On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 10:48:54 PM UTC-5, mwall wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 7:49:01 PM UTC-5, Dan'l B wrote:
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 3:31:08 PM UTC-5, mwall wrote:
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>>> On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 3:11:58 PM UTC-5, Dan'l B wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Where do you place the include, and what is the format for it please? 
>>>>
>>>
>>> the index.html.tmpl in the forecast skin shows this as well as examples 
>>> of how to use the $forecast variable.  you should get that skin to work 
>>> first, then start customizing.  i just tried forecast 3.0.8 on a virgin 
>>> weewx 3.6.2 installation.  i entered the NWS location id and forecast 
>>> office id in weewx.conf, changed forecast_source to NWS in skin.conf, and 
>>> everything worked.  however, the location id ISIXF1 you specified does not 
>>> seem to be available.
>>>
>>>
>> I have been unable to find a location ID that works using that USGS/NWS 
>> cross-reference list; all the Florida ones I try all fail; is there a more 
>> up-to-date page about those ID's? 
>>
>
> what location are you looking for?
>
> unfortunately the usgs/nws list only gives you the field office 
> identifiers.  you must then obtain a forecast then scan it to find your 
> location.
>
>
> http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PFM&format=txt&issuedby=XXX
>
> https://forecast-v3.weather.gov/products/PFM/XXX/1?format=text
>
> where XXX is the field office identifier.  note that there may be multiple 
> pages for a single field office.  TBW has three.
>
> the point area forecast for the tampa bay field office (TBW) includes the 
> following location identifiers:
>
> FLZ248-240915-BROOKSVILLE-HERNANDO FL
> FLZ151-240915-TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH FL
> FLZ155-240915-SARASOTA-MANATEE FL
> FLZ052-240915-WINTER HAVEN-POLK FL
> FLZ265-240915-FORT MYERS-LEE FL
> FLZ248-240915-BROOKSVILLE-HERNANDO FL
> FLZ151-240915-TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH FL
> FLZ155-240915-SARASOTA-MANATEE FL
> FLZ052-240915-WINTER HAVEN-POLK FL
> FLZ265-240915-FORT MYERS-LEE FL
> FLZ248-232200-BROOKSVILLE-HERNANDO FL
> FLZ151-232200-TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH FL
> FLZ155-232200-SARASOTA-MANATEE FL
> FLZ052-232200-WINTER HAVEN-POLK FL
> FLZ265-232200-FORT MYERS-LEE FL
>
> for the forecast extension, just specify the first 6 characters.
>
> NOAA is working on a new api for their forecasting and other services:
>
> https://forecast-v3.weather.gov/documentation
>
> when that stabilizes i might be able to zip code or lat/lon instead of 
> foid+lid.
>
> Just 15 minutes ago I finally got to this page and scanned down to find 
that Fort Myers loid; not an obvious problem! So far the Console is not now 
throwing those No PFM errors so I **may** be back on track here. Thanks for 
your patience! 

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