WSV3 Version 5.2
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:50 pm
*Extensive GOES-16 built-in satellite imagery enhancements and new products
**NEW built-in "RGB" color multispectral satellite layer (uses three GOES-R bands to derive true color imagery)
**NEW built-in "IR/VIS Sandwich" multispectral satellite layer with multiplicative blending
**NEW GOES-R Band 2 second Visible imagery channel
**Increased spatial and temporal resolution on various GOES-R imagery options
*NEW content in optional $15/month "Extended GOES-R Imagery" add-on service
**24/7 paid TempoQuest servers feed full GOES-R suite in WSV3: GOES-17 and GOES-16, Full Disk, CONUS, and Rapid Mesoscale 1-min update domains
**Access to ALL GOES-R 16-bands
**Industry-exclusive GOES-R RGB Multispectral derived imagery programming and real-time GPU rendering environment, with ability to define and edit multispectral visualizations
***Default, preconfigured RGB Multispectral satellite visualizations include:
-------True Color
-------True Color+Sharpening algorithm
-------IR/VIS Sandwich (traditional and multiplicative)
-------Airmass RGB
-------Simple Water Vapor RGB
-------Differential Water Vapor RGB
-------Day Land Cloud RGB
-------Day Snow/Fog RGB
-------Ash RGB
-------Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB
-------Day Cloud Convection RGB
-------Nighttime Microphysics RGB
-------Dust RGB
-------Fire Temperature RGB
-------Day Land Cloud Fire RGB
**Ability to loop whole 6 hours in optional 3-minute Rapid Mesoscale floater imagery mode
**1-min Rapid Mesoscale floater imagery now supports 2 hour loop vs 1 hour loop
*Increased National Radar temporal resolution
*New "Extensible" model data engine
**Models are now based on configurable "config" text files in ModelConfigs directory
**New ability to use WSV3 to display custom GRIB2 HTTP model data sources
*Large architectural improvements to new 2021 raster engine
**Usage of texture compression to halve memory consumption
**Proprietary motion-JPG compression system used in TempoQuest private servers to feed WSV3 with NR/Satellite loop imagery at impressive speeds
**CPU usage/load time optimization using uncompressed disk cache files
**New settings for NR and Satellite to enable/disable frame blending
*NEW unified, convenience data source selections in Settings->Data/Downloading
**Touch-of-a-button selection of backup sources for Level 2 radar (5 options) and model data (3 options)
*NEW secondary model data color fill channel (useful for future cloud cover + reflectivity visualizations)
*NEW model data defaults including 48hr-HRRR and 51hr-RAP
**Multiple new GRIB2 parameters added to default model configurations
*Usage of new FastMM4 memory
*Added About dialog version indicator
*Extensive bug-fixes
**Fixed SPC Convective Outlook polygon rendering issue
**Fixed SPC Convective Outlook read text button
**Fixed raster engine transparent layer affects probe values issue
**Fixed intro animation bug
**Fixed AlphaControls UI issues
**Fixed scene builder issue affecting beyond 26 scenes
**Fixed/updated MRMS lightning products
**NEW built-in "RGB" color multispectral satellite layer (uses three GOES-R bands to derive true color imagery)
**NEW built-in "IR/VIS Sandwich" multispectral satellite layer with multiplicative blending
**NEW GOES-R Band 2 second Visible imagery channel
**Increased spatial and temporal resolution on various GOES-R imagery options
*NEW content in optional $15/month "Extended GOES-R Imagery" add-on service
**24/7 paid TempoQuest servers feed full GOES-R suite in WSV3: GOES-17 and GOES-16, Full Disk, CONUS, and Rapid Mesoscale 1-min update domains
**Access to ALL GOES-R 16-bands
**Industry-exclusive GOES-R RGB Multispectral derived imagery programming and real-time GPU rendering environment, with ability to define and edit multispectral visualizations
***Default, preconfigured RGB Multispectral satellite visualizations include:
-------True Color
-------True Color+Sharpening algorithm
-------IR/VIS Sandwich (traditional and multiplicative)
-------Airmass RGB
-------Simple Water Vapor RGB
-------Differential Water Vapor RGB
-------Day Land Cloud RGB
-------Day Snow/Fog RGB
-------Ash RGB
-------Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB
-------Day Cloud Convection RGB
-------Nighttime Microphysics RGB
-------Dust RGB
-------Fire Temperature RGB
-------Day Land Cloud Fire RGB
**Ability to loop whole 6 hours in optional 3-minute Rapid Mesoscale floater imagery mode
**1-min Rapid Mesoscale floater imagery now supports 2 hour loop vs 1 hour loop
*Increased National Radar temporal resolution
*New "Extensible" model data engine
**Models are now based on configurable "config" text files in ModelConfigs directory
**New ability to use WSV3 to display custom GRIB2 HTTP model data sources
*Large architectural improvements to new 2021 raster engine
**Usage of texture compression to halve memory consumption
**Proprietary motion-JPG compression system used in TempoQuest private servers to feed WSV3 with NR/Satellite loop imagery at impressive speeds
**CPU usage/load time optimization using uncompressed disk cache files
**New settings for NR and Satellite to enable/disable frame blending
*NEW unified, convenience data source selections in Settings->Data/Downloading
**Touch-of-a-button selection of backup sources for Level 2 radar (5 options) and model data (3 options)
*NEW secondary model data color fill channel (useful for future cloud cover + reflectivity visualizations)
*NEW model data defaults including 48hr-HRRR and 51hr-RAP
**Multiple new GRIB2 parameters added to default model configurations
*Usage of new FastMM4 memory
*Added About dialog version indicator
*Extensive bug-fixes
**Fixed SPC Convective Outlook polygon rendering issue
**Fixed SPC Convective Outlook read text button
**Fixed raster engine transparent layer affects probe values issue
**Fixed intro animation bug
**Fixed AlphaControls UI issues
**Fixed scene builder issue affecting beyond 26 scenes
**Fixed/updated MRMS lightning products