beta.weather.gov only shows one weather type when there are two being forecast

shadkeene commented 10 months ago

Description

When I looked at my local forecast recently, there was a 20 percent chance of rain and snow for Friday, and this was reflected on the legacy forecast.weather.gov page, but on beta.weather.gov, it showed a plain snow icon with just the word "Snow" vs. indication of mixed precipitation. I don't know if the API is just showing one precipitation type or two.

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Considerations

Will this nuance misinform, mislead, or confuse people?
What is the role of daily vs. hourly? Should daily have this nuance? Does simplifying it cause confusion when reviewing hourly?
We will need a definitive list of icons from the API. We've already mapped the icons we know about to NOAA icons and text descriptions, but we need to be sure we have them all.

Acceptance criteria

When there are two precipitation types in the forecast, we'll have an icon that reflects that...and the wording will reflect that, and these will display on beta.weather.gov.

[ ] We have a list of all the single-condition icons we should expect from the API
[ ] We have put those conditions into a priority order
[ ] Tests have been implemented or modified to capture the bug
[ ] Changes have been tested for accessibility

colinmurphy01 commented 10 months ago

Updating to reflect that this is not a bug, more of a design decision. Adding it to refinements milestone.

greg-does-weather commented 7 months ago

Branch mgwalker/two-icons is ancient, but it has a prototype of making dual icons work.

colinmurphy01 commented 6 months ago

Related: #538

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