Station and Storm Detail improvements

[sjbruce]

Station & Storm Details

• Convert displayed units of fields for better public engagement:
  • Date/time (convert from UTC to local time, using Timezone names)
  • Wind Speed (convert from m/s to kph and knots)
  • Air Pressure (add inHg inches of mercury)
  • Temperature (add degrees F)
  • Wave Heights (add feet)
• Add visual cues for storm category, type and status to icons
• Develop line of travel for storm based on chronological order of points
• Add wind radii based on IBTRACS data points (complex)
  • there are 3 separate speeds (in knots)
  • values of these fields denote the radius of each quadrant per speed,
  • these would need to be drawn as separate polygons (would need to develop calculations for each arc)

Other items and revisions of the above can be added to this issue as time goes on but this will serve as a starting point

[ceeboigbe]

Convert displayed units of fields for better public engagement:

• Date/time (convert from UTC to local time, using Timezone names)
• Wind Speed (convert from m/s to kph and knots)
• Air Pressure (add inHg inches of mercury)
• Temperature (add degrees F)
• Wave Heights (add feet)

I believe this part is already covered in the latest dev code

[sjbruce]

Largely complete except for visual cues for storm categories.

We should look at a gradient of colours as storm severity increases and decreases as well as different icons to represent different types of storms (disturbance vs depressions vs storms vs hurricane)

For accessibility reasons a list of different patterns or high-contrast colours could potentially be used in place of regular colour gradients to address issues like colour blindness.

[ceeboigbe]

• Add visual cues for storm category, type and status to icons
  This has mostly been covered except for the storm status.