As someone who frequently travels for both business and personal trips, it would be great to have more regional weather information available.  How about links to the weather pages of "sister stations" (other ABC affiliates, or other Clear Channel stations) in other cities?

Perhaps you could extend the Timecast section to cover the next 24 hours.

Reduce the amount of non-weather related information that appears on the page.  I think you have the best weather site in the Syracuse area but I hate to wait for a lot of junk to load before I can see it.  Don’t add a bunch of stuff that will slow down the page.  

Check the lower left-hand corner of the weather screen.  It’s blank.  I’m sure you could fill that space with more advertisements.  

I also say reduce the amount of non-weather related information that appears on the page. For people like me with dialup it can take several minutes. I think your doppler radar is superior.

I think you should add a Weather Watchers Page. This page would contain what the weather is like in other parts of CNY. The "weather watchers" could update their hometown's weather including the temp, what it is like outside, and other stuff. The meterologists could also use this stuff in their forecast or help them out. I also think you should allow viewers to zoom in like on towns and streets on  Live Doppler 9.  I like the idea of having viewers blog their pictures on the weather page.

I would just like to mention how much I enjoy the Live Feed when Severe Weather is occuring. I hope you will continue it.

I recommend making a few additions. First I would like to see a section that shows the average temperature for the day, and monthly totals. Another idea is to list current temperatures from across the state.

** The doppler radar is very easy to read, and is the primary reason I use 9WSYR's website over any other. Don't change anything that will affect it's clarity.  

I was hoping the complete Doppler/loop to be viewable on one page without scrolling like before...of course with the option having a larger view for those that want it.  It is kind of difficult to use the controls and see the radar simultaneously; especially is the action is in the bottom of the viewable radar.  Thanks!

Pls move the weatherdiscussion up on the page, above "news stories" etc.  We can always click  on new is we want to.  I agree with Dan F re other stuff.
Yours is the ONLY weather I trust and I have you marked "favorites".

I'd like to see a wind direction overlay for the doppler radar image.

YOU SHOULD LIST CIELING AND VISABILITY.

I'd like to see less non-weather things as well but realize that the money from the sales of those locations helps pay for the website.  I would like to see info like sunrise/sunset times as well as the rain/precip totals on the page like you show on the TV screen.  I have the web page open all day at work watching the radar and checking the updates, but don't always have time at home to watch the weather.  It's hard to find those pieces of info on this website without doing some digging.  As previously mentioned the Doppler Radar is the best around and I have all my coworkers use it as well, even those out of Rochester news area.

First, you have the best local weather website... by far. However, I'd like to see links for severe weather statements on a county-by-county basis. It's annoying to try to scroll down through the multitude of watches, warnings, statements, and advisories to try to find the one that applies.

Especially when winter hits it would be nice to be able to see the expected totals for the differnet regions in CNY. It is nice to see what the expected totals are in a region that some of us may have to travel to within CNY.

Love the site. I ask that you select a site format and stick with it.  I agree with nc9nan.  A weattherwatcher's page would be great.  We live off the east end of Ontario and would like to see what the "official" snowfall is locally. I keep an informal compilation of precip here, but it isn't scientific.  (Again request a corner screen feed of the nc9 radar when interesting stuff is happening.)  The precip forecast as prescribed by the futurecast radar would be great as well.  This is the only site I go to for meterological info.  thanks for making it available.

I like the weather layout with the visuals.  Could we do the same for the long list of directories to the left?  Black on grey just doesn't catch your eye, but some colors and icons might help.

Being able to Zoom in on doppler 9 would be awsome, weather stations from other areas should also have links....willowbankyc.com has a good one

weather cameras would also be very cool

I look at this weather page every day!  ^^ as above poster said, to be able to 'zoom' in on the dopplar radar would be great!  and yes, Live Weather Cam's are a good idea...I can't think of much else, I really love to turn to this weather page just to see the 'school forcast' and especially to check the radar!!

I think if we you were able to see lighting strikes on Live Doppler 9 too would be a good idea. I also agree with NC9 Fan about the "weather watchers page." And I would like to zoom in on Live Doppler 9....that would be great! I also loos for the school forecast every morning...maybe you could do something with that. I enjoy everything else about the page.

I would like to see the stats for the previous day.
It should linclude the high,low, amt. of sunshine & precip. for the day.
Also the running total of precip for the month & any records tied or broken.

I'd like to see some words about each day in the 7-day planner. I'd like to know if the showers are going to be scattered or wide speard and what time of day they'll arrive. The icons don't really tell you much. It hard to know if the icon means all day rain or one or two scattered showers. The hourly forcast helps a lot but that takes time to look at each day. Thanks for the great site, its the only one I use now that you added hourly forcast.

I'd like to to see the weather discussion section (in right panel) higher on the page. I have to scroll, scroll, scroll to see it. It would be great right under the Doppler.

I'd like a weather watchers program. Also Live Doppler 9 to be zoom able down to streets like on TV. I would also like more weather maps, instead of just 3 TimeCast ones.

You guys are doing a great job & I don't ever bother to look at any other sites for the local weather or the news. I live in Scriba near the shore of Lake Ontario so appreciate you mentioning our forecast as it is often quite different than the Syracuse forecast. Keep up the good work!!

Great page, but I cannot access Java applets from my work PC, which of couse means I cannot see the doppler loop at all. maybe you could have an alternate loop available for those of us that cannot use Java. I love knowing the direction and speed that a storm is approaching, however at work, it does not function. Other than that, excellent place to get lots of information!!!

We are making hay on the farm and use your weather information many times a day.  It is important for us to plan several days in advance and to know which direction the weather fronts are moving.  The most useful part of the website - besides the Dopler - is the discussion section.  Moving that block to the top would save time.  You have THE BEST weather information in the area. SUPER!!!

Please put the dewpoint back on the main weather page!   It takes so long to find it now!  

You need to update the maps section and weather discussion more often during the day. Sometimes I notice that it's not updated at all during a 24 hour period. Also add precipitation totals for day/month/year and keep the running total listed so you don't have to hunt and search for it.  I would also like the weather disscussion section up higher in the page and put the adds down lower. Otherwise it's great !!!

I would like to see the % of rain for each day and also the %drying conditions. We are farmers  and the weather means everything to us!! It is haying time and tthis would be most helpful.

It would be great if you had some interactive educational stuff.  You do great work with your graphics during newscasts, how about some on the website to help students learn about the causes of different types of weather?

While I LOVE the fantastic local content and this remains my sole locally-produced weather online source, I miss the Intellicast links you had on the "old" sites. I suspect that it was a corporate decision as they also have sponsored ads. Unfortunately, they have the best visible regional views (static and loop) and access to the entire country with content that I find more useful than the National Weather Service. As a result, I spend less time (as a whole) on your site because of this. Please return Intellicast!

Even on broadband, the amount and type of graphical information, especially advertising, can make even the static Doppler page load slowly some times of day.

Thanks for continually improving the site.

Cheers!

It would be very helpful if the successive maps on your "Doppler Loop" were all the same. You tend to jump from one scale to another, making it impossible to visualize the progression of a storm pattern.

