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/CAGTinV5u6vXQHiK0YR5p2nf7NTfEt1TCZ8E3yepoboiOdBJANQ%40mail.gmail.com.
