Changelog

Island Pages

• Redesigned current conditions into a modern card layout, with a temperature hero and clear tiles for wind, humidity, pressure, rain, and Saharan dust that make better use of the space, especially on wider screens
• Added rainfall to current conditions, showing both the last 24 hours and the month-to-date total
• Added a live Saharan dust reading to current conditions
• Made the rain, dust, and map cards fully clickable, each opening more detail
• Added a humidity chart to the weather history, with full history back to when tracking began
• Spread the section shortcut links evenly across the full width, and moved the "updated" time up under the heading

Outlook

• Added per-island rainfall over the last 24 hours under Rainfall Tracking, with each island linking to its full weather history
• Made every island in the Saharan dust readings clickable, linking to its weather page
• Tidied the rainfall scale note so it follows the chosen units (metric or imperial)
• Spread the section shortcut links across the full width and added one above Regional Satellite Animations

Home Page

• Added a Saharan dust advisory that appears when dust is elevated, showing its strength and the most-affected islands

Outlook

• Improved the Caribbean surface analysis map with a clearer, larger view that enlarges on click
• Further focused the tropical weather summary on the Eastern Caribbean, leaving out distant systems that don't affect the islands
• Added the season's Atlantic storm names, highlighting active and past storms with links to their history
• Added current Saharan dust levels for every island to the dust section

Island Pages

• Current conditions now show when skies are hazy from Saharan dust

Outlook

• Improved the tropical weather summary for the Eastern Caribbean
• Added a current regional satellite view with a lat/lon grid, opening larger on click
• Fixed wind and distance conversions to handle ranges and round to whole numbers

Island Pages

• Added context to the weather history charts explaining each time range

Reliability

• Fixed the Open-Meteo fallback error. It will now reliably return current conditions if the AccuWeather API fails.

Map

• Added cloud cover overlay (Rainbow.ai), merged into the existing Precipitation toggle
• Added Clouds legend row and refined precipitation gradient to match RainViewer tile colours
• Tuned overlay bounds to focus on the Eastern Caribbean
• Two-line legend on mobile with aligned Precipitation and Clouds bars
• Expanded help text with seasonal guidance nudging off-season visitors to Outlook

Island Pages

• Added “View island on map” link alongside Rainfall Tracker; shortened link labels
• Unified mobile spacing across the Current Conditions section

Homepage

• Added “5-day outlook:” prefix to the header forecast summary
• Island dropdown now shows capital city on desktop (Country — Capital)

Blog

• Redesigned category navigation to match the Archive pattern; mobile scrolls with fade
• Unified post header sizing, padding, and spacing with the rest of the site

Site-wide

• Standardized h2 heading size across all pages

Weather Data

• Switched to AccuWeather for increased accuracy, with Open-Meteo as automatic failover
• Refined rain intensity descriptions: differentiated light rain, rain, and heavy rain by precipitation amount
• Wind labels tuned for Eastern Caribbean trade wind climate (e.g., Nice breeze, Breezy, Very breezy)

Island Pages

• Two-line island cards on mobile: full island name with feels-like and wind on second line
• Full-row hover highlight on island cards (all screen sizes)
• Fixed mobile double-tap issue on island cards (hover now limited to pointer devices)
• Added island flag identifier to Current Conditions heading

Outlook

• Jump navigation added above each major section
• Replaced 1-hour rainfall composite with rain rate early product

Map

• Switched precipitation overlay to RainViewer radar for better coverage across the full Eastern Caribbean (replaced CMORPH2 and Rainbow.ai)
• Redesigned rain legend: moved below map, single-row layout on desktop, responsive labels on mobile

Weather Data

• Switched primary weather data source from OpenWeather to Visual Crossing (current conditions and forecasts)
• OpenWeather retained as automatic fallback if Visual Crossing is unavailable
• Cloud cover percentages used to differentiate weather descriptions (clear sky, few clouds, scattered clouds, broken clouds, overcast)
• Caribbean-friendly weather descriptions (e.g., “Passing showers” instead of “light rain”)
• Improved temperature accuracy for Dominica by switching to airport weather station coordinates

Island Pages

• Hourly and 8-day forecast data now powered by Visual Crossing
• Past hours filtered from hourly forecast display
• Forecast guidance notes added below hourly and 8-day sections

