Thank you. Worked perfectly for me. Since we are likely to be hit by a
tropical storm in the next day or two (I live in Houston, Texas), this will
be pretty interesting.
On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 3:14:20 PM UTC-5, WindnFog wrote:
>
> If you want to avoid Java, I cobbled together some code based on gjr80's
> template and added it to /etc/weewx/skins/Standard/index.html.tmpl as
> follows:
>
> ## Calculate today's highest Beaufort based on wind speed in knots
>
> #if $varExists('day.windSpeed') and $day.windSpeed.max.raw is
> not None
> #if $unit.unit_type.windSpeed == 'mile_per_hour'
> #set $kts = $day.windSpeed.max.raw * 0.8689762
> #elif $unit.unit_type.windSpeed == 'km_per_hour'
> #set $kts = $day.windSpeed.max.raw * 0.539956
> #elif $unit.unit_type.windSpeed == 'meter_per_second'
> #set $kts = $day.windSpeed.max.raw * 1.943844
> #elif $unit.unit_type.windSpeed == 'knot'
> #set $kts = $day.windSpeed.max.raw
> #else
> #set $kts = 0
> #end if
> #if $kts < 1
> #set $beaufort = 0
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Calm'
> #elif $kts < 4
> #set $beaufort = 1
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Light air'
> #elif $kts < 7
> #set $beaufort = 2
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Light breeze'
> #elif $kts < 11
> #set $beaufort = 3
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Gentle breeze'
> #elif $kts < 17
> #set $beaufort = 4
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Moderate breeze'
> #elif $kts < 22
> #set $beaufort = 5
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Fresh breeze'
> #elif $kts < 28
> #set $beaufort = 6
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Strong breeze'
> #elif $kts < 34
> #set $beaufort = 7
> #set $word_beaufort = 'High wind'
> #elif $kts < 41
> #set $beaufort = 8
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Gale'
> #elif $kts < 48
> #set $beaufort = 9
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Strong gale'
> #elif $kts < 56
> #set $beaufort = 10
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Storm'
> #elif $kts < 64
> #set $beaufort = 11
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Violent storm'
> #else
> #set $beaufort = 12
> #set $word_beaufort = 'Hurricane'
> #end if
> #else
> #set $beaufort = 'N/A'
> #end if
>
> Put the above somewhere near the top, and then modify the Since Midnight
> table by adding a couple of lines in the High Wind row:
>
> <td class="stats_label">
> High Wind<br/>
> High Beaufort Scale
> </td>
> <td class="stats_data">
> $day.wind.max from $day.wind.gustdir at $day.wind.maxtime
> <br/>
> $beaufort or $word_beaufort at $day.wind.maxtime
> </td>
>
> - Paul VE1DX
>
> https://www.ve1dx.net/
>
>
>
>
> On Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 12:50:02 PM UTC-3, Ronald Wildner wrote:
>>
>> Thanks !
>> With $current.windSpeed.raw and some Javascript it was easy and fits
>> perfectly for me ! .raw was what I was looking for ;-)
>>
>>
>> Am Sonntag, 16. März 2014 12:53:38 UTC+1 schrieb Andrew Milner:
>>>
>>> the simplest way would be to replace $current.windSpeed with something
>>> like (($current.windSpeed.raw + 5) * 5) in the templates wherever needed I
>>> would have thought. More comolex to actually add the unit type to be
>>> generally available, but possible - read the user manual for more details
>>> on unit types - under extensions I think, but could be ustomisation - not
>>> sure which it comes under!!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 March 2014 11:12, Ronald Wildner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the quick anwer ...
>>>> I am pretty new to weewx ...
>>>> how can I now add the calculated bft to my template ... (something
>>>> like $current.windSpeed.bft) ?
>>>> Am Sonntag, 16. März 2014 09:08:27 UTC+1 schrieb Ronald Wildner:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am wondering if there is any hint to display current WindSpeed in
>>>>> Beaufort !
>>>>> I used google and the search -function, but could not find anything
>>>>> adequate ;-)
>>>>>
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