On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Rick Green wrote: > > > If I remember correctly it's a five-minute average, per the spec > > > we're supposed to work towards. Perhaps that's changed. > > > > > > > Just reading this on the sidelines, but it sounds like Clay's weatherstation > is already doing the 'peak over time' gust calculation, so it shouldn't be > necessary for xastir to do any further processing. Mebbe the whole gust > calculation stuff in xastir should be reserved for 'dumb' weather instruments > that present only instantaneous values. If the weather station delivers a > gust value, just pass it on...
Problem is, at least as I recall it, the averaging time for gusts varies per weather station type/brand. Unless we calculate it ourselves from the instantaneous values we'll have no consistency plus we won't match the spec we're supposed to be doing it to. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