I feel the following should be on the main weather page:
Daily record High and Low temps, the average temp, precip, etc.  
perhaps a 'on this day in history' if something major happend in the cuse in the past.  
Weather Discussion should be brought towards the top.  No sense in having it at the bottom?
and perhaps an virtual adoptable pet? that would be lots of fun for the little ones.

Absolutely best weather page in our area.  Your email school closing alerts are excellent too. I always use your site for weather first, then I go to NOAA http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ to see the watches and warning for the country and I can zoom into my county from here and other parts of the country.  I would also like to see lightning strikes and the 10 day forecast. I use weather.com for this.  Having everything on your page would be easier.

I would like to see a section where the upcoming season is forecasted (ie It is now summer and there is a forecast for what kind of fall CNY may experience).

I rely heavily on your info, but as a "visual learner" I like to see the graph as laid out by  NOAA for my local area

I would like to see the 7 day forecast include the date for each day : i.e.; Monday 25, Tuesday 26, etc.

I would also like to have the marine forecast include the water temp. during the summer months. Those temps are available at some weather boys but are hard to track do9wn.

Based on the comments received so far, I think a weather "gadget" that indicates the current barometric pressure, highs/lows, dew point...maybe use an old-fashioned analog dial would be very cool. There is no subsitute for the simplicity of showing a barometric pressure change on a analog dial face.

9 NEWS - Still the best weather source since the days of "Stormy" Meredith!

One thing I miss from the Post Standard is what the weather was a year ago on that day.  Maybe you could add this on the web site. I do enjoy your site and look to it formy weather planning.  Great job!!

It would be great to show NWS watch boxes, and actual warnings superimposed over the doppler radar, especially if they were linked to the actual warning text.  If this is not possible with the doppler graphic, perhaps a second live, updating map that showed current watches and warnings could be added.  The only reason at this point I go to the NWS sites is for the graphical representation of watches and warnings on a map.

I don't think I'll ever get used to the wind direction visuals on the Hourly Forecast. It is a windsock approach. Why not just use NNE, for example, to show where the wind is coming FROM.
The Ch.9 doppler display controls if you access it directly are fine. If you go to the maps link on the left of the weather page, you don't get the nice controls. Surely that can be fixed.
If possible, please do not show, for us computer users, a few magnified frames mixed in with the normal sizes. You do this very often close to newscast time or when the weather is really bad, and it is not possible to track the movement if the size changes.
I see some users want more ads. Why? We want to see the Weather data. We go to some trouble to visit Ch.9 for the absolutely best radar and best forecasts. We are grownups. We like the news too, and I always click on it either first, or after a weather check.  I doubt I'll get much sympathy on this one. (sigh) (smile).
I also like what DW suggested so will not repeat those here.

I'd love to see a blog where the Storm Team posts how they are getting the numbers and forecast they're getting, and we can comment back. I always like going more in depth with the weather than the 3 minutes you get on air.

I'd also like something like the weather channel's new doppler program for Live Doppler 9. Overlays for lightning and other doppler products would be another great plus. The NWS radar products are very choppy, and zoomed so far out that it's hard to see. And for the people with dialup who don't want to wait, we can keep around the old version.

Also, how would getting some moving timecast stuff in on the main page. It's kinda hard to know exactly when I'm gonna get hit (being about 6 miles out of the viewing area) with it being every 3 hours. Maybe a moving GIF.

<img alt="" src="http://www.mike.cnynet.org/system/files/newdoppler9.png" />

Here's a prototype as to what I think the new doppler 9 app should be something like. I figure you can do it in flash, so using the scroll wheel on your mouse for zoom, and click and drag for pan, this would be a great solution.

Your current site is great. I like the marine forecast map for Oneida lake. Would it be possible to add a live Oneida lake cam ? Syracuse.com used to have one stationed at Borios but they discontinued it.

For my comment before, you'll get a 404 because it linked the " after the url. Here's the real url.

http://www.mike.cnyet.org/system/files/newdoppler9.png

Bad day for me :(. Sorry if it seems I'm spamming.

http://www.mike.cnynet.org/system/files/newdoppler9.png

The best weather site in Central New York! Lightning tracker would be valuable.

When you click a tab such as "National/World" and then return to the main page after viewing an article you have to again click the tab to select another article from that topic.  If you have dialup it is really cumbersom waiting for the info to reload. Why not have the selected topic remain untill another one is selected?

Also for the radar enhancements, which I hope all come true, lets get Storm Track.

I would like to see the Weather Discussion shifted to the left margin so I don't have to scroll to the right to view it.   It would also be great if that panel could be moved upward, perhaps directly below the 7 Day Forecast.   Those are the 2 panels I view most frequently.  Almost never look at the Marine forecast.

I would like to see a spot on the main page of the current dewpoint temperature. The dewpoint temp is the definate indicator or how sticky it feels outside in the summer. For a weather buff like me, I think this would be great because it would really tell me just how soupy the air will be for that day.

I love this site I visit it many times a day! It would be nice if you moved the weather discussion up on the page right under the doppler. I would also like to see the barometric pressure reading.

As a frequent viewer of the large Doppler Weather image, I find it frustrating (particularly in the winter) that a large Route 81 Icon is superimposed at Us104 and Route 81. It blocks my view of activity which is beneath the icon. Suggest moving icon up further toward watertown on Route 81..

I like "regulation" weather maps and miss them since you went to the TimeCasts.  I now look at the WSYR StormTeam site (which I consider the best for CNY) and then go to UCAR and its Quick Look Charts for my "fix".

A lot of the flashing advertisements on the page make me feel like WSYR thinks that I am so dumbed down and easily influenced that you can sell me whatever you want by irritatingly grabbing my attention.  They are disgusting.    

Love the site compared to other newstations in CNY... I wouldn't change anything about the site... easy to navigate and has great coverage of everything, keep up the good work News Channel 9... thanks for everything.

Also, could you use the online current conditions on air? It looks a lot more graphically advanced.

Also with your on air product, could you use the graphic for the wakeup planner all around?

Your page is good - lots of info available without a lot of clicking through other pages. Keep that aspect.  A nation-wide radar map would be nice to see what's coming at us.

I agree with everything Mike S. has said including the Storm Track, Zoom In, Lighting, etc. I also agree with everything NC9 Fan has said including the Weather Watchers Prgoram. I can't wait until the New Weather Page is released!

Great site... On the seven day forcast planner page, it would be nice to just to scroll/click over a specific day and have a display of the short term forcast for that day... Thank you

I use the site many times a day.  I agree with others that the weather discussion should be moved up the page.  I use that more than the pictures as sometimes the forecast discussion and the forecast pictures don't match.

I agree with other comments about the "timecast".  Please bring the weather fronts back for us weather junkies.

Reduce the amount of JAVA.  Firefox helps greatly in this area.

More frequent updates to the radar during a storm.  During the storm on June 21 updates were up to 20 minutes apart.

Keep up the good work and thanks for the opportunity to suggest changes.

For the stormtracker on the radar, make it so that we can click and drag to where we think it will go. This may not work well for the non-weather junkies, but oh well.

