup the app on the Station List instead of the first station.