Month: February 2025
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Release: open-dis-rust v0.2.0
Changelog Synopsis The only change in this update is that this crate now leverages the newly released Rust 2024 edition (Rust 1.85.0). Since this could be a breaking change, I have incremented the minor version number accordingly. Please report any bugs to GitHub. I will post future update changelogs here on my blog.
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Release: static-wx v0.2.0
Changelog Synopsis The v0.2.0 release introduces a new infographic: the Threatcast! This is a common graphic that weather stations will use when discussing severe weather potentials. It is usually shown a couple days before or even the day of a severe weather event. It gives a probabilistic breakdown of common severe weather phenomena, including tornadoes,…
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Release: static-wx v0.1.0
Changelog Synopsis This release made some minor improvements to the infographic, including updates to the condition icon colors, a few more condition options, and a flag for labeling a day as “severe”. The new conditions added are “Mostly Sunny” and “Partly Cloudy”. The icon originally used for “Cloudy” is now being used for “Partly Cloudy”,…
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Milestone: open-dis-rust 10k Downloads!
According to crates.io, my open-dis-rust crate has been downloaded over 10,000 times all-time! That’s pretty awesome, and I thought I would make a brief post to recognize this milestone. There are some packages on crates.io that have been around for months or even a couple years, and they don’t have nearly that level of consumption.…
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New Software Release: static-wx v0.0.0
A friend of mine recently showed me some infographics he was working on for his weather blog, and he had the idea of creating some 7-day forecast graphics; you know, something like this: He has been using Python to create some pretty cool charts for showing daily highs and lows along with precipitation chances. However,…
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