Gary, Thanks for your research on this. I didn't know it there was some way of calculating this data in weewx and posting that I was missing. I'm attempting to like the AerisPulse app but when the conditions they report to me are ~15 degrees different, it's difficult to do. On the morning of January 30th, my station was reporting a current temp of -15.2, Aeris was reporting -2 for the same zip code. It's hard to support or recommend an app with that much error.
And thanks for the explaination on the missing posts. I kept getting a message that the post was deleted as soon as I posted it. I ended up sending it through email. On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:39:41 PM UTC-5 gjr80 wrote: > 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. 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