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The homepage of the project is https://fedimeteo.com

To contact me, you can use this account or my main one: @stefano@bsd.cafe

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Closing Ceremony Report - 22 Feb 2026

As the flame goes out in Milano-Cortina, here are the final standings from our 38 competing national teams!

The Follower Podium:
🥇 GOLD: Team USA 🇺🇸 (usfedim) with 2,030 spectators!
🥈 SILVER: Team Germany 🇩🇪 (defedim) with 1,766 spectators!
🥉 BRONZE: Team UK 🇬🇧 (ukfedim) with 702 spectators!

Host Nation Special:
🇮🇹 Italy (itfedim) finishes strong on home turf with 518 followers across 117 cities. Bellissimo! ❄️

The "Winter Coverage" Leaderboard (Cities Monitored):
1️⃣ 🇺🇸 USA: 1,256 cities
2️⃣ 🇨🇦 Canada: 144 cities (True Winter Olympians! 🏒)
3️⃣ 🇩🇪 Germany: 142 cities

Official Games Stats:
🌍 Delegations: 38 Countries
🏟️ Venues (Cities): 2,947
👥 Total Spectators: 8,550

See you at the next games!

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoStatistics #FediMeteoStats

#snac2 #FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates

@admin

Looking at my local fedimeteo post for today, I was rather taken aback by a *’warning’* that it was forecast to be -5 Celsius!

Like this 🥶!

Love the fedimeteo service generally but warnings like this make me feel it’s necessary to double check other resources.

I’m not sure where the meteorological standard comes from but -5 Celsius and sunny is a beautiful and pleasant winter day here — a perfect day for skating outdoors on natural ice or taking a stroll. ⛸️

Ontario provincial regulations require children in daycare and elementary schools to be outside for at least two recreational breaks a day in this weather.

Many of us are out in a light winter jacket or even a heavy sweater, good boots, gloves and perhaps a hat or earband — it’s not unexpected to see a few people out in shorts in such weather.

Cold warnings only start when the windchill adjusted temperature forecast is for below -20 Celsius.

Is there by chance any way for the forecasts to import the official Weather Canada warnings rather than ones based on climates unlike our own?

https://ottawatourism.ca/en/ottawa-insider/best-ice-skating-experiences-ottawa

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements

From now on, forecasts are richer, clearer, and a bit smarter, without losing the familiar, readable style.

You will now see more complete current conditions at a glance: feels-like temperature, humidity, pressure, visibility, UV index, and wind gusts, all grouped in a dedicated Details section. Sunrise and sunset times for the current day are also included.

The wind line is back in focus, clearly highlighted for current conditions, and gusts are shown separately using 💨 emoji so they are easy to spot and not confused with average wind.

Pressure is no longer just a number: FediMeteo now shows a real pressure trend over the last few hours, telling you if it is rising, falling, or staying stable.

A new Warnings section has been added. When relevant, the bot will automatically flag things like:

• extreme feels-like temperatures, hot or cold
• high UV levels
• poor air quality
• thunderstorms
• heavy rain likely
• strong winds or gusts

Everything is fully localised. Labels like “feels like”, section titles, and weather descriptions are consistent across languages, and all weather conditions are now covered everywhere.

In short: same FediMeteo you are used to, but with more context, clearer signals, and fewer surprises.

These changes will start appearing with the next forecast update.

#FediMeteo #MeteoBot #Fediverse #Weather #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements

@porto_cristo_novo@es.fedimeteo.com

https://es.fedimeteo.com/porto_cristo_novo

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #Spain

#FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements

Thanks to user feedback, I've fixed a bug where wind arrows were pointing in the wrong direction.

Previously, a 160° wind (from the south) showed an arrow pointing south ↓. Now it correctly shows ↑, pointing north where the wind is blowing to.

Wind arrows now follow the intuitive convention: they point in the direction the wind is moving, not where it's coming from.

Thanks to our community for catching this!

#FediMeteo #BugFix #WeatherBot #FediMeteoUpdates

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates #snac #snac2

@alphen_aan_den_rijn@nl.fedimeteo.com

https://nl.fedimeteo.com/alphen_aan_den_rijn

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #Netherlands

https://nl.fedimeteo.com/alphen_aan_den_rijn

CC: @Ijohnnoo@mstdn.social @oetgrunnen@mstdn.social

@lelystad@nl.fedimeteo.com

https://nl.fedimeteo.com/lelystad

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdated #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoCoverage #Netherlands

@aalsmeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@alkmaar@nl.fedimeteo.com
@woensdrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com

https://nl.fedimeteo.com/aalsmeer
https://nl.fedimeteo.com/alkmaar
https://nl.fedimeteo.com/woensdrecht

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #FediMeteoAnnouncements #Netherlands

@ternaard@nl.fedimeteo.com

https://nl.fedimeteo.com/ternaard

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #FediMeteoAnnouncements #Netherlands

@admin Hi, I recently migrated from Mastodon to GoToSocial and now when I try to follow the weather bots, it just says "Requested", as if it is expecting the bot to manually accept the follow.

I have read that this is related to "Authorized Fetch" but I'm not very clear on the details.

#FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates

@state_college__pennsylvania@us.fedimeteo.com

https://us.fedimeteo.com/state_college__pennsylvania

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #USA

New year, new features! Let’s go step by step:

• Some results for city coordinates were not fully accurate, and forecasts were referring to the center of the administrative area rather than the actual city center. This also affected my own city, with a shift of about 30 km. I have revised the coordinate calculation process and, starting from the next update, the reference point will be the center of the target city. I actually discovered this while implementing the last item on this list...

