Does someone here understand how the NWS generates a forecast for a specific location? I used the API link above and it says my forecast zone is IDZ033. When I put this in weewx I get the following error:
Jul 8 09:30:20 weatherpi weewxd: forecast: NWSThread: NWS: no PFM found for IDZ033 in forecast from BOI Jul 8 09:30:20 weatherpi weewxd: forecast: NWSThread: NWS: terminating thread If I go to the PFM link above, there are only 5 PFMs for the BOI forecast office all located at airports. If I go to weather.gov, put in my zip code, and click on the map, it puts my lat/lon in URL and generates a forecast for that location. The forecast for the closest PFM, which is over 90 miles away, is different than the one generated on the forecast web page. I would like the more accurate forecast, but it doesn't look like the forecast module in weewx supports anything other than PFMs? On Friday, July 8, 2022 at 6:18:51 AM UTC-6 mcu...@gmail.com wrote: > I appreciate the help....thank you > > > On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 10:45:51 PM UTC-4 an oldman wrote: > >> if you are looking for the pfm try this address >> https://forecast.weather.gov/product_sites.php?site=NWS&product=PFM >> it list all the pfms >> >> On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 9:11:39 PM UTC-5 vince wrote: >> >>> That is a GREAT find. Comes up right on the money for me. >>> >>> Forecast office is SEW (foid in weewx.conf) >>> Forecast zone is WAZ558 (lid in weewx.conf) >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 6:33:23 PM UTC-7 wfs...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> if you plug your lat and lon into the weather.gov api, a la >>>> https://api.weather.gov/points/39.7832,-89.6644 >>>> you'll get a bunch of info back that might contain what you're looking >>>> for. I'm not familiar with the terms LID and FOID >>>> In my case it tells me >>>> my forecast office is ILX >>>> my grid coordinates are 46,54 >>>> my forecast zone is ILZ051 >>>> my county zone is ILC167 >>>> my fire weather zone is ILZ051 >>>> >>>> api documentation at >>>> API Web Service (weather.gov) >>>> <https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api#/default/point> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 3:41:56 PM UTC-5 mcu...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have been relentlessly searching for a list of NWS LIDs for the >>>>> forecast module and cannot even find a mention of them on their site or >>>>> Wiki....can somone push me in the right direction I am trying to get the >>>>> Foid and lid for Columbia SC. I beleive the Foid to be CAE but the 6 >>>>> digit >>>>> ID is the problem. >>>>> Thank-you >>>>> >>>> -- 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/98280d60-17ed-4a75-8824-cc22c58aa0ecn%40googlegroups.com.