Site-wide

• Unified branded header with logo across all pages (changelog, privacy, terms, resources)
• Logo converted to WebP format (60% smaller file size)
• Updated footer credits for new data sources
• Privacy policy and terms of use reviewed and updated

Outlook

• New Sea Temperatures section with 7-day composite (tropical colormap) and 30-day animation
• Reordered sections: Satellite → Forecast Maps → Rainfall → Sea Temps → Saharan Dust
• Linked Early/Late rainfall labels to NASA GPM documentation

Map

• Compact map popups by merging fields
• Centered island display when “Show on Map” is clicked
• Added rain legend with ocean-blue background and opacity to match overlay
• Graticule tile gap fix applied to all browsers, lighter dark-mode grid lines
• Removed toggle panel on mobile for more map space

Map

• Replaced RainViewer radar overlay with satellite precipitation overlay from SSEC RealEarth
• Island weather pages now link directly to the map with rain overlay enabled and the island in view
• Progressive graticule density: grid lines adjust from 5° to 0.1° as you zoom in
• Fixed Leaflet tile gap lines between map tiles
• Fixed distance rings causing increasing lag at high zoom levels
• Fixed graticule labels not appearing at high zoom

Site-wide

• Updated data source credits (added SSEC RealEarth, OpenStreetMap)
• Switched hit counter to JS-only beacon for more accurate visitor counts (ignores bots)

Island Pages

• Added 48-hour hourly weather forecast section between Current Conditions and 8-Day Forecast
• Hourly cards show temperature, weather icon, wind speed & direction, and rain chance for each hour
• Added wind direction to 8-Day Forecast wind pill on desktop (e.g., "30 km/h ENE")
• Improved weather icon visibility in light mode with subtle drop-shadow on cloud icons

Outlook

• Improved NHC Regional Weather Summary to show only content relevant to the Eastern Caribbean
• Removed static IR satellite image from Weather Summary (same view available in Satellite Animations section below)

Map

• "Beyond storm tracking" section added to the map guide, highlighting useful features of the OpenStreetMap base layer for hurricane preparedness

All Pages

• Updated mobile island abbreviations: ANU→ANB, SKB→SKN, BGI→BIM, EUX→STA

Island List (Home & Weather Pages)

• Island cards redesigned as single-column full-width rows with country flags
• Entire island card row is now clickable (star toggle remains separate)
• Long island names abbreviated on mobile (e.g., "BVI", "St Kitts")
• Weather condition icons displayed next to temperature on each card
• Icons stored locally for faster delivery through Cloudflare
• Real Feel temperature pill shown between temperature and wind on desktop
• Real Feel uses color thresholds matching island pages (blue, orange, red, purple)
• Real Feel hidden on mobile to preserve compact layout

Island Pages

• Weekly forecast summary shown in header subtitle below page title (e.g., "Saint John's: Generally breezy with brief passing showers at times")
• Jump-to navigation added between Current Conditions and 8-Day Forecast sections
• "Resources & Local News" added to jump-to navigation pills
• Current conditions displayed in 2×2 grid on mobile with shortened labels (Temp, Wind, Press, Humid)
• Forecast day names no longer styled as blue links; dates unbolded, temperatures bolded
• FAQ section added below Climate Guide with 6 dynamically generated Q&A entries
• FAQ answers use live weather data (temperature, conditions, rain status, humidity)
• "Best time to visit" FAQ links to the corresponding blog travel guide
• FAQ jump-to pill added to section navigation

Island Rankings

• Redesigned as 4-column CSS grid layout with cross-row alignment
• Dates shown for hottest, coolest, and windiest categories
• Rain rankings now correctly exclude newer islands that don't cover the full period
• OpenWeather attribution added with link to accuracy and quality page
• Fixed tie detection comparing precise values instead of rounded display values

Blog

• Island flags shown next to island names in blog category pills
• Weather conditions pill moved inline with category pills on desktop

Map

• Map upgraded to OpenStreetMap Mapnik, a richer, more detailed base layer that includes hospitals, fire stations, shelters, helipads, bus routes, building names, and elevation contours, making the map more useful for hurricane preparedness and emergency planning