• In addition to wind speed, FediMeteo will now include an arrow showing wind direction. The direction will also be reported as a value in degrees. This feature has been requested several times in the past, and I think the time has come to introduce it.

• New data added: AQI, the Air Quality Index. Using different indices for each local context would have been complicated, and reporting them all would have made the output unnecessarily complex. For this reason, I chose to use the American AQI for all cities, with a visual indicator to quickly understand the situation at a glance. This is consistent with major weather apps and allows for proper comparisons between different cities. PM2.5 and PM10 values are also included.

#FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements

Here is the CPU usage graph for the last 24 hours of the FediMeteo VM. A full 24 hours, during which a huge number of people are connecting, helped by the traction gained from being among the top stories on Hacker News and Lobsters, as well as the many shares across the Fediverse.

RAM usage? Active, around 450 MB. Then there is cache, ARC, and so on. But in practice, zero swap in use after days of uptime.

39 jails running, 39 snac instances, nginx serving the homepage, and HAProxy. HAProxy caching enabled. ZFS snapshots every 15 minutes, backups via zfs send and receive every hour. The same hourly schedule applies to the recalculation of cities, countries, and followers for the homepage.

All of this on a 4 euro per month FreeBSD VM.

If anyone has doubts about the quality and efficiency of FreeBSD, this is the data to show.

#FediMeteo #FreeBSD #RunBSD #IT #SysAdmin

Alt...

Time series graph showing CPU usage percentage over roughly 24 hours. The x axis represents time from about 13:00 to 12:00 the next day, and the y axis shows CPU usage from 0 to 100 percent. CPU usage fluctuates mostly between 15 and 35 percent, with periodic rises during daytime and early morning hours. Several short spikes reach around 45 to 55 percent, and one brief peak climbs to about 60 percent. Usage drops to lower levels, around 10 to 20 percent, during late evening and early morning periods. Overall, the graph shows moderate, variable CPU load with occasional sharp peaks.

@admin Ciao, nice project! I saw your write-up on lobste.rs. A small thing: it would be nice to have the weather for Derry/Londonderry available under the name Derry as well as Londonderry, due to the unique naming history of that city.

@sines@pt.fedimeteo.com

https://pt.fedimeteo.com/sines

#FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #FediMeteo #Portugal

@admin Hi! I was looking at @helsinki and it seems to be posting updates only every few months.

Is this intentional? 🤔

Exactly one year ago, on 30th December 2024, I laid the foundation of FediMeteo.

I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.

Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.

FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.

If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:

* OpenMeteo - @openmeteo - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful

* @grunfink - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM

* FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort

* FediFollows - @FediFollows - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project

*All of you*, who suggested, encouraged, corrected, and celebrated this project

And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.

Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉

#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse

I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.

Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.

FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.

If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:

• OpenMeteo - @openmeteo@fosstodon.org - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful

• @grunfink@comam.es - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM

• FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort

• FediFollows - @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project

And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.

Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉

#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse

@campinas__sao_paulo@br.fedimeteo.com

https://br.fedimeteo.com/campinas__sao_paulo

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoCoverage #Brazil #Brasil

@clima Campinas

@admin Is it possible to add Hong Kong?

@uberlingen@de.fedimeteo.com

@pfullendorf@de.fedimeteo.com

@messkirch@de.fedimeteo.com

@sigmaringen@de.fedimeteo.com

https://de.fedimeteo.com/uberlingen

https://de.fedimeteo.com/pfullendorf

https://de.fedimeteo.com/messkirch

https://de.fedimeteo.com/sigmaringen

#FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoCoverage #Germany

I have just rolled out a configuration change across the entire FediMeteo network.

I've enabled remote purge propagation. Since weather forecasts have a short shelf life, there is no need for old reports to take up space on your servers.

From now on, when FediMeteo deletes local posts (usually after 14 (was 3) days), we will also send a deletion signal to the rest of the Fediverse. This helps keep your timelines clean and your storage usage low.

#FediMeteo #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #Weather #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates

@duncan__british_columbia@ca.fedimeteo.com

https://ca.fedimeteo.com/duncan__british_columbia

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoCoverage #Canada

https://it.fedimeteo.com/scandicci

@scandicci@it.fedimeteo.com

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoAdmin #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #Italy #Italia

So I’m asking you all: which country would you like to see among the next ones supported?

Tagging @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services and @FediTips@social.growyourown.services for extra visibility 😉

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoCoverage #FediMeteoAnnouncements

In the past few days FediMeteo seemed to be having some performance trouble. I dug into it and only found minor issues, until I realised the VM itself had fallen off a cliff. After several reboots it became clear that both bandwidth and I/O latency had dropped to absurd levels. I suspect the provider slapped a cap on it.

So I took the chance to move everything to another VM and provider, still at 4 euro per month. And starting today, forecasts will be delivered straight from Italy. The performance jump feels like going from a storm to clear skies.

FediMeteo’s mission goes on. More countries are coming (stay tuned!) and we will keep aiming to serve everything from a 4 euro VM. I do have powerful hardware available, but proving that the project can run on tiny resources is still part of the mission.

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoServices #VM #RunBSD #FreeBSD

I’ve finally retired the old cron + sh setup for the weather bots. It served us well, but it had a major flaw: if I rebooted the server while it was posting, the job just died halfway. If the server was down during a scheduled slot, the forecast was lost forever.

So, I wrote a custom Python daemon to run inside the FreeBSD Jails.

• It’s stateful now. If a crash happens at city 15 of 50, it resumes exactly there on reboot.

• If the server naps/is rebooting during a scheduled run, the bot realizes it missed a slot and runs immediately upon waking up.

#FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #snac #snac2

@sollerod@dk.fedimeteo.com

https://dk.fedimeteo.com/sollerod

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoCoverage