How to display snow?

[thessnake03]

How do you get the radar to show snow?

Mine shows the same color as light rain, green/dark green. Ideally I'd like it to be purple, or something else to differentiate snow from rain, or even sleet.

Thanks.

[SerBrynden]

@thessnake03 The color scheme and snow settings are set in your config file for each radar window. Look for something like this in your config:

radar1 = {
    'center': radar_location,  # the center of your radar block
    'zoom': 7,  # this is a maps zoom factor, bigger = smaller area
    'basemap': map_base,  # Mapbox style for standard map or custom map with land and water only
    'overlay': map_overlay,  # Mapbox style for labels, roads, and borders only
    'color': 6,  # rainviewer radar color scheme:
    # https://www.rainviewer.com/api/color-schemes.html
    'smooth': 1,  # rainviewer radar smoothing
    'snow': 1,  # rainviewer radar show snow as different color
    'markers': (  # google maps markers can be overlaid
        {
            'visible': 1,  # 0 = hide marker, 1 = show marker
            'location': radar_location,
            'color': 'red',
            'size': 'small',
            'image': 'teardrop-dot',  # optional image from the markers folder
        },  # dangling comma is on purpose.
    )
}

It also depends on what RainViewer wants to provide. See https://www.rainviewer.com/api/color-schemes.html for the color scheme codes and how they will be affected by changes in the coming year.

[thessnake03]

If I'm reading that link for rain viewers plans right, option 2 would be the only one active going forward in 2026, correct

[thessnake03]

Changing color from 6 to 2 did the trick. Thanks!

I noticed this on line 1706 & 1707

                if 'color' not in radar:
                    radar['color'] = 6

I figure that sets a default if nothing is in the config file. Changing that from 6 to 2 caused the program to not load. I'm a bit out of my depth in troubleshooting that one.