Performance & Infrastructure

• All OpenWeather icons stored locally (18 PNG files)
• Leaflet map marker icons stored locally (removed GitHub/unpkg dependency)
• Nav bar CLS prevention: dynamic min-width based on favourite count
• Consolidated footer counter queries (3 fewer DB round-trips per page)

All Pages

• Floating back-to-top button appears after scrolling past 30% of page height
• Smooth scroll to top with fade-in animation
• Themed for both light and dark mode

Navigation

• Blog link moved after Map in header and footer navigation

Footer

• StackLinux hosted-by logo added with automatic light/dark mode support

Bug Fixes

• Fixed rain rankings excluding all islands from 1-year and 3-year views
• Fixed rankings refresh causing page to scroll to charts section
• Fixed mobile nav dropdown pill shifting between pages

Navigation

• Sticky navigation bar stays pinned to the top when scrolling on all pages
• Only one nav dropdown can be open at a time; opening one closes the others
• Nav hover pill sizes unified across all interactive elements
• Mobile dropdown button always shows active background for better visibility
• Mobile unit toggle text de-emphasised to distinguish from page navigation links

Charts

• Chart colours update dynamically when switching between light and dark mode
• Chart watermark repositioned to bottom-centre
• Chart watermark opacity tuned for better visibility in both themes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed island rankings "tied with" showing the same island as both winner and tie partner
• Fixed gold warning text failing WCAG contrast check in light mode on outlook page
• Fixed nav dropdowns hidden behind Leaflet map on the map page
• Fixed 500 error on island pages caused by query parameter mismatch
• Fixed island switcher not initialising correctly on page load
• Fixed canonical URLs using query strings instead of friendly paths
• Fixed blog category pill colours being overridden by visited link styles
• Fixed blog post heading hierarchy (post title as H1)
• Fixed rainfall tracking not capturing all 30-minute intervals
• Fixed stale satellite animation frames due to caching issue
• Fixed NHC weather summary schedule text varying by season
• Fixed JavaScript scope collision on island pages

Navigation

• New desktop navigation bar with page links and favourite island flags
• Pin up to 3 favourite islands from a dropdown picker in the nav bar
• Mobile navigation consolidated into a single dropdown menu
• Unit toggle (°F/°C) moved into navigation bar, defaulting to Imperial

Light Mode

• Light mode with system preference detection and manual theme toggle
• CSS variable system replacing hardcoded colours site-wide for consistent theming
• Light map tiles when in light mode
• Theme-aware chart colours that adapt to light and dark mode
• WCAG AA contrast fixes across all pages for both themes

Island Pages

• New Island Rankings section comparing all 18 islands across 5 weather categories (hottest, coolest, windiest, wettest, driest)
• Island switcher now updates charts inline without a full page reload
• Charts load only the default 7-day range on page load; other ranges fetched on demand
• Range selector synced between rankings and charts
• Island flags shown in header, rankings, and nearby islands sections
• Related blog posts section added above Nearby Islands
• "More Weather Updates" section linking to weekly weather and hurricane season blog posts
• Chart watermark added (dewedda.com)
• Taller chart aspect ratio on mobile for better readability

Blog

• Blog post navigation restructured with breadcrumb-style pills
• Island name shown as a pill on blog index cards
• Categories renamed: "Travel Guide" to "Travel Weather", "Weekly Update" to "Weekly Weather"
• Hurricane categories grouped together in the filter bar
• Current weather conditions shown inline on travel blog posts
• Cross-links and related content sections added to blog posts
• Previous/next navigation sorted alphabetically for travel and history posts
• Featured images added to blog listings

Storm Archive

• Year navigation moved from header into the content area below the nav bar
• Improved contrast on archive page badges and distance colours

Performance

• Page generation time and database query count shown in footer
• Island Rankings pre-computed hourly by cron instead of on every page load
• Database performance indexes added for weather data queries

Site-wide

• Improved readability with higher contrast text and 0.85rem minimum font size
• Weather descriptions unified across the map page

