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