I agree with Mike S with everything. I also agree with NC9 Fan about everything. THere is no need to repeat things already said.

If we don't get an advanced weather watchers program from NC9, I'll get one goin over at my weather site, cnyweather.ath.cx. As long as people promise to participate.

i'm not sure i think a better than a five day out look go for the gold and have a ten day out look. the radar is the best thing you have it is the best one. i love it in the winter time i wish it was better updated than before and i think of it as clicking to get to weather should be done away with it should easy to get to everything.
like the doppler should be a easy way to get at it
the layout is ok don't change that because then it will put bad look to it.  

 

I agree with what Mike S said, and his picture of perhaps the new doppler.

I also would like to see storm tracks and be able to switch the doppler to velocity mode like you guys to see the wind speed and direction.

Yeah, I didn't know if we had those features (which are quite vital, so I should have gone with we did).

Once I get on the downstairs computer which has the graphics file I'll add stormtrack, and other radar products to the list.

Is there a way to keep the doppler loop from shifting the size of the image on occasional frames as it does sometimes.  This is annoying and makes it difficult to get a good sense of what is developing stormwise sometimes.

I too would like to see the wind direction overlay on the local weather maps.  And other links to local/regional/state weather would be helpful--the DOT comes to mind for highway status.  This is a terrific weather site, the one I use daily.

I also check your weather page on a daily basis.  It is a great site.  I would suggest links to other NYS weather sites for travelers.  I also would love to see a spot for "Celebrate Central New York" photo shots. You have some great photos of area weather, storms, or just beautiful nature shots on your TV broadcast, and it would be great for folks to enjoy these photos online.
Thanks, MB

Good site.Not much to change.However when I loop the doppler I wish it would animate more frames behing so I can track Its history farther back.

yes put the wind doppler so that we at home can see that wind velocity as that also would help use it in the winter time as well.
weather photos online ya that would be great to see still shots on weather what a great idea. I think it should be done,  

The ads that have a swinging hammer or some other object moving wildley are irritating at least! We don't need to be screamed at by the ads, we're not stupid! Your site is great and I depend on it for up to date information but get rid of the childish ads!!!  Thank you.

I would like to see wind speed, barometer readings, precipitation forecasted, and actual precipitation for the day stats. Thank you and have a good day.

Limit the talk on oral sex.

I'd like to see the short term forcast and the timecast smaller or lower and have the 7 day forcast and weather discussion more prominent and near the top.  You can access the former from the home page.  If I click on the weather page, the latter is the information I really want to see.

Thanks for the best weather info in the city!

I live in NJ and depend on your weather site all year. I still use dial-up. The last time you updated the site, I experienced a long loading time, so if you make it more detailed, I expect even more time consuming waiting. The part I enjoy most is the weather discussion. If you can figure out a way for this to load quickly without all the other details, that would be great. We always watch Channel 9 when we are in Central NY.

I like it just the way it is!  I love being able to check the weather information and the top news stories all on one page, so please keep that as is - it's more efficient when you're time-crunched!  And as far as the weather goes, everything you need is there - forecast in graphics and text, current weather, and doppler - there are other sites out there for checking weather outside of Syracuse, no need to clutter up the page with additional cities or links to them.  All in all, the current page layout is efficient, informative and easy to navigate - please don't clutter it up with unnecessary additional information!

Similarly to my note on June 22... When you have an event icon listed on your planner page ( like jazz fest ), if we were able to scroll over this icon to see what event was coming to the area... some icons you list are hard to read, or the event symbol is unknown...

Dew points and pressure would be great.  Best local weather site anywhere!  Move the discussion up.  Perhaps a separate discussion page for those with dialup.

Maybe a monthly calendar with all the daily numbers, ie: high and low temps, amount of rain or snow, and sunny/cloudy, etc. It would be great info. for the teachers to use for math/science classes. They can figure averages.

I have seen the feedback, especially that concerning Live Doppler 9.  I agree with some of the positive things people have said about redesigning the whole page, especially the radar stuff.  What I would like to see happen is for the radar to be interactive similar to what the Weather Channel offers NOW; but the update rate should be  at least 2 minutes per update, and should auto-update; yes it ought to be in FlashPlayer format.
The imagery should be no more than a couple minutes old, if the update rate is around 5 minutes per update.  I would like to see eventually live streaming radar permanently on a 24-hour basis like many TV stations now do, complete with lightning track and Storm Track.  Not only should the lightning be live, it should be like what CNN does; they have the flashes in real-time up to the second, and they look exactly like the flashes you see out your window!!  The radar should be in 3D like CNN and a few TV stations do, so you could see INSIDE the thunderstorm cross-section view, with the lightning flashing inside the storm.  You should do all this on-air as well as allow internet users to switch to 3D mode.  I agree on Doppler wind velocity; I point out you already can do this on the Weather Underground site.  I would like to see Streaming Radar eventually replace the updating radar pics.  I would also like to see this radar pick out hail areas like they do in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at KELO-TV.  I would like to see realtime temperature, pressure, humidity, dewpoint,
wind direction and speed, rainfall, heat index, windchill as reported at Channel 9, perhaps in a FlashPlayer format.  These would be updated every couple seconds, like some FlashPlayer
weather sites now do.  Yes, radar should be zoomed in to street level like you do on-air.  I think if Channel 9 made these changes, the site would be a lot better, and you would know for sure which blobs on radar ARE thunderstorms, and which are not.  I like the Live Special Feeds either Storm Coverage or streaming radar that you are starting to do.  Keep up with the Live Feeds in Severe Weather.  Good Job!!

Here's an updated outlook as to what the new doppler 9 flash view should look like.

Once again, scroll wheel will be needed to use the zoom (or add that), and click and drag to move it around (that's what I think the instructions should be). Also, it would be nice to have it zoom to where the mouse is.

http://www.mike.cnynet.org/system/files/newdoppler9-updated.png

I think the Weather Discussion is excellent!  I want it to stay.  We wanted to know if it'll rain today, so we'll know whether to water all the outdoor plants or not.  Since we missed the Sun. am newscast, this is a great way to know what today's weather will be.  Keep up the good work!

Being a visual learner, I love the way the daytime high temps appear to look like a bar graph on the seven day storm team planner.  I hope that stays the same.  Yours is the only website I go to for weather information, and the only local station I watch for weather coverage.  You always do a great job!

Reduce the amount of non-weather related information that appears on the page, if you can!

OK..... Remove the BIG ADS on the right side and replace them with LINE TEXT ADS....

EXAMPLE =
For the best in your shopping experiances where you can find all the nice things for your home, car, home entertainment, computer, tv, etc just go to <a href=http://walmart.com>Wal-Mart</a> PS: Look on their website to find wht FREE things they will be haveing most firdays
END EXAMPLE =

ALSO when you mouse over the list on the LEFT side.... All it does is to turn red....
HOW about giving that more info and making it turn red BUT at least one size bigger than what it is ALONG with a >>>>>>> GO TO LINKS....


EXAMPLE =
Ricks Recipies >>> Monday 6-15
                    >>>Tuesday 6-16
                    >>>Wednesday 6-17
                    >>>Thursday 6-18
                    >>>ETC.....
THAT way it saves time in searching all the next pace of Ricks Recipies
AND do that to all the links if possible....