Outlook Page

• Rainfall Tracking now plays a 12-frame animation of rain movement over the past 6 hours, with AST timestamps
• Added 3-hour rainfall composite animation for tracking rain bands and heavy rainfall events
• New "Dust Tracking" section with Saharan Air Layer and GOES Dust RGB imagery, moved to its own dedicated area
• GOES Dust RGB now listed first in Dust Tracking since it works around the clock
• "How to read" labels added to all expandable image descriptions for better discoverability
• Saharan Air Layer Natural Color image now holds the last daytime capture overnight instead of going dark
• Enhanced NHC infrared summary image with zoomable view and freshness timestamp
• Satellite animations now pause for 2 seconds on the last frame before looping

Map

• Added printable Eastern Caribbean hurricane tracking chart with PDF download

Performance

• Satellite animation downloads now cache and skip unchanged imagery.

Island Pages

• Color-coded heat map on the monthly weather table for temperature, rainfall, and rainy days
• Monthly weather data toggles between metric and imperial units
• Rainfall values now display with correct decimal precision
• 8-day weather forecast with weekly outlook summary based on wind, rain probability, and temperature patterns
• Forecast wind speed and precipitation percentage shown on each forecast day
• Forecast icons brightened for better visibility on dark backgrounds
• Forecast high and low temperatures rounded to show the full daily range
• Weekly outlook only names a specific day when conditions genuinely spike above the rest of the week
• Monthly Weather table renamed to Monthly Climate Averages with descriptive subtitle
• Official Resources and Local News sections now link to the full Resources page

Blog

• Info note at the end of each blog post explaining the weekly publishing schedule and storm coverage
• Inline email subscribe form for storm alerts within the blog info note
• Dismissible subscribe section that remembers preference across visits
• Blog listing page now links to Archive instead of itself in the navigation

Map

• Map background switched to dark mode to better match the site's dark theme

Accessibility

• Improved link visibility on smaller text elements (captions, credits, attributions) by styling links in a matching gray with underlines, making them easier to identify for all readers including those with low vision

Bug Fixes

• Fixed subscribe form CSRF validation failing on blog post pages due to session timing
• Fixed freshness badge colors appearing too bright on stale and critical states on blog pages
• Fixed sitemap generating invalid XML output

Outlook Page

• New "Rainfall Tracking" section with satellite-derived rainfall imagery from NASA IMERG
• Visible satellite close-ups (Leeward & Windward Islands) moved to the Regional Satellite Animations section
• Satellite animations can now be stopped by clicking again
• Sea Surface Temperature 7-day image grouped with the 30-day SST under Caribbean Forecast Maps

Performance

• Optimized js, css, images and html code for even faster page loads

Site-wide

• Weather descriptions adjusted for time of day and cloud coverage accuracy
• Wind speed labels recalibrated for Caribbean trade wind conditions
• Added upward arrow indicator to the "Back to Top" link in the footer
• Removed share boxes from all pages
• Increased minimum font sizes on smaller text elements for better readability
• Brightened muted text across the outlook and blog pages for improved contrast

Blog

• New weekly weather blog featuring data from the most recent NHC forecast discussions and regional observations
• Blog listing page with paginated posts, excerpts, and freshness badges
• Individual blog post pages with previous/next navigation
• RSS feed available at /feed for blog subscribers
• Weekly Highlights section showing hottest, coolest, windiest, wettest, and driest islands with peak dates
• Storm Tracker section that appears when a tropical system is detected near the region during hurricane season
• Satellite imagery included in each post with NASA/MSFC attribution
• Automated weekly publishing via cron (Mondays at 5:15 AM EST)

New Pages

• New Resources page with curated weather, hurricane tracking, and disaster preparedness links for the region
• New Privacy Policy page
• New Terms of Use page

Storm Archive

• Renamed "Storm History" to "Storm Archive" with updated URL (301 redirects from old URLs)

Navigation

• Added "Blog" link to the header navigation across all pages
• Renamed "Interactive Map" to "Map" in header and footer navigation
• Consistent 4-link navigation on every page (each page excludes its own link)
• Footer links updated with Resources, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Use

