That's what I was expecting. Once we get the datum we want in the database,
the rest is easy!

-tk

On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 5:38 AM, Andrew Milner <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Tom - before I try the new accum I need to check that I have not misled
> you!!  I only checked the contents of the db tables - windgustdir in
> archive, daily windgustdir table and maxwinddir in daily wind table.  Was
> my answer misleading or as expected?
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:35:04 UTC+3, Thomas Keffer wrote:
>>
>> Because Andrew reported that the new accum does not make any difference,
>> it appears that FO stations do indeed define wind gust that way: it's the
>> max wind seen during a loop period, which can be greater than the wind
>> speed for that period.
>>
>> I don't know if setting windGustDir to windDir is inventing data, but we
>> are making an assumption: that the gust is in the same direction as the
>> average wind. But, this is the same assumption we are making for *every* 
>> station
>> that uses software record generation and/or does not emit windGust.
>>
>> Try this version of accum.py. It explicitly substitutes windDir when
>> windGustDir is unavailable.
>>
>> -tk
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 8:51 PM, gjr80 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Just playing a little devils advocate here; but are we bordering on
>>> inventing data? The FO stations provide windSpeed, windDir and windGust per
>>> loop packet. It would appear that windSpeed is some sort of average over
>>> the period and windGust is presumably the max wind speed seen over the loop
>>> period. It appears now that we are setting windGustDir to windDir, but is
>>> that necessarily correct, we are not stretching it a little are we?
>>>
>>> I also don't see any inconsistency between the Standard skin pages in
>>> terms on wind/speed/dir. You need to compare apples with apples not apples
>>> with oranges. index.html shows the current conditions (windSpeed/windDir
>>> based) in the top left pane and day max values (wind.max/wind.maxdir based)
>>> in the lower left pane. week.html shows the week max values
>>> (wind.max/wind.maxdir based) in the top left pane and month max values
>>> (wind.max/wind.maxdir based) in the lower left pane. The FO problem is with
>>> windGustDir/wind.maxdir so anywhere wind.maxdir is used will show N/A. So
>>> given that limitation the Standard skin pages are completely consistent.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
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