TELEMETRY PATCH NOTES
System architecture evolution and core engine deployments.
v0.6.0 BETA
Stable Build- addedLightning Tracker auto-centroid positioning: automatically flies map to active lightning strike clusters upon page load.
- addedInteractive Strike Log click-to-zoom: selecting any strike in the live sidebar list smoothly centers the map onto its exact coordinates.
- changedFixed Wind Streamline overlay background clearing to eliminate pixel accumulation and preserve 100% underlying map visibility.
- addedDraggable & Resizable Broadcast Studio layout engine with custom card scaling (0.6x - 1.8x) and persistence.
- addedOn-Air Clean Broadcast HUD mode (🔴 LIVE ON-AIR) hiding handles, music controls, and deck buttons for clean live feeds.
- addedScreen Wake Lock API integration preventing tablet, mobile, and laptop screens from sleeping during broadcasts.
- addedRainViewer radar tile PNG pre-caching engine to eliminate network animation flickering.
- added0.1ms MapLibre layout property frame switcher (setLayoutProperty) for instant 60 FPS WebGL frame animation.
- changedDecoupled 1-second clock updates from WebGL map re-renders using React useMemo.
- changedFixed Pro Workstation Map Suite (/pro) layout height to fill 100% of available screen real estate.
v0.5.0 BETA
Stable Build- addedForecast One Live Studio Broadcast Workstation (/broadcast) with full-screen telemetry overlays.
- addedIowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) High-Resolution WSR-88D NEXRAD Composite Radar Engine.
- addedStudio Map Layer Controls: Weather Radar, GOES Infrared Satellite, City Current Temps, SPC Outlooks & NWS Alerts.
- addedOn-Screen Presenter Banner & Logo Graphic with live inline Meteorologist Name editing.
- changedPro Workstation layout upgraded with cooperative gesture controls for page scrolling.
- changedWind streamlines refined to high-transparency overlay exclusively on the Pro Workstation.
v0.4.0 BETA
Stable Build- addedForecast One 60-Minute MinuteCast precipitation intensity timeline bar.
- addedHigh-performance HTML5 canvas animated wind flow particle streamline overlay.
- addedForecast One Dual-Pol Radar Selector (Reflectivity, Velocity/SRM, Storm Total, Echo Tops).
- addedNWS Local Storm Reports (LSR) live interactive spotter markers for Hail, Wind, Tornadoes, and Floods.
- addedClient-side standalone custom PDF briefing document generator.
- changedUnified workstation visual styling with electric blue theme and responsive title headings.
- changedFull edge-to-edge fluid widescreen layout scaling across all data pages.
v0.3.0 BETA
Stable Build- addedComplete rewrite of the Advanced Telemetry Hub with Recharts visualization.
- addedAll data dashboards now scale fluidly edge-to-edge for widescreen monitors.
- changedStripped third-party branding to unify under the Forecast One Telemetry network.
v0.2.0 BETA
Stable Build- changedMassive core architecture migration to the official Google Maps Platform Weather API.
- addedSmart Nowcast AI widget scanning 240-hour streams for imminent severe thunderstorms.
- addedDynamic 10-day Rain and Snow QPF charting.
- changedAlerts engine completely rebuilt to process native Google public alerts polygons.
- changedAuto-zoom user location integration on primary Dashboard login.
- removedGlobal Models, Skew-T Soundings, and Weather Radio sections deprecated.
v0.1.0 BETA
Stable Build- addedNew Precision Radar engine with global high-resolution precipitation coverage.
- addedAnimated radar looping for the last 60 minutes.
- addedDual satellite feeds (Geocolor & Infrared) layered directly on the main map.
- changedUnified the dashboard experience by setting the interactive Radar as the primary login landing page.
- removedDeprecated the legacy Live Map integration.
- removedRemoved the redundant multi-widget Dashboard page.