Island Pages

• New Climate Guide section on all 18 island pages with Climate Overview, Hurricane History, Monthly Weather, and Geography & Terrain
• Added "Last 7 days" chart range with 3-hour averaged readings, set as the new default view
• "Last 3 days" chart now shows hourly readings instead of 3-hour averages for finer detail
• "Last 30 days" chart now shows daily averages instead of twice-daily for cleaner trend lines
• Updated chart description text to explain all five range options
• Weather descriptions replaced with Caribbean-appropriate labels
• Forecast descriptions vary based on precipitation probability for more natural day-to-day variation
• Wind speed labels updated with Caribbean-natural wording

Outlook Page

• New "Rainfall & Visible Close-Ups" section with 3-hour rainfall accumulation and visible satellite close-ups of the Leeward and Windward Islands
• Jump-to navigation bar for quick access to imagery sections
• All imagery sections now visible by default instead of hidden behind expand/collapse bars
• URLs in the weather summary now display as shortened domain names instead of full URLs
• Image width and height attributes added dynamically across all outlook images to prevent layout shift
• Removed share box (WhatsApp and email share buttons)
• NASA IMERG precipitation resources added to the Resources page

Bug Fixes

• Fixed weather data not updating due to database connection timeout during image processing

SEO

• Structured data (JSON-LD) for BlogPosting and Blog schema
• XML sitemap updated to include blog posts

New Islands

• Added 4 new islands: Saint Croix (USVI), Sint Eustatius, Saba, and Saint Barthélemy, bringing the total to 18 Eastern Caribbean islands
• Renamed "St Vincent & Grenad." to "St Vincent" for clarity

Island Pages

• New "Official Resources" section on each island page with links to local weather and disaster preparedness agencies
• New "Local News" section on each island page with links to local newspapers and news outlets
• Official Resources and Local News sections displayed side-by-side on desktop

Bug Fixes

• Fixed chart comparison alignment for newly added islands with partial data

Outlook Page

• Fixed Caribbean Sea Surface Temperature animation play button not working
• Tropical Weather Outlook season window updated to match NHC schedule (May 15 – November 30)
• Tropical Weather Outlook now visible off-season when the NHC issues a special outlook
• Switched weather summary source to the Eastern Caribbean Forecast for broader regional coverage
• Improved off-season Tropical Weather Outlook detection using issuance timestamp instead of file age
• Added freshness indicators to satellite animations, satellite images, and forecast map sections
• Added freshness indicator to the NHC Regional Weather Summary showing time validity
• Added description notes below the NHC Regional Weather Summary and Caribbean Forecast Maps headings

Home Page

• Forecast section now shows a condensed preview with a link to the full forecast on the Outlook page

Site-wide

• Added a visitor counter to the footer of the website
• Improved visitor counter accuracy with expanded bot detection
• Code cleanup and reduced page weight
• Moved page-specific CSS from global stylesheet to inline blocks for reduced page weight

Map

• Island list redesigned from a two-column grid to a single dropdown selector with a detail panel
• Detail panel shows coordinates, copy button, Show on Map, View weather page, and current weather conditions
• Favourite islands appear at the top of the dropdown in a separate group
• Selecting an island in the dropdown centres the map on that island and shows distance rings
• Clicking a map marker updates the dropdown selection and detail panel
• Previous non-favourite markers are automatically removed when selecting a new island
• Inline weather data row showing temperature, conditions, wind, pressure (desktop), and humidity (desktop)
• Updated timestamp with freshness pill showing how recently weather data was refreshed
• "How to Use This Interactive Map" section now always visible instead of collapsed
• Coordinates line centred on mobile for better alignment

Storm Archive

• CPA summary row toggles between "CPA" (collapsed) and "Closest Point of Approach" (expanded)
• Distance colour coding (red, orange, yellow) now applies only to distance values, not island names
• Hover highlight on CPA summary rows
• All dates now show full day of week and month name on desktop (e.g., "Tuesday, October 21, 2025")
• Shorter abbreviated dates on mobile to reduce wrapping (e.g., "Oct 21, 2025")
• Maximum intensity and CPA dates right-aligned with a faint dashed leader line on desktop
• Dates drop to their own line on mobile for cleaner readability

Site-wide

• Removed underlines from pill-styled links on hover across all pages
• Replaced Font Awesome clipboard icon with inline SVG for reliable rendering

