Thanks John Are all api_keys this length or is it just UKMO ? On Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 1:57:07 AM UTC+1 John Smith wrote:
> How good is their global forecast model? > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 at 10:50, 'John Kline' via weewx-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Phil, >> >> I just pushed an v4.0 update to weewx-forecast that adds support for UK >> Met Office Datahub forecasts. >> >> You’ll need to sign up for a Global Spot API key. It’s in the Site >> Specific section. The free plan should work for you as 360 is plenty of >> calls. >> >> Global Spot Free plan should- 360 calls/day >> >> The location parameter in the UKMO section is no longer used. Rather, a >> forecast is returned for the latitude and longitude of the station. If you >> want a forecast of something other than that, you can specify latitude and >> longitude in the UKMO section. >> >> The new forecasts support more data than the old, so more items will show >> up in the sample forecast reports. >> >> John >> >> On Aug 5, 2025, at 5:56 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Sorry to ask and its probably a question for either Mathew H or John K >> but could UKMO datahub be added to the forecast software >> Thanks Phil >> >> On Monday, August 4, 2025 at 2:17:31 PM UTC+1 steepleian wrote: >> >>> Met Office have or in the process of changing data hubs so that may be >>> the reason. >>> >>> https://claydonsweather.org.uk >>> >>> On 4 Aug 2025, at 13:21, [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> weewx V 5.1.0 >>> Been having problems getting downloads from UKMO for a while now but >>> only started to look into it. >>> It downloads 4/5 cycles Ok and then fails >>> >>> 025-08-04T12:50:17.090123+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[1790]: ERROR >>> user.forecast: UKMOThread: UKMO: missing field 'Location' >>> 2025-08-04T12:50:17.090187+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[1790]: INFO >>> user.forecast: UKMOThread: UKMO: got 0 forecast records >>> >>> If I then, shortly after the failure, delete forecast.sdb and reboot it >>> downloads OK. >>> >>> 2025-08-04T13:02:14.535656+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[2113]: INFO >>> user.forecast: MainThread: UKMO: forecast version 3.4.0b2 >>> 2025-08-04T13:02:14.537368+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[2113]: INFO >>> user.forecast: MainThread: UKMO: interval=10800 max_age=604800 >>> api_key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXf051 location=354731 >>> >>> 2025-08-04T13:05:17.618878+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[1787]: INFO >>> user.forecast: UKMOThread: UKMO: got 38 forecast records >>> >>> It looks like a UKMO problem but why does it download OK if I delete the >>> database shortly afterwards. >>> Thanks Phil >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f5592072-441e-4227-a84d-d401967a4517n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f5592072-441e-4227-a84d-d401967a4517n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/88f324e0-a543-490b-9cb8-b1a35e605d0fn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/88f324e0-a543-490b-9cb8-b1a35e605d0fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CABB87EF-2FE9-4DA1-B2F3-06BED3C36652%40johnkline.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CABB87EF-2FE9-4DA1-B2F3-06BED3C36652%40johnkline.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6465c342-738a-4b9b-b71a-cc85245717bbn%40googlegroups.com.
