[api.met.no] Forestfire EOL

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Dear API users,

Some product changes, mainly of interest to Norwegian users:

Forestfireindex
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This product will be terminated on July 1st, as it has been replaced by 
MetAlerts on the new Yr website. We are working on a new map-based service, 
which is currently in beta and available here:

https://skogbrannfare.met.no/

The old retro.yr.no site will link to this after July 1st. We are also 
working on making the raw data files avaiable on thredds.met.no as NetCDF 
files, more info on this later.

Sigcharts
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On June 1st we will start using a new tool for making SIG-WX charts. The 
images will look somewhat different and have other dimensions, but will be 
available on the same URL as before. We are planning to add a Nordic map 
later, in which case we might be bumping the version number. More info on 
this later.

Lightning warnings
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On June 15th, we will add a "lightning" type to MetAlerts. This will only be 
of yellow severity, and signify events with a large amount of lightning strikes.

Routeforecast
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The route Korpfjell-ENKR will shortly be removed, and the Stangnestind-ENKR 
route added. This will be implemented as soon as we have fixed some bugs in 
the distribution.

That's all for now, have a nice summer (or winter, or monsoon season 
depending on where you are living).

Geir Aalberg
API developer