Map

• Island weather pages now link directly to the interactive map, zoomed in on that island
• "Show on Map" links now position the island marker lower on the map for better visibility
• Island markers remain visible when navigating from other pages
• Reset map now clears any island-specific view and returns to the full overview

Island Pages

• Color-coded "feels like" temperature pill (blue, orange, red, or purple based on intensity)
• Current conditions metrics reordered: Temperature, Wind, Pressure, Humidity
• All weather values displayed in bold for easier scanning
• Metric labels given a muted colour to better distinguish values from labels
• Temperatures rounded to whole numbers for consistency with forecasts
• Map link styled as a bold pill for better visibility

Outlook Page

• New GOES East Infrared animations for the Caribbean and Atlantic added to the satellite animations section
• New Additional Satellite Images section with SAL Natural Color, SAL Dust Tracker, and GOES RGB Dust imagery
• Color-coded legend below the GOES Dust RGB image explaining what each colour represents
• Image and animation descriptions moved above each chart as collapsible headings
• Expandable explanations added for all forecast charts, satellite animations, SST, and dust imagery
• Only one description can be expanded at a time to keep the page compact
• Uniform heading names for NHC charts: Caribbean 12-hr wind, surface analysis, and wave height
• Satellite animation play button moved to bottom-right with "PLAY" label
• Animation overlay now transparent by default, darkens on hover
• Rewritten satellite animations introduction for clarity
• Source-specific attribution below each animation (NASA/MSFC or NOAA)
• Key links styled as pills for consistency across the site
• "Additional Satellite Images" renamed to "Regional Satellite Images"
• Dust colour legend moved inside the collapsible GOES RGB Dust description
• Satellite image lightbox disabled on mobile where full-size viewing offers no benefit
• New NHC Caribbean Forecast Charts section with wind, surface analysis, and wave height charts moved from the weather summary
• GOES East Infrared satellite image inserted inline within the weather summary text

Performance

• Animation placeholder images and static satellite imagery now served locally instead of from external CDNs
• All locally served images converted to WebP with cache-busting timestamps

Site-wide

• New footer navigation with links to Home, Weather Locations, Outlook, Interactive Map, Storm Archive, and Back to Top
• Current page highlighted in the footer navigation

Weather Page

• Inline links to Outlook and Interactive Map styled as pills for consistency

Home Page

• Added note directing visitors to the Weather Locations page for a weather-only view

Accessibility

• Descriptive alt text and title tooltips added to all images and animations on the outlook page
• Navigation links bolded site-wide for better readability

Bug Fixes

• Fixed strict_types declaration error in subscriber cleanup cron script

Performance

• Satellite images now served in WebP format with JPEG fallback.
• Prioritised loading of above-the-fold satellite images for faster page rendering
• Cross-page image prefetching between home and outlook pages for faster navigation
• Fancybox CSS loaded asynchronously to eliminate render-blocking
• Google Fonts now served from Cloudflare edge, reducing external requests and latency

Map

• Replaced weather overlay with higher-quality radar data from RainViewer
• Full screen toggle now hidden on devices that do not support the Fullscreen API
• NHC tracking chart download link moved inside the collapsible "How to use" section
• Removed "Map Companion" heading for a cleaner layout
• Island list now always displays all 14 islands regardless of favorites filter
• Toggling a favorite star now immediately updates marker visibility on the map
• Removed underline decoration on zoom controls
• Tighter padding on map info panel

Storm Archive

• Added visual legend with side-by-side storm classification and CPA charts
• Legend moved from the top to the bottom of the storm list

Features

• Shareable weather chart links on island pages via URL hash parameters
• Temperature comparison line colour changed to lighter blue for better contrast

Improvements

• Updated home page intro text, storm greeting messages and About section wording
• Consistent border-radius across all images and containers on the outlook page
• Updated footer disclaimer wording
• Simplified satellite image markup on the outlook page, removing redundant DOM elements
• Consistent mobile and desktop behaviour for satellite image lightbox across all pages

Accessibility

• Improved footer text contrast for better readability
• Version link in footer restyled for consistency with surrounding text

Bug Fixes

• Fixed subscribe form CSRF token failing due to premature session output
• Fixed radar overlay not loading when the toggle was already checked on page load
• Replaced hardcoded Postmark token in cleanup script with shared configuration constant