ON THE TOP ROW OF LINK WORDS

NEWS [hover on the name of NEWS and you get a drop down added links
Local Regional  State  National  International  Weather Sports etc.....


USING MORE DROP DOWN MENUES does help

But also whne you hoover over the name it gets one size bigger and turns NOT RED [BUTROTATING SLOW RAINBOW COLOWS] = Someone no matter what their eye problem is can read that one no matter what

AND ANOTHER ABILITY.....
PAGE BACKGROUND CHANGING = May make any links stand out a little better

PLUS MAGNIFY [much like google does with maps.... A set of boxes that when ticked will magnify the page up to and down to a certain point = PAGE READING THEN I MUCH BETTER = AGEING BABY BOOMERS EYES

Go back to the original NYS Radar map.  The current map is too large and annoying.  A satellite picture of cloud cover would be great also.  Thanks.

I'm with Dan F on this one: Simplify! Get rid of the junk on the page! Even with high-speed access, it's very cumbersome to load every time I want just a small bit information, and I don't know what I'm looking at or what I'm looking for, until it settles down, by which time I've lost interest.

And how about some statistics? Did yesterday even happen? Are there records to set today? Sun, Moon times? Planets?

It's me again.  Of course I'm on this site everyday because I'm addicted.  But you have to get a better typer for your "Weather Discussion" area.  On todays info. I bet there are over 1/2 dozen errors on it and you have to read it more then once to understand what it should say.  With people from all over reading and viewing this website I would think you would want to review what is written before you put it out for us to read.

Please keep the Large Doppler Radar.  I travel from Fulton to Canandaigua everyday for work and your site is invaluable to me during the winter.  I use it frequently during the day to watch out for Lake Effect snow and to make decisions about when I should leave to get home safely.  I could not do it with out your web site.  I also watch your webcasts of the daily forecast.  And I very much appreciate the detailed information you give about the weather patterns and what it might mean throughout the day.

The Doppler Loop is very slow to load, always stops awhile in the 4th frame before continuing, and the jumps in scale are terrible.

The only thing I find missing is the dewpoint.  It means more than the heat index or the relative humidity.  Please put it on.

Provide a more detailed written weather report including factors that will influence the weather for the next several days.

A few suggestions:
Dave has preached Dew Point to us for years, yet the webpage shows % humidity – add the dew point.

Provide current stats/measurements (Temp, Dew Point) for the suburbs.

Like the time case for rain, have a time cast for temperature and dew point.

For the forecast, show a % probability. I would hope/expect that tomorrow prediction would be near 100% while a prediction for a day say 5 days from now may be far less. However this would better help us in planning our activities through the week since if the % probability is low, we can have alternative plans. Too often the prediction on Monday is Saturday will great, then Thursday or sometimes as late as Friday the forecast is changed to rain.

For the winter, use the time cast approach to show snow fall depth that is expected.

As a boater, forecasts will state a chance of a shower or thunderstorms. But often it doesn’t happen or is in another region of CNY. It would be very helpful if you again provided some specific details of where that may happen and the % probability.

One other item - while posting the National Weather Service warnings are great, a quick, plain English summarized version should be provided. Too often they are filled with lots of "details" - I would like to have it "get to the point".

You really need to hire proof readers for your forecast discussions. The authors have serious grammer problems and also spelling problems as well. It reflects adversely upon the education of your staff. Tonight's (26 June) was another example of the need.

UPDATE to an example of this
Rick's Recipies [10] = CLICKING ON THAT WILL OPEN ANOTHER SIDE MENU WITH 10 DAYS OF RECIPIES....

NEWS CLICK ON NEWS opens a side menu with 6 more results = Local, regional, state, national, international, wierd

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS IDEA IS ON THIS WEBSITE....
http://mediahopper.com/index.html  Click on one of the places / names opens a side menu....
WHAT IS THE SITE?  A listing to see many INTERNET BROACASTING TV STATIONS IN THE WORLD [MUST HAVE Windows Media player, Real One, Quick Time]

now HERE IS THE EXAMPLE FOR top drop down menu....


the top drop down menu idea is where you have on the top lines....
NEWS  Weather Sports Ricks Recipies
CLICK ON NEWS and a drop down SUBMENU OPENS UP....


NEWS
Local   Regional   State   National   Intetrnational   Weather   WIERD

FOR Rick's Recipies

Ricks Recipies
For 6/18   617   6/19   6/20   6/21   6/22   6/23   6/24   6/25   6/26

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IDEA IS ON THIS SITE....
[you do not have to join to see this at work].... It is a adult hook me up site.
IT IS FREE but you do not need to join to see this idea at work.
CLICKING THE TOP NAMES and you will see what they do.
on this site it changes the submenu and the page BUT you do not have to change the page JUST the drop down menu line words....

http://www.manjam.com/default.aspx

Is there anyway during the winter months to add an accurate Lake Ontario water temperature, say off from Oswego maybe...

Once upon a time you added dew point to the short list of prominent stats. It's since been replace by 'heat index'. Both heat index and relative humidity are confusing, almost subjective, pieces of information. Temp, dew point, wind, wind direction, barometer (with up/down arrow.) Then show me a local and regional radar map and an eastern US hi/lo/fronts map, and I've got it.

You have the best weather page in CNY bar none.  I think the radar coverage is great and I appreciate the easy links to the almanac and NWS data.  A graphic display of accumulated precip. might be nice, but I see little reason to substantively change your site. Too many web designers think that more is better and end up with needless clutter on the site.

I would like to be able to input my location and have it show up on the radar map, Thanks

Don't be like eBay and clutter up the page so much that even us on Roadrunner have trouble loading the page.  You should keep in mind also that some of us are not on the larger newer monitors, and I hate having to scroll to the side to see the Doppler radar.  Banner ads are annoying.  I only shop online at Walmart.com and Toys R Us or sometimes eBay, so the ads are lost on me as I'm sure they are on others, although I know they pay for advertising.  Dewpoint would be nice.  Weather discussion needs to be moved up and up, it is too far down to scroll/page down to see it.  The errors I see in the news stories on Channel 9's website are far worse than any errors I've seen in the weather discussion section, par for the course.  (I do this for a living, they jump out at me LOL)  Predictability about the rain on the bar graph look for the week would be nice, agree with other comments about how the forecast is such and such on Monday with chance of rain on Friday, for example, and the icons do not indicate predicability percentage to be able to "plan" activities.

I agree, you have the best weather webpage of all the local stations (especially your weather maps). The only thing that would make it better would be to have the ability to zoom in on specific areas like say, Radisson, with quality resolution. Also, there is no dot for Baldwinsville and it is hard to get a reference point for Radisson or the Village of B'Ville based on the roads that are drawn on the map. Your loop weather map has saved us several times, allowing us to get prepared for downpours and flooding. Thanks.

I love the site and use it constantly...  but isn't there some way to make the Live Doppler Loop more "Live" ??  During the storms today, as an example, there were 2 10 minute gaps between updates in a 40 minute period.  Thanks for asking for viewer feedback.

