Gusts are a peak value. They are not an average. So, they retain the precision of the original measurement.
-tk On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 9:30 AM Paolo Benvenuto <paolobe...@gmail.com> wrote: > ok, now it's clera. > > However, wind speed shows continous values, while gusts do not. Is there a > reason for this behaviour? > > don Paolo Benvenuto > > > Il giorno sab 29 set 2018 alle ore 17:24 Andrew Milner < > andrew.s.r.mil...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> if record generation is hardware you will get 16 discrete wind direction >> values and windspeed to the nearest 1 mph (1.6 kph). >> >> If record generation is software you will get a weewx average of the loop >> wind directions (sum of direction / number of readings) which could be any >> value, and will not be discrete to the nearest 1 mph and the direction will >> be sum of directions / number of readings in interval which will be a >> greater number of values. >> >> >> >> On Saturday, 29 September 2018 16:36:53 UTC+3, Paolo Benvenuto wrote: >>> >>> Il giorno venerdì 28 settembre 2018 14:50:23 UTC+2, gjr80 ha scritto: >>>> >>>> You are using software record generation which causes windSpeed and >>>> windDir (and others) to be the weeWX calculated averages of the loop values >>>> in an archive period. On the other hand hardware record generation uses the >>>> archive record generated by your station. For Davis stations the windSpeed >>>> has a resolution of 1mph and the archive record wind directions are one of >>>> 16 discrete directions so hence you see wind speeds that at multiples of >>>> 1mph and discrete wind directions when you use hardware record generation. >>>> >>>> To change back to hardware record generation, edit weewx.conf, under >>>> [StdArchive] set record_generation = hardware, save weewx.conf and restart >>>> WeeWX. >>>> >>> >>> let me try with >>> >>> record_generation = hardware >>> >>> but I still cannot understand why with this setting I'm going to get >>> continous values >>> >>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/AjWkRbf6a6Q/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
