Yes, Mike I think you're right. The weewx forecasting extension looks to be scraping those PFM reports for its data, so you can only choose from those zones where a PFM is generated. The newer api.weather.gov can return a lot of detailed forecast information for quite specific locations using gridpoints, but that's not integrated into weewx AFAIK.
Walt On Friday, July 8, 2022 at 10:56:16 AM UTC-5 MikeQ wrote: > 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/e00b92d8-e852-47f3-b50c-185ecf3aa945n%40googlegroups.com.