I like your weather site.
I like that it is updated often.

I don't like all the pop up ads. Way too many. This causes the webpage to load slowly, and when the internet gets bogged down, then not at all. Seems as though the ads come first, then the weather/news items.
I am using a hi-speed connection.
a few years ago it was fine, even with dial up.

I would like to see the ability to zoom in on areas at will, for closer look at where the storms are exactly.
The best I have found is "The Weather Channel" site. You can zoom in, and change the view of the weather map. It is not updated as often as your site, and frequently drops out when the storms are right over us in central NY.
Thanks,
Dale.

The website has great info, just too much of it all at once. The site is hard to navigate due to toooooooooooo much there and huge (no pun intended Billy) ads for shows and cars! I know you need sponsors but I now avoid the site due to the ads and complexity.

Make the frames smaller so they can be seen in one page. The emphasis on timecast is good, but the ability to use them is less than good.

Sorry for the negative comments. I use channel 9 for my normal TV viewing and news, but the web site is too tough to use. Try looking at the NWS sites. Short, sweet, easy to navigate and load!!

PLEASE...... PLEASE.....

When you make the changes to the weather page
PLEASE..... PLEASE

Bring back the DEWPOINT NUMBER....
Heat Index is fine but that tends to follow what the temp says...
91 degrees and the HEAT INDEX SAYS 94 [WOW no wonder it feels oppressive outside]
OOPS.... nope it is 70 DEWPOINT and that is why it feels oppressive.

YOU had that on the first weather page when you started to have weather on the internet AND the last time you edited the page that one feature was dropped...
SO the only way to see it was on ALTERNATE OTHER SITES WEATHER SITES or when shown on the tv

I like your weather layout a lot as is. The short term forecast, the seven day forecast, and the narrative Weather Discussion are great.  

Changes I'd like to see:
-The Discussion section could often use some spell-checking.
-I'd like the radar loop to show all images from the same range. Sometimes there will be one or two zoomed-in frames mixed in with the wider range view which makes it difficult to see.
-Addition of some historical data. Yesterday's high and low, last month's averages compared to normal, etc.

Thanks for a great site.

Can the static doppler images be annotated with a directional arrow for storms ? Folks have to go to the live doppler to get the direction of snow squalls or thunder storms. If an arrow can be generated showing the direction, it would cut down traffic to the live doppler link...  thx

Several really good suggestions have already been made. As a weatherwatcher, I, too, would like to be able to upload current temps, photos & other local weather statistics. Since our only option is dial-up, the current large doppler and loops take forever to download. I'd like to see a medium-sized map, as well less clutter so the page downloads quicker. Doppler updates should be only 5 minutes apart, especially during summer storms. The Weather Discussion should be checked for repeated words and spell check is a MUST! Everyone is so personable and intelligent, I'd like to see that consistently reflected. I'm keeping your weather page as my home page no matter what changes you make. Thanks for focusing more on the Southern Tier/Norwich/Cortland area than any other Syracuse channel. You have LOT a viewers down here! Binghamton is horrible when it comes to news and weather reporting. Keep up the great work!

I like the weather page as it is but...I miss seeing the local forcast on the home page for 9WSYR.

I'd like to see more precipitation reports for local areas, snow in winter, rain in summer. Right now Cato and locally west and north have seen almost no precip, and it is very dry, while the eastern part of the viewing area and also the south from Auburn has received rain.

Thank you.
 

I don't even live in Central New York, but I visit this site for its interesting analysis.  For me, the weather discussion and the extended videos on weather topics (e.g. the "blocking pattern" that set up in early February) are extremely helpful and enjoyable to view.  I would like more space devoted to the weather discussion and videos analyzing weather patterns/phenomena.  Perhaps this could be accomplished with a separate page devoted just to these topics (kinda like a "weatherin-depth" page.  

I have linked to this site on other weather blogs in Maryland where I live, because Dave's analysis is so good -- much better than you get elsewhere.  Dave, you and your team are awesome!

I agree with all those who've said your site is the best weather site around. And the other stations' radar maps just look primitive compared to yours.
I too would like to see wind direction  on the stationary maps - it's nice to see where storm cells are, but better to know where they're going. I think the links on the left are distracting and the ads could be smaller (ideally gone, of course, but not practical).
It would be nice if the doppler loop page could be updated more frequently. Didn't it used to be every 5 minutes? When a storm's coming, I don't care where it was 45 minutes ago. And not to be too picky, but is there a way to make the doppler loop less jerky as it progresses? As soon as my eyes focus on my area, the page zooms in or out suddenly. It's kinda of annoying.
Having said all that, it's STILL the BEST SITE AROUND!

Move the weather discussion up and, quite frankly, make it less chatty and more on point as to what the weather is actually going to do.  Ok, it might rain, but where??  Talking about "models" might make you sound impressive to all the other weathermen, but mean nothing to someone who wants to know weather or not they really need to carry their umbrella today.  You also do not have any weather statistics on your site.  While I like your site best, I use a competing site for its stats, especially during the winter when I want to know just how much it has snowed.  It would also be nice if we could once again access the 7 day forecast from the home page.  I really, really, really miss that feature as I use it more than the radar.  

I think 9WSYR is already the best weather website in Central New York. To be honest with you, I wouldn't change a thing on the weather page.....Thanks

You have the best weather site of all the local news online. Would love to see the "Zoom" feature for Doppler radar just like the one you show on TV, with lightning strikes, etc., and maybe during these bad summer thunderstorms, the ability to refresh a bit more often, say, every 3 or 4 minutes instead of the 7-10 you have now. Keep up the good work, Channel 9!

Lets not call this site any thing to do with "storm team"...it is just a weather station!
I would like a link to the temperature gradient across the north east for the past 24 hours and forcast for the next 24 hours...

I didn't read all of the comments, so this may be a duplicate:  Don't assume the dimensions of the user's screen:  Make the content shift with the window it is in.  On a wide screen (or large 20") monitor, the ads could be shifted left/right so there's more room for the body.  It would make the page much easier to use.

BTW, I agree with other posters that the radar loop and its controls should fit on the user's screen - but the size shouldn't be based on the least common denominator.  The size should be based on what the user has available.

You should provide a streaming version of the radar with the lightning overlay on it as you do during larger storms.  Allowing the radar loop to be displayed in it's own window that can be sized would also be great.

I live on Owasco Lake so any additional info about that area would be appreciated.
Specifically, data about lake water level and temperature would be useful.

The doppler is very helpful in planning my daily activities.

More maps! Or links to more maps. The Jet Stream is a huge factor in our weather but you never show it. Also satelite image and satelite IR wuold be nice.

i have moved out of syracuse to norwich, but still use your forecast as my guide (just can't find a weather team out of bingo that is anywhere as good as yours!)...but because we are farther from the lake, surrounded by hills, etc, i have found that there can be significant differences in norwich's weather from the syracuse forecast....can you include forecast temps, etc for outlying areas?

I only rely on Channel 9's forecast and the website is the best, especially the radar. Dave Eichorn and his weather team ARE THE BEST. That said, I would love to see the lightning tracker on the website as well as your stormtracker that you feature on air. This may sound silly, but I LOVE winter snowstorms. I think a live radar of the northeast when we are anticipating a Nor'Easter would be a fun tool to use.

Please reduce the size of the area on the left side of each page!  It's too wide esp. when the Doppler Loop is on the screen!

When Will The New Page Be Released? I Can't Wait To See The Changes!!

Remember that old saying... Don't tamper with success. Your web site is perfect. You blow everybody else out of the water. Your maps are great. Just leave it the way it is. Thanks for the great job.

I like the page im all for tweaking it a bit but dont change it so much its hard to follow...

I ALWAYS ON THE 4TH OF JULY WE ALWAYS HAVE BAD WATHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DO WE GET BAD WATHER ON THE 4TH OF JULY CAN'T WE HAVE A LEAST ONE NICE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't read one suggestion that I disagree with regarding outside weather links,sister stations and  overlays available that could be toggled on or off. One of them could be amateur weather watcher's information for their immediate location or if available live outside webcam links. One thing that I would REALLY love to see though, is a link directly to the weather page from the www.wsyr.com homepage below the tv and radio links.

Great site....  how about some more detailed explanation of "south of the city" or "higher elevations" when you discuss wind and snow.  What do you consider "south of the city",  Tully or Onondaga Hill ?  What about "higher elevations", is this 700 - 800 ft as in Onondaga Hill or the hills south of route 20 ?  thanks for a great site...

If you could list camden on your doppler radar location's it would be a big help. (lake effect snow country!)_

It would be nice if we at home could zoom in on the doppler map like you guys do on the air.  Thanks!!

I just thought I would pas this site on to you.http://www.hamweather.net/cgi-bin/hw3/hw3.cgi?forecast=zandh&daysonly=2&place=oswego&state=ny&maxdays=7 it will give you plenty of idea's for setting up your new site like more layouts for your radar so up here in oswego it would be nice to be able to move the doppler in for a close up on oswego and have local forecast thanks Larry.

I love your weather page, it is the one I go to several times a day. I would like to see the weather discussion up higher on the page. I live in Southern Jefferson county, and I think you do a great job including us in your maps but I get confused when you say "chance of such and such in the north country or northern NY". What is the north country? Is Jefferson County in it?
I also think you should limit the weather page to weather only.

I understand the need to advertise.  However, the page has too much clutter and takes too long to load.

In a nutshell, I suggest making it simpler.

Would like to see more details of towns and roads on maps and be able to zoom into your neighborhood to see your specific area.

Your weather page is already superior!  I agree with another respondent, let's have yesterday's statistics, temperatures, total precipitation.  Regional information for CNY and NNY are valuable too.

I'd like a map of the US with weather fronts shown.  The Post-Standard stopped running that map some time ago and I miss it.

Susan King, Fabius and Chaumont on Lake Ontario (in the summer)

Having the ability to zome doppler ti street level as you do on show would be great. Also having the ability to overlay clouds and lightning.

It's clear that there are a wide range of opinions as to layout.  No single layout is going to come close to meeting the requests!  So how about an option to let us customize?  Set it up so we can (optionally) register on the weather page, with a username and password.

Then, let us customize the layout (probaby by choosing from among a set of canned templates).  If we're on a dialup modem, maybe a text-only page with links to images, so we get a fast initial look, and then click (or not) to get more info.  Those who want the forecast first on the page, probably could get that.  Et cetera.

Registration should be optional, so those who don't want to register will just get the "standard" page, whatever that turns out to be.

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Since the doppler radar does a pretty good job of estimating precipitation, is there a way to leverage that to get maps that show estimated accumulated rainfall that's narrowed down to a small area?  This summer a lot of the rain we've had has been in the form of T-storms.  Some people have gotten a lot, some (like me) have just had occasional sprinkles.  I'd like to know how much rainfall I have gotten, specifically, so I could better estimate how much to water.

I'd like to see a map for each month, and a "current-month-to-date" map.

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I'd like a graphic showing sunrises and sunsets for the entire year (and you could sneak the moon into the chart as well).  I'll try a description of this in words, and if that doesn't work, I can draw a picture.

Imagine an image that's 365 pixels high by perhaps 200 pixels wide.  Each row in this image corresponds to a day of the year.  January 1 at the top, December 31st at the bottom.  Time of day runs left-to-right across, 5 PM or so on the left, 9 PM or so on the right.

Across each row is a line.  The line starts at a spot corresponding to sunrise, and ends at a point corresponding to sunset.

The effect would be a chart with two curving lines, shwoing sunrise and sunset for each day.  An entire year in a simple chart.  Put the current day of the year in a distinct color, so it's easy to pick out.

You have the best weather page I have encountered anywhere.  The best part for me is to get the Doppler Loop going.  Why?  So I can see the direction from which the next weather change will most likely come from, what it will be, when it may arrive, etc.  (Having learned about weather forecasting from you, I like to get 'deeper' data!)
So, it would be even better if you could add connections to other loops that cover more area.  You already have some connections, but they do not have loops.

I agree with everything that everyone has said.
(No Need To Repeat What's Been Said)

I think that having veiwers send in their pictures (weather/nature related) and putting the pictures as the background on the seven day forecast would be awesome; instead of the boring blue clouds.

hello!  i love your site.  i work with my honey in the towing business.  i use your site in the winter every minute i am in the office.  i have attempted to use other sites and have to be candid, i dislike them.  i also agree with the others that have made the comment that less "stuff" on the initial page would be nice.  i am a frugal person and still use dial-up and this does add to the amount of time it takes to get your page up.  i also like the fact that your site updates every 20 minutes or so.  thanks for a great weather site!  lcc

I think your weather site is great. However, I'd like to see a national weather map showing the fronts and the high/low pressure areas. An overlay of the current jet stream winds would be good as well. This way, I can predict my own weather and compare my amatuer results with yours!

When making your new site consider the people on dialup. Big pics suck to upload. maybe a split site with just the basic pics and ducussion area for us and the rest for the city people with cable.

Could you please add "tonight's low" to the Time Cast Planner, box that has the short -term forcast.  It would help to know how cold it will get at night.

While the site has so much good information, I think on it's weather home page it has to much. For some it takes slightly longer to load because everythig loads on the start. Another thing is is takes a minute for most to find what they ar elooking for because there are charts and maps everywhere.

I like how you have tabs on some of the charts, and I think a layout more like that would be easier for people to navigate to what they want to see, rather than get everything thrown at them all at once.

My opinion is that your weather site is great. However I would like to see a more up-to-date doppler. What I mean is it will go for a about 10 15 minutes before it is updated. I would like to see it updated every minute. So you can see where the storms are. Maybe also have weather spotters from different areas. Other than that keep up the great job

hello i live down in the greater binghamton area and i live just south of whitney point and i watch newschannel 9 all the time online.  unfortunately i don't get newschannel 9 down here. i wish i did.  i get newschannel 34 which is nc9's sister station in binghamton.  i did get nc9 after the tornado hit nc34 in 1998 and back in 2000 when the station was knocked off the air.  i really enjoyed the newscast.  i thought it was the best.  i wish i could get it down here in bingo.  anyway back to the website i would love to see more live streamings of the livedoopler radar.  also i would love to see or be able what the storm team does on the air.  that is to zoom in to street level doppler radar and just have it more interactive.  

I would like to see the radar loop right on the front page. I use this feature a lot and having it right there when I open your site would be very handy.

Like many comments above...Live Doppler 9 interaction would be awesome. Much like what you guys can do during live broadcast, click, zoom in on an area for details.

I will be honest...i check out your page at least a dozen times a day...just to check out the doppler radar... even more duing the winter. Winter months would be great to have the interaction with the doppler radar.

Thanks...

I would love to see more almanac info... not necessarily daily, but on a monthly basis/comparing past seasons with the present one. Also, during the winter, more of a local ability to see what's going on in our little micro climate zones would be great.  Hopefully a good tool for local superintendents to use when they figure out whether to put the buses on the road!

Ok i forgot one thing. I think maybe when ya'll do system maintenance maybe you should do it at night. There has numerous times when severe weather has approached then your sytem goes into sytem maint. My opinion its a little annoying

I use the page quite a bit and think it's very good.  I would like to have the ability to look at the timecast for the next day using weather maps.  Sometimes you show this for, say projected snowfall - especially when the lake effect bands shift around.  I'd like to see this available routinely for things like temperature and precipitation outlooks.

The Live Doppler images are not always on the same scale, so when you run an animation, successive images may zoom in or out, making the animation difficult to follow.  I like the idea of being able to zoom in manually, but I think consistency is more important.

Keep the discussion, please.  You have the best local weather site.  Thanks!

This is the only weather website I go to. I moved out of state recently but I am moving back into NY. I went to this website everyday to keep up to date on the news and weather for NY.

I would like to be able to zoom into cities and streets on the radar. I wrote a comment to News Channel 9 before this came up and asked before. It's good to see people want to see the same things I want.

I also like some kind of pop-up alert would be nice if we have a severe thunderstorm or some type of threatening weather. Weatherbus has an alert and a a alert sound when a warning is issued. It would be nice to be able to download something sort of like that, or have some type of heads up. I am on the computer most of the time, and don't check out the TV very much. A lot of times, I don't know a storm is coming until it's finally here or I happen to check the website out and see the radar.

The radar is the best around NY. Keep the clarity of it the same, or make it even better. I trust only this radar, and nothing else.

Would also like to see the storm tracker online too. You can see when the storm will be approaching your town/city so you can prepare.

Also, the high temps of the day, low temps of the day would be cool. Along with having some other information like, what city/town had the highest temperature today, who had the lowest. Who got most rainfaill, snowfall, etc.

Maybe a form and a place to display our images of the weather that we have.

Have Jim shave his head, that 1/2 mohawk looks like crap.  You're bald, go with it.

I like how ch. 3's web site (wstm.com) has a ticker scroll across their home page when there's a severe weather warning or watch going on.  Perhaps you should do the same.

Consider adding sunrise/sunset times, daily  and average temps/precip.  Perhaps if there were fewer adds on the page, there would be room.  The radar is terrific except in loop mode where it jumps from an extended view to closer range.  Can that be changed?  Is it possible to zoom in for more local view in times of bad weather? The live stream used last winter was very helpful.

u shouds havv a better weather loop so u can see where it is headed

u shoud have a better weather loop so u can see where it is headed and have  it easyer to get to things and do not have the front page so full

It would be great if you could somehow be able to pinpoint your own area with the Live Doppler 9 Loop.  Kind of like zoom in and out like on the NWS site, but with the live action at the same time.  And it would also be nice if you could stick the wind direction in there somewhere.

I agree with the others in that your weather forecasts are superior in their accuracy of every other station. I rarely bother with my local weather. Sometimes I wonder if they live in another state !!! I also would like to see less clutter on your weather pages. It takes too long to load. We want weather. That's why we're here. Most of the left side needs to be left on your homepage. One more thing: It would be helpful for those of us with dial-up to have the ability to enjoy your "video only " information ( like Dave's garden ) Could it be text only?

I just read the comments here and was furious about someone insulting Jim. I'd like to know who made Sambo " Mr. ....Oh I look so good " . (Not to be mean to Sambo)   We all love ya Jim !! I think ALL the Storm Team guys are great. The local guys ( Utica station ) don't seem to quite have the accuracy that you gentlemen do. The only thing that your weather page needs is LESS. It needs to be simpler. The other items can be accessed elsewhere. Please leave the picture of the Storm Team though. You all look so happy it cheers us up !!

The weather warnings that are all in caps are very hard to read, i'd like to see that changed.

Do not change doppler map, it is the best around!  i like the planner graphic.  id  like to see it kept more simple, keeping all links together on the side.  

I use your web site as my home page. I would like to see the doppler radar loop as a separate tab so that I can close the page instead of having to remember to use the back arrow to return to the weather page. Great site!

I have always loved knowing the stats of the current or previous day, or what the stats were a year ago to date (especially when we reach record breakin stats). Also, how about having snow and rain fall totals for the season's? If you couldnt tell I am a number's fan (along with weather), and absolutely love how the weather stats refresh every ten minutes (I kind of get excited to see if any of the numbers have moved), and yes the weather page is my homepage! Awesome guies!

I would like to see a statewide map of all-time records, highs, lows, snow, rain etc.

I'd like to have a separate dialogue box opened up for the doppler loop, while keeping the main weather page on the screen at the same time. I also like having the weather discussion in a more prominent - central - place, perhaps just below the Storm Team Planner.

I love the weather page the most and consult it several times during the day. I would like a larger scan of doppler radar if possible. The NY state map does't show what is happening in Buffalo Rochester area. It would be nice to know what is coming from the west. I live in Utica and like to see whats on the way for planning purposes.


My parents own a camp on Raquette Lake and  would like to see a marine forcast for some Adirondack lakes. The weather is a constant concern because there is little radio and telephone reception outside of Old Forge.

I work at the airport, and the doppler loop is one of the most useful tools I have, as I need to know about storms and lake effect snows.  I think it would be better if the scale was left the same for every frame, and the user would then be able to zoom as necessary.

Keep up the good work!

I would love to see a desktop weather program similar to a weatherbug or what the weather channel does, since your weather reporting is superior to theirs.

I would like to see a regional looping map of the Northeast. The map you use is to to smaller to know if there is anything coming from the other parts of the country and going to your other maps does not show looping . Can't tell if something is on the horizon in an hour or two without switching to another map. Just the weather and weather related links on this page- nothing else to help the download time.

Your website is awesome and I think asking all of us for new ideas are a wonderful way of including all of us together in creating a new and even better site. I would like to see a Weather Watches page like mentioned several times already. It would be great if we could put in our own information and see it appear on a map. Also, showing lightning on Doppler 9 would be very important I think. Also, could be get animated Time Cast like what you show on TV and can you put a time stamp on it to know when it was last updated. I really love the live streaming of the radar. I sure wish that could be on all the time. That would be heaven!! Also, maybe more information on marine weather. Like going out 2 or 3 days. More water tmeps along the shorelines. Keep up the great work and hats off for your hard work!!    

