That comes from the DarkSky forecasting (which is updated every forecast_stale <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown#forecast-options> interval - about 1 hour). So they may not be as up to date as your pilot friend is :)
On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 8:25:33 AM UTC-5, Adnan Mumtaz wrote: > > Thanks a lot Pat i will try it, one more thing we have heavy winds with > dust and low visibility but the skin is showing me 9km visibility where as > aviation weather shows only 585 meters. I sent it a friend who is a pilot > and he pointed out, he is in cockpit right now taxiing and giving me > feedbacks :) > > On Monday, 28 January 2019 16:22:19 UTC+3, Pat wrote: >> >> To be clear, there's 2 things that are going on and I want to try to make >> sure we're on the same page. >> >> When the page initially loads, that's from weewx's core. So the metric >> settings come from the skin settings. >> >> Once MQTT is connected, then that data comes from the weewx-mqtt >> extension. This extension has the ability to be calibrated individually for >> metric/imperial, etc. >> >> If the issue is when MQTT updates the page, perhaps you need to set the >> MQTT extension's units to send. >> >> Take a look at this post >> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/issues/23#issuecomment-440529099>. >> >> Under MQTT extension's settings, you can define which unit to send for >> which observation. Again, I did not write the MQTT extension, but this >> should be able to help you. >> >> [[MQTT]] >> **snip** >> [[[inputs]]] >> [[[[rainRate]]]] >> name = rainRate_mm_per_hour >> units = mm_per_hour >> >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 3:35:53 AM UTC-5, Adnan Mumtaz wrote: >>> >>> Hi my cloud base shows in meters as I have group_altitude = meter , >>> but when I change it to foot the skin calculates fine but when MQTT updates >>> the data it changes to meter readings, MQTT setting is also set as METRIC. >>> I see yours in feet too. >>> >>> On Tuesday, 1 January 2019 15:50:49 UTC+3, Pat wrote: >>>> >>>> I've just released version 0.8.2 of the Belchertown skin which fixes >>>> the New Year bug some of you are seeing. It also adds some other features. >>>> >>>> >>>> Download and install instructions here: >>>> https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/releases >>>> >>>> >>>> * Fixed an error where the skin would fail when the date rolls to the >>>> New Year due to no data being in certain tables in the database yet. >>>> * Added the ability to show any weather alerts provided by the DarkSky >>>> API. Weather alerts are off by default, use forecast_alert_enabled in >>>> weewx.conf skin options to enable it. >>>> * New option to show cloudbase. You must have your database schema >>>> extended for the cloudbase observation to be calculated by weewx. Check >>>> the >>>> Belchertown skin wiki for details. >>>> * Fixes an issue where the MQTT updates showed altimeter instead of >>>> barometer. >>>> * Updated Google Analytics page to be in header based on Google >>>> recommendations. >>>> * Updated Google Analytics to a more recent script block. >>>> * Added a Google Analytics page view per MQTT update as per Google >>>> Recommendations on background updates. >>>> >>>> -- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
