New England Weather Guy
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PRODUCT CHANGELOG

What changed in NEWG.

Dated product updates so subscribers, search engines and AI systems can tell what is current.

Fresh local Current Conditions

  • Adds NOAA MADIS local/public observations to the live Current Conditions candidate pool.
  • Prefers credible observations 15 minutes old or less over substantially older stations while retaining outlier rejection.
  • Labels older reports as the latest available observation when no fresh candidate exists.
  • Fixes duplicate My NEWG labels such as Salem, NH • Salem, NH while preserving custom profile names.
  • Keeps Weather Underground/PWS out of the production Current Conditions path.

Tropical and recreation public cleanup

  • Replaces the raw NHC webpage text dump with a structured Atlantic Outlook showing issuance time, monitored areas, formation chances, clean summaries and the official NHC link.
  • Removes backend automation/source-health diagnostics from the public Ski Conditions and Snowmobile Trail Conditions experience.
  • Preserves logged-in Current Device Location, current-condition source transparency, dashboard ordering and all existing subscriber features.

Free quality-controlled current conditions

  • Replaces the generic current-conditions override with free NOAA/NWS, Aviation Weather Center and NOAA MADIS public observations.
  • Selects observations using distance, age, completeness, network type and nearby-station agreement.
  • Clearly labels the source station, distance, observation age, delayed data and any nearby-station disagreement.
  • Stops silently mixing hourly forecast values into sensor observations; forecast data is used only as a clearly labeled last-resort estimate.
  • Resets the saved weather cache so older blended current-condition values do not remain on devices.

Automated winter recreation reports and year-round preview

  • Makes Ski Conditions and Snowmobile Trail Conditions visible now as clearly labeled year-round product previews.
  • Adds automatic checks for Ski New Hampshire, New Hampshire Bureau of Trails and VAST, plus authorized partner JSON feeds and secure external ingest.
  • Adds source timestamps, automation status, stale-report protection and per-resort or per-region automation locks.
  • Leaves every season date, automatic schedule and Show Now / Hide Now override under owner control in Page Management.
  • Does not invent current lift, trail, snow, grooming or closure information when no dated source report exists.

Ski and Snowmobile Conditions

  • Adds full seasonal Ski Conditions and Snowmobile Trail Conditions pages with dashboard cards.
  • Adds resort operating reports, recent snow, lifts, trails, surface, grooming, snowmaking and official NOAA/NWS mountain weather.
  • Adds regional and club trail status, grooming recency, snow depth, base, hazards, closures, parking notes and stale-report warnings.
  • Adds Admin editors, seasonal scheduling, dashboard ordering, access controls, notification preferences and automatic #NEWGSki / #NEWGSnowmobile Facebook notifications.
  • Includes the complete Fall Foliage Outlook release so no intermediate public update is required.

Fall Foliage Outlook

  • Adds a seasonal public New England Fall Foliage Outlook and dashboard card.
  • Adds regional color stages, percentage developed, expected peak windows, confidence, viewing recommendations and leaf-drop risk.
  • Adds Admin map publishing, weather-factor editing, seasonal Page Management controls and dashboard ordering.
  • Adds an optional foliage push preference and automatic #NEWGFoliage Facebook notifications.

Dashboard order fidelity hotfix

  • Stops the NEWG Forecast and Latest Alerts cards from floating above the saved dashboard order.
  • Adds the actual NEWG Forecast card to My NEWG dashboard customization.
  • Keeps the active-alert ribbon and Latest Alerts card together under one saved Alerts position.
  • Preserves the current-condition reliability and all Command Deck weather data from v4.9.3.28.

Current conditions and dashboard ordering hotfix

  • Restores current-condition loading with local and NOAA/NWS fallbacks.
  • Restores visible Command Deck ordering from Admin and personal dashboard controls.
  • Preserves the Command Deck, tablet fixes, About photo, subscriptions, and notification updates.

Command Deck layout authority restored

  • Connects Dashboard Default Layout and personal dashboard customization to the visible Command Deck sections.
  • Weather Now, Next 12 Hours, precipitation timing, Weather Pulse, radar, planning and 7-day forecast now move on the public page when reordered.
  • Preserves the current-condition accuracy, cache reset and refresh protections from v4.9.3.26.

Observation accuracy and live-refresh repair

  • Checks multiple nearby official NWS stations instead of accepting a stale first result.
  • Labels station age, saved data and delayed observations clearly.
  • Prevents an older location response from being displayed under a newly selected location.
  • Replaces the stale v4.9.3.20 app-shell cache with the current Command Deck assets.

Testimonials moved to Subscriptions

  • Moved the real NEWG user testimonial wall from the dashboard to the bottom of the Subscription page.
  • Kept the standalone customer feedback page available for additional social proof.

Real subscriber testimonials

  • Added a testimonial wall using five real comments supplied by NEWG users.
  • Added a public customer feedback page for additional user feedback.
  • Kept profile photos off the site pending explicit portrait-use permission.

Public site audit improvements

  • Clear New England weather-app positioning and Get Started Free CTA.
  • Visible Contractor Group showcase and public tier explanation.
  • Pricing comparison table, annual savings and secure-checkout trust copy.
  • SEO metadata, structured data, sitemap, FAQ and comparison pages.

Public v4.9.3.11

  • Restored the approved NEWG header slogan.

Public v4.9.3.10

  • Fixed Super Admin entitlement synchronization so the full forecast view follows account access correctly.

Public v4.9.3.09

  • Cleaned up the legacy OneSignal worker path so the root service worker remains authoritative.