It would be neat if we could zoom in to street level on radar during lake effect events. Great Web Site, Thanks for all your hard work.

Please add a last updated time to the weather discussion portion.

When viewing the doppler loop don't zoom in and out as it is hard to view

   We visit your site several times each day,we love it and more importantly rely on it. Don't change anything, it's great  Living in Oswego countyis an adventure and you keep us informed of what's in store. One question though; why does the loop jump around so much? It's hard to follow sometimes with all the changes in focus.

 Ed & Hope

Would LOVE a prominent button where we can download pictures of unusual weather in our neighborhood...ie., the gorgeous double rainbow we just took... I don't know where to send it for you to load to tonite's weather report of our neat but nutsy weather up in these Marcellus hills!

I think the Radar in motion Java applet is really slow and takes a long time to load. Maybe an easier .gif image or something would make the radar in motion better as the one currently running the Java Applet is very slow.

Please make the doppler visual smaller, as it used to be. Even on my large, hi-res monitor I now have to scroll to see the whole map! Giant visual seems to take much longer to load and refresh than previously, and frequently no success, even with hi-speed connection.

Please correct the time at noon to read simply "Noon" or "12:00"
since "12:00 p.m." is actually midnight.

I enjoy the online video myself since I don't get channel 9 WSYR here in Toronto. Since I am a stats guy, I think it would be interesting to show record temps on the main weather page rather than having to access it through various links on the site.

I find the forecasts much more interesting than any Canadian forecasts I've seen myself. Mark is very engaging and makes me more interested in the weather. I'd love to see more him during the week.  Keep up the good work!! (ef).

I would like to see the doppler held in one level of zoom. It is very difficult to see when it jumps back and forth between zoom out and zoom in.

I agree with taking the non-weather related material off the page or set it lower if you can.  Also, the top stories of the day shouldn't (in my opinion) be above the weather discussion.  We're on the weather page because we like the information you provide us there.  Can the Time Cast Planner, Maps, & Video tabs and Short Term Forecast be on top, next to each other when the page opens?  I'd like to see a larger Live Doppler 9 map just below that with tabs for specific maps if possilbe for some of the local towns around Syracuse.  I was wondering if the Storm Team video tab (and possibly a Weather Discussion tab) could be added to the Short Term Forecast, and the 7-Day Forecast below that.
But I have to say that I love your weather site.  It's THE FIRST place I go when I want to know what's going on.  I know I can always count on the information you put on there.  Also, please keep the Storm Team Academy tab somewhere.  That's really informative.

What is really lacking from the site is more weather information, ie. current dewpoint and barometer readings, 24h high and low, and precip totals.  I would also like to see satalite images with the current radar and lightninig tracker.

How about the streaming doppler sweep.  You had this several weeks back when a big storm system was coming through.  The real time sweep of the radar...that's what i want!

Drop down menus! they take up less space, and are very user friendly!

The first thing I thought of saying was echoed in a few other comments I read.  I like using the radar loop to see the speed and direction of oncoming storms.  It gets really frustrating when the image flashes from normal to zoom view in the frame loops.  Even though it's a wider view than I want, many times I end up going to the NOAA web page so I can see what's going on rather than subject myself to an epileptic fit...

Having a date on the Short Term Forecast would be good.  Sometimes web browsers use what's in my cache, and when the forecast includes "This morning, this afternoon, this evening, and overnight" there's no way to know if I'm looking at a stale forecast.  The Timecast Planner includes a date, so I know that part of the wb page is up to date or not, but the Timecast and Short Term Forecast are not necessarily dependent on each other.
Keep up the good work!

I love your Doppler radar and the weather discussions. I wish the discussions were updated more often like it use to be when I could call on the phone for my weather report. More detail and information especially about what's coming up is better than less.

The short term forecast is also very helpful. Please continue to update it during the day and again more detail is always good for me.

Stats would be interesting - total sunshine, rain, snow for day week, month and year and comparisions to previous years. Sunrise and sunset for the day, things like that.

I don't know how detailed you can make the Doppler radar map or if you can give us more localized weather but please don't take out the major roads that you have on it now. Actually more roads and towns might be helpful for people to know just where they are on the radar map when storms are coming through. I live just south of Rt. 20 and east of Rt. 81 so I can often tell within 15, 20 minutes when a storm is going to hit me.

I love your site and check it at least once a day, usually more than that. It's kind of addictive!  Thanks for the great job you do and letting us have a say in your changes.

Great site for weather and updates. Would appreciate the rain %, 60%, 70% etc. Love the radar! Use it for golfing all the time.

Your site is the best in the area for weather! I would really like to see the timecast have a prominent place, perhaps right near the radar. I've been watching this on the broadcast side and it is very accurate! Watches & warnings are timely and very much appreciated.

When is the New Weather Page going to be released?

It's been almost a month (It will be a month tomorrow) since you have posted this topic.....

I used to rellay like a feature of the Post- Standard weather page which they have done away with.  It was the wind speed and direction at various elevations for the forecast day.  I recall the elevations reported were in feet at the intervals 3000,6000,9000,12000 and 25000 ft.  I would like to see this on your weather page.

ONE COOL feature you could impliment is the ZOOM DOPLER FEATURE....
Much like google & Yahoo maps where you can zoom down to the street level and like the weather people do it on the tv and still have the LIVE DOPLER UPPDATED TO SEE THE ZOOM and the down to the street level for where you live..... Might give you ideas of a el-quickie store trip in the middle of a quiet section of a rain stom [when there seems to be a hole in the clouds and no rain for 5 minutes to 20 minutes or so]

PS: one nice idea this can give kittle kids is the ability to see what street Santa Clause is about to deliver his goods at soon.....  LOL!!!!

I would like the lightning strikes, sunrise, sunset, local lakes water temps, and links to ABC affiliates up and down the east coast.  Please keep the I81 sign well north of Oswego County in the winter.  Sometimes it blocks parts of Route 104 and that's important info to have when traveling to and from Mexico.  Your radar is the best and easiest to understand.

Your site is the ONLY one I go to for local weather but as one who was stuck in Pennsylvania for two days following the Feb 14 storm, I could have taken advantage of weather warnings from the PA tv stations if I had known where to look.    Thanks for the opportunity to comment!

I like the page a lot just as it is.  I look at it every day.  Unlike others comments, I like that you give current news headlines and I frequently click on them.   Please keep most of what you have!  I love your weather page and find it is much more accurate then weather channel.

Time to get a real grip on your weather forecast for Oneida Lake. YOUR forecast for the winds was way off yesterday(oct 14). They had to be 15-25mph sustained all day creating dangerous conditions for anyone in a vessel 18ft or less.Dont even bother if you cant even come close.

For the most part, the new look is fine.  I had trouble finding the marine forecasts the other day.  Then again, my sailing season is over, so I can wait until spring :o)

In general, your forecasts and weather sessions are more informative than even the Weather Channel, which has dumbed down their presentations a lot over the past years.  Please continue to provide the details like jet stream flows, pressure maps, etc., for those of us that have some understanding of them.

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