Performance

• Optimised database queries on the home and weather pages for faster load times
• External scripts now load asynchronously where possible to reduce render-blocking
• Below-fold images use lazy loading
• Added DNS prefetch hints for CDN resources

Interactive Map

• Map now fills 60% of viewport height (responsive) instead of a fixed 400px
• Map controls restyled with custom toggle switches replacing plain checkboxes
• Island list redesigned as mini-cards with hover effects, gold left-border accent for favorite islands
• "Using this map" section converted to a collapsible accordion, collapsed by default to reduce page length
• Island list now displays all islands in a two-column grid (single column on mobile)
• Island weather page links now use friendly URLs and open in the same window
• Removed duplicate inline CSS already covered by the shared stylesheet

Storm Archive

• Storm cards now display color-coded classification badges
• Left-side color bar on storm cards reflects CPA proximity rather than storm intensity
• Distance color coding consistent everywhere: CPA island list uses the same yellow/orange/red thresholds
• CPA island list changed to single-column layout for improved readability
• Improved CPA accordion with custom expand/collapse indicator and top border separator
• Year navigation updated from pipe-separated links to pill-style buttons
• Storm cards have hover effects and consistent styling with the rest of the site

Security

• Added form protection across all subscription forms
• Security headers (content type sniffing protection, frame options, referrer policy) added site-wide
• Sensitive configuration values moved to environment variables

Code Quality

• Removed 30+ legacy backup files from the repository
• Consolidated duplicate helper functions into a single shared module
• Extracted shared CSS from inline styles into the main stylesheet
• Extracted shared JavaScript into an external file

New Features

• Data freshness indicators now shows "Updated X minutes ago" with color-coded staleness warnings
• Skip-to-content links and ARIA landmarks added for improved accessibility on all pages

Design Refresh

• New typography: switched to Inter for a sharper, more professional feel across all pages
• Full CSS modernisation for consistent colours, spacing, and typography site-wide
• Improved island cards: updated spacing, hover effects with animation, and smooth transitions
• Responsive island grid: 3 columns on desktop, 2 on tablet, 1 on mobile
• Added focus states and accessibility improvements on form inputs and dropdowns
• Navigation links updated with pill-shaped hover backgrounds
• Storm cards refreshed with larger border-radius, box shadows, and hover glow

New Features

• Island switcher dropdown on island pages – jump between islands
• Island comparison feature on island pages – for side-by-side analysis
• Weather history data available as a JSON endpoint for chart rendering
• Regional Weather Outlook call-to-action added on the home page
• Weather page now includes a link back to the full site
• Weather descriptions cleaned up (e.g. "light intensity shower rain" = "light rain")

SEO & Meta Tags

• Dynamic month/year added to page titles and structured data across all pages
• Page-specific tags on every page (previously all pointed to the home page)
• Canonical tags added to all pages
• JSON-LD structured data (WebSite, WebPage, Place) added to every page
• Dynamic sitemap that auto-generates island URLs from the database with fresh timestamps
• Interactive Map page: full social sharing tags added (previously missing)

Code Quality

• Consolidated compass bearings, distance calculations, URL slugs, timezone conversion
• Consolidated favicon and app icon markup into a single shared include used by all pages
• Significant reduction in code duplication across the site

Improvements

• Inline styles across all pages updated to use design tokens instead of hardcoded
• Weather page fully synced with home page layout, spacing, and styling
• Mobile alignment fix for chart control dropdowns on island detail pages
• Removed inline style overrides from header links for cleaner markup

Initial Release

• Live weather conditions for 14 Eastern Caribbean islands updated hourly
• Active storm tracking with NHC forecast data, wind radii, and CPA per island
• Interactive hurricane map with forecast tracks and wind radius visualisation
• Weather history charts (wind, pressure, temp, rainfall) with multiple time ranges
• Eastern Caribbean weather outlook with GOES-19 satellite imagery
• NHC tropical weather discussion, and offshore forecasts
• Historical storm archive browsable by year
• Email alert subscriptions for storm proximity warnings
• Imperial/metric unit toggle persisted across visits
• Favourite islands feature (pin up to 3 islands to the top)
• Mobile-responsive dark theme design