Oh, and I forgot to mention. Your missing six messages found their way into the spam folder, Groups seems to have a habit of randomly doing this sometimes. I don't know why, especially when your seventh attempt worked! In any case I deleted them, could not see the point of letting them through now.
Gary On Friday, 19 February 2021 at 14:36:18 UTC+10 gjr80 wrote: > So the question started as why you weren't seeing your data on an Aeris > app and the answer was that only those stations that provide sky coverage > were showing their data on the Aeris app. Subsequently, your question to us > was how to I submit sky coverage data to PWS Weather. Fair question given > the AerisWeather response, but as explained earlier this is not possible. > The issue of a missing link raised by subsequent posts I suspect is largely > irrelevant, the context of that para from AerisWeather Support was that as > a PWS contributor you have free access to your data via the AerisWeather > API. Somehow I don't think that was intended as a solution to getting your > data to appear on the Aeris app but rather giving you a means to access > your data (just like the WeatherUnderground API gives you access to your > data) once you register on AerisWeather and link to your PWS account. > > In terms of sky coverage I did a bit of browsing on the PWS Weather > station map last night and found that when looking at the METAR station at > our international airport there was indeed a sky coverage plot. When I > looked at PWS stations nearby the airport they too had a sky coverage plot > and it was identical in every respect to the METAR sky coverage plot. > However, once I was too far away from the METAR station (some 15-20km as > the crow flies) the PWS stations all had no sky coverage plot. I think this > tends to indicate that PWS stations on the station map are in fact > obtaining sky coverage by virtue of their proximity to a METAR station > rather than providing the data themselves. PWS Weather/Aeris may well > mention this somewhere but I am yet to find it. > > I think in terms of WeeWX and PWS Weather there is nothing further to be > done. The WeeWX PWS Weather uploader uploads the correct data, albeit with > no data in the 'weather' field (if someone comes along with an extension to > WeeWX that includes suitable data for the 'weather' field then we can > certainly extend the PWS Weather uploader to include that data). > > Gary > On Thursday, 18 February 2021 at 20:41:18 UTC+10 bchap...@gmail.com wrote: > >> This is the response I got from Aeris when I asked them why I wasn't >> seeing my own data in "Current Conditions" in the AerisPulse app: >> >> ***************************************************** >> >> Nate Flohrs (AerisWeather Support) >> Feb 1, 2021, 9:40 AM CST >> >> Hi Bruce, >> >> Thanks for reaching out to AerisWeather! For the purposes of providing >> complete weather data, the Aeris Pulse app is currently designed to only >> return stations that provide sky coverage information. In your location, >> the nearest station that provides those details is several miles away, >> which is why you are seeing those results. >> >> If you haven't already, you may want to go to settings > data options and >> select "All" as the observations source. This will ensure that the closest >> station that provides sky data will be utilized. >> >> There is an alternative solution that may help you access the data coming >> specifically from your station. Because you are a PWS contributor, you are >> eligible for the contributor plan from AerisWeather. It allows you to >> access weather data through our API for no cost while your station is >> sending information to our servers. You can find more details here. >> >> Hopefully that helps to explain the behavior you are seeing! If you have >> any additional questions, please let me know. >> Thanks, >> Nate >> AerisWeather Support Team >> https://support.aerisweather.com >> >> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 10:11:44 PM UTC-5 gjr80 wrote: >> >>> I should add my comments re METAR is my supposition; the observation >>> related fields (as distinct from API keys, date-times, software name etc) >>> in the PWS Weather upload string format are: >>> >>> wind direction >>> wind speed >>> wind gust speed >>> temperature >>> hour rainfall >>> day rainfall >>> month rainfall >>> year rainfall >>> barometric pressure >>> dew point >>> humidity >>> solar radiation >>> UV >>> >>> and of course the previously mentioned 'weather' field. Provided your >>> station has the appropriate sensor WeeWX will upload all of these to PWS >>> Weather with the exception of month rainfall and year rainfall. >>> >>> Of course the other possibility is that PWS Weather could be deriving >>> 'sky cover' itself though, I see no obvious source in the above fields >>> though. Probably a question for PWS Weather, and if their answer is 'your >>> station needs to upload it' then ask for some documentation; details of the >>> field name, content, format etc because it does not appear in their PWS >>> upload documentation they sent to me. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, 18 February 2021 at 12:38:02 UTC+10 bchap...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you for the explanation. I incorrectly thought that cloudcover >>>> was the data expected by pwsweather. Now that I see that it is more >>>> involved, I will wait patiently. The reason for my interest is that the >>>> AerisPulse app gives me data from a station many miles from me when I am >>>> reporting data to them. Their explanation is that they only use data from >>>> stations that report Sky Cover data. All others are ignored. >>>> >>>> Again, thanks for the explanation. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 7:53:39 PM UTC-5 gjr80 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Short answer is the WeeWX PWSWeather uploader does not support any >>>>> form of 'sky cover percentage'. >>>>> >>>>> In looking at the upload string format recently provided by PWSWeather >>>>> the only field I can see that might support 'sky cover percentage' is the >>>>> 'weather' field which is described as ' Current weather or sky conditions >>>>> using standard METAR abbreviations and intensity (e.g. -RA, +SN, SKC, >>>>> etc.)'. I expect you could include cloud coverage in octas in this >>>>> somehow, >>>>> but I am no METAR expert. The WeeWX PWSWeather uploader does not support >>>>> the weather field and there is so simple config change available to the >>>>> user make it do so. It would involve writing code. I do have a task to >>>>> review the various uploaders included in the WeeWX core, but that is >>>>> somewhat on the back burner at present and since WeeWX does not >>>>> provide/generate METAR info per se, I am not sure whether that review >>>>> would >>>>> result in the WeeWX PWSWeather uploader supporting the 'weather' field. >>>>> >>>>> As Vince said I am intrigued as to what data it is that you want to >>>>> upload. I am not aware of the GW1000 emitting any sort of cloud cover >>>>> data, >>>>> either via its API or through any of its weather service upload formats. >>>>> You mention cloudbase, WeeWX will certainly calculate cloudbase provided >>>>> the pre-requisite data is available (fields outTemp and outHumidity) but >>>>> cloudbase is only a theoretical value for the cloud height; it does not >>>>> in >>>>> any way relate to percentage cloud cover. >>>>> >>>>> Gary >>>>> On Thursday, 18 February 2021 at 10:30:50 UTC+10 bchap...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't know. I don't think it has anything to do with Belchertown. >>>>>> pwsweather is looking for sky cover percentage. I know that a few >>>>>> stations >>>>>> report this and I'm wondering how it is done. All other data is >>>>>> reporting. My data is calculating cloud base however, pwsweather is >>>>>> looking for a percentage. Any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 5:59:44 PM UTC-5 vince wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 1:35:41 PM UTC-8 >>>>>>> bchap...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I’m sending data to pwsweather.com using a GW1000 and I can’t >>>>>>>> figure out how to send Sky Cover data. conf file below >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which element in which database has that data to begin with ? >>>>>>> I'm sure not seeing it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Are you sure it's not something calculated magically by Belchertown >>>>>>> and not actually saved in a db by weewx ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/42f811cd-792e-4195-b605-013794c53a11n%40googlegroups.com.
