Changelog

All notable changes to CanadianAeroWx will be documented here.


[2.2.0] - 2025-6-21

Added

  • Add TAF decoding support.
  • NOTAMS now available for Non Canadian ICAOS (Not currently working in production) CDN Notams still working.

Fixed

  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[RVR])

[2.1.0] - 2025-6-15

Fixed

  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[LYR])
  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[TOP])
  • Fix language around Remarks decoding.
  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[SHW])
  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[DSIPT])
  • Move Station Local Time just below the Station
  • Add message that NOTAMS are not currently availble for ICAOs that are not Canadian.
  • Minor change to the ExtremeWeather Page and highlight the cells that have the highest / lowest temperatures in the country.

[2.0.0] - 2025-5-26

Added

  • In the ThunderStorm Risk Assessment window automatically open the Show score breakdown
  • When user enters ICAO in the metar text field and hits enter, the Decode METAR button will executed
  • For Canadian ICAO's do not calculate a polygon for the SIGMET as the API already has it decoded. This fixes the erroneous SIGMET near messages
  • Add hyperlinks to METAR,TAF, SIGMET and CAPE in the Tunderstorm Risk Assessment area.

Fixed

  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[TOP])
  • Increased the number of ICAO favorites to 25
  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[SCT], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[V], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[BKN])
  • Change TS Risk button to behave like NOTAMS and SIGMET drop down buttons.
  • Fix on the Weather Extremes Page it was displaying Standard Time when timezone is Dayight Time.
  • Fix METAR parsing ( UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[A2985], Cumulonimbus, UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[E-SE.W-NW])

[1.6.0] - 2025-5-24

Added

  • Determine Thunderstorm risk by looking at METAR, TAF, CAPE, SIGMET data.

Fixed

  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[WET])
  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[LASTOBS])

[1.5.0] - 2025-5-21

Added

  • You can now put the ICAO code into the Metar Text field and hit enter to get the METAR you still need to hit the decode button.

Fixed

  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[PK], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[WND], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[02038/06])
  • Fix METAR parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[8/96], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[HZY], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[LTGICC], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[1ST], UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[3RD])
  • Further work on getting CAPE correct add ground tracking observations.

[1.4.2] - 2026-5-19

Fixed

  • Fix METAR Parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK:[W-NE/CB])
  • Change model to align CAPE with Windy.com numbers
  • Update algorithm that calculates CIN more accurately.

[1.4.1] - 2026-5-18

Fixed

  • Fix METAR Parsing (UNRECOGNIZED_RMK: [STFFD])

[1.4.0] - 2026-5-18

Added

  • Display CAPE, CIN and LCL on the performance line. ( Click on Hyperlink for details )

[1.3.0] - 2026-05-15

Added

  • If there is a new release of CanadianAeroWx, show a notification to the user with the option to view the changelog.

[1.2.1] - 2026-05-14

Fixed

  • Don't use Canadian Rest API for non Canadian ICAO's

[1.2.0] - 2026-05-13

Added

  • Add Changelog page to document changes and updates to CanadianAeroWx
  • Have the menu items section also have the same background as the Web pages

[1.1.0] - 2026-05-13

Added

  • Favorites support for non-Nav Canada airports entered via Enter METAR Text. (e.g. KBFI)

Fixed

  • Drop down arrow in Combo Box was missing.

[1.0.0] - 2026-05-08

Added

  • Initial release of CanadianAeroWx
  • METAR decoding with Nav Canada airport dropdown
  • Manual METAR text entry mode
  • Density altitude display with metric equivalents
  • Cloud and vertical visibility metric equivalents
  • QNH / QFE / QBB pressure parsing
  • MPS wind parsing
  • BECMG / TEMPO trend group parsing and display
  • MetarCentral airport metadata fallback
  • Nav Canada + NOAA AWC SIGMET merging
  • International SIGMET validation
  • Custom searchable airport dropdown
  • Favorite airports stored in localStorage
  • Extensive Canadian and international METAR remark parsing