ROSWELLweather.net, Station News Page

	January 2003 Site Upgrades:
	Well folks it took some time but several of my planned upgrades are in place and I hope you are enjoying the system . Here are a few of the changes that have occurred since January 1. New VWS version 12.05 Beta4 Weather Software Installed on January 1st. This was a big upgrade as I was a little behind in software updates and the new version required lots of template modifications to the site. You should also notice much more comprehensive data reports on our daily page. Several folks request more historical data, Now you have it! Enjoy. New Server Hardware and Software updates. We have now completed our Linux server upgrades and as of 01-17-2003 they are now fully operating. The web server has been updated to a PIII at 800Mhz. with 1.5 gigs of pc133 memory and ATA100 hard drives. The operating system software has been upgraded to Mitel-SME Server Version 5.6 running under a Linux 2.4 kernel. The 2.4 kernel is much more robust that the older kernel, so you should see faster page loads and script processing. Sorry we can't do anything about some of the wx images, they are just plain large and the faster your connection the faster you will see those. I have abandoned the old slide down menu system. It was cute, but hard to update site-wide when I wanted to add a link to it. The overhead scrolling menu can be changed site-wide by editing one file. Let me know if you have any problems with it.

	January 18, 2003
	Installed the latest version and database of HamWeather for local forecast and NOAA official information. You can now retrieve weather info for thousands of places around the globe. Check it out by clicking on the forecast button or enter your city, state or zip code in the box on the main page. Enjoy!
	February 17, 2003
	Site Additions since last update. Forum System Installed. ( Select Forum on Menu) Broadband Picture Gallery Added (Select under WXCAM menu) VWS Software updated from beta to 12.05 release version. ImageSalsa purchased and installed for broadband picture generation with weather data embedded. Client computer updated to xp2000 processor with 120gb ata133 drive 512mb ddr ram (with 512mb more on order with memory coolers) I keep needing more horsepower to produce all this on two machines <aarrgghh!> I need a